Justina Taft Mattos

The Bat-Thing! Written by Wainohia Peloso, directed by Justina Mattos. DP & editing, Kekoanui Graham. Filmed August 2026. Currently in post-production.

A Walk in the Park. Written & Directed by Justina Mattos. DP & editing, Roselio Hernandez. Filmed May 2025. Currently in post-production.

Scary Scenarios is presented each Halloween as a co-production by the University of Hawai'i at Hilo Performing Arts department & Performing Arts Center. In 2025, this includes monologue performances by students of the DRAM221 Beginning Acting class, sharing spooky stories from Hawaiʻi and around the world.

Valentine Vignettes 2025 features a monologue and 2-person scenes focused on love and romance. Presented online through the UH Hilo Performing Arts program.

UH Hilo's 2024 Valentine Vignettes performances featured performances of a song and several scenes.

SCARY SCENARIOS is presented each Halloween by the University of Hawai'i at Hilo Performing Arts Department and Performing Arts Center. In 2023, this included performances of monologues and a choral song.

UH Hilo's 2023 Valentine Vignettes feature performances of scenes and song. Presented through the UH Hilo Performing Arts program.

Scary Scenarios is presented each Halloween at the University of Hawai'i at Hilo. In 2022, this included monologues, a choral song, and Jazz Orchestra.

A Hawaiian language production videotaped using Covid safety protocols to be shared online. Based on the children's books by Frances Kakugawa, adapted by Jackie Pualani Johnson. Presented through the UH Hilo Performing Arts program, Fall 2022.

Contemplating the future and looking back over the years, our Performing Arts program explores all that love might mean today. Featuring monologues, scenes, and a music video. Presented through UH Hilo Performing Arts program, 2022.

Showcases student performances from these classes at the University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo: Jazz Dance, Ballet, University Chorus, Kāpili Choir, and Beginning Acting. Filmed Fall 2021.

A collection of Halloween-themed monologues and scenes, presented in Fall 2021.

UH Hilo's 2021 production of BANYAN, written by Jeannie Barroga. Filmed using Covid safety protocols.

A 2021 Mother's Day celebration featuring performances and reminiscences by UH Hilo students, alumni, faculty/staff, and other members of the Hawai'i Island community.

University of Hawaiʻi at Hilo Wailau Storytelling Program: featuring 5 new storytellers every semester from spring 2021 through spring 2024 (eight episodes).

In pieces that are sometimes comic, and sometimes tragic, UH Hilo students explore loneliness, unrequited love, and other scenarios related to coping and surviving in an imperfect world.