Jarren Amian has been acting since 2008. His passion for the arts sparked in 2007 when his mother signed him up for a drama afterschool program. His teacher noticed how much he enjoyed theatre and pushed him to audition for T-Shirt Theatre (TST). He stayed in TST until he graduated high school. George Kon, the director of TST, saw that Jarren also had a passion for music. George had a pamphlet for a musical theatre program called Ohana arts and encouraged Jarren to audition. 

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       When Jarren got accepted into Ohana arts, he performed his first musical, Footloose. Musical theatre fused his passions for theatre and music, furthering his obsession for performing arts.  After a brief hiatus from theatre, Jarren decided to pursue his passion at the University of Hawaii at Manoa.

        Jarren's performing highlights include Frank n' Furter in Manoa Valley Theatre's Rocky Horror show, Othello in Hilo Community Players' Othello,  Chris in Lynn Nottage's Sweat at the Brad Powell Theatre, Abhimaan (Oberon) in A Midsummer Nights Bollywood Dream at UH Manoa. He has also performed at Paliku in The Wiz and Hairspray, at Manoa Valley Theatre in Happily Eva Afta and Rock of Ages and in Spring Awakening and Rent with Ohana Arts. Jarren was previously a board member of the Alliance for Drama Education. He is a proud alumnus of the University of Hawaii, Manoa's Theatre program.