May the road rise up to meet you
May the wind always be at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
The rains fall soft upon your fields
And until we meet again
May God hold you
In the palm of His hand.
- Traditional Gaelic Blessing

Mitch Monico's furry friend will have to stand in for the hugs he's missing from Kalihi

Hey George, it's me Mitch. Sorry it's been so long I've e-mailed you. Well, I'm doing okay. You probably already knew that when you looked in the newspaper, from my postcard to home. Yeah, I really do miss home and it sure is hot here, and I wasn't kidding out the sweating thing. Sometimes it get so hot, I would just have to stand outside for a few minutes and start to sweat like I was doing a work out. As for my writting, it's been getting real busy and it's been going on and off. So it's hard to tell when I'll have the time. But yeah, I still have a whole bunch of ideas I still need to put on paper. Well, I've attached some pics so you know I'm doing alright and share them with the cast so they know I'm doing fine. Well I need to go now. I'll try to e-mail you as soon as I can once again. Take care and God Bless.

- Mitch Monico

American Idol vet Jonah Moananu [232-4642] in Sept/Oct preps Kaneohe 5th graders to hold the stage before packed auditoriums of neighbors + kin. He plays the clubs, explores NZ + Australia performing options, writes songs and a cruise ship act as he seeks to lessen gang violence in Kalihi.

As an 8th grader he starred in his first TST show in 1987, now Ova Saopeng films Pirates of the Carribean II + III and working with Laotian Communities to document their amazing journey.

See latest news article: T-Shirt Alumn Tell of Pirate Life: May 24, 2007

A letter to T-Shirt Theatre from Tatiana (October '07)

Thank you so much for taking the time to send me some words of encouragement and some memories of TST. To say I was surprised to receive something from all of you is a complete understatement! Shocked, elated, grateful...that's more like it! I'm not going to say it made me cry (it made me cry ha ha!). I'm very sorry that I couldn't be there to see Desperado but I definitely did think about all of you this weekend. I hope everything went well and that you all had fun. I know I enjoyed performing with TST. Thank you so much again and I'll be back in Hawaii on December 15th!!! Love, Tatiana