Filipino American local Hawaii Broadway star Jade Stice sadly passed away at age 53 due to a hiking accident on the mainland.
An Oahu native and Kaneohe local, the then-19-year-old Stice made her Broadway debut in 1991 as an original cast member in “Miss Saigon” in New York City.
She also went to join the first national tour of “Jekyll and Hyde”, and performed at Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and Rockefeller Center.
In 2004, she returned to Hawaii and performed in the local theatre community.
With her sister Ligaya Stice, they founded the I’m a Bright Kid Foundation in honor of her former musical theatre teacher Ron Bright of Castle High School in Kaneohe.
Through the foundation, Stice shared her Broadway experience and knowledge with her students.
“The roots that she has here in Hawaii just kind of permeated her personally again, bringing those gifts and experiences that she learned professionally aboard and then being able to share that here locally,” her friend Allan Lau told KHON2.
“She embodied our motto with Mr. Bright, which is to believe in yourself. She believed in every child that walked through that door.”
Stice is survived by her three children.
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