“My Name is ʻŌpūkahaʻia” by Moses Goods is coming to Wellesley Hills

Sunday, October 13 at 11:30am-1pm (following church service that morning at Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, 207 Washington St.)

Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives is presenting a Bicentennial Hawaiian cultural and history theater program in New England between Sept. 29-Oct. 23. The play “My Name is ʻŌpūkahaʻia” will be on a month-long tour of museums, churches, and historic sites. It brings the story of Henry ʻŌpūkahaʻia, the Native Hawaiian man who travelled to New England and inspired the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mission (ABCFM) to send Protestant missionaries to the Hawaiian Kingdom, to a new audience.

This is the first time Hawaiian Mission Houses is taking the program to the continental United States.

The play is written by and stars Hawaii’s Moses Goods.

“My Name is ʻŌpūkahaʻia” will be at the following venues in Massachusetts:

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Thursday, October 3, 2019 – Phillips Academy, Andover MA – 7pm Discussion Series

Moderator: Kurt Warren Prescott, Interim Chair, Philosophy and Religious Studies, Phillips Academy

Discussant: Dr. Neal V Hitch, Executive Director, HMH

Discussant: Dr. Noelani Arista, The Kingdom and the Republic

Discussant: Elizabeth Pope, Archivist, Hawaiian Collections, American Antiquarian Society Discussant: Performer: Moses Goods, Writer/Actor/Storyteller

Friday, October 4, 2019 – Phillips Academy Auditorium, Andover, MA — 6pm public performance

180 Main Street, Andover, MA 01810

Saturday, October 5, 2019 – Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, MA – 6:30pm public performance

1 Old Sturbridge Road

Sturbridge, Massachusetts 01518

Monday, October 7, 2019 – Brooks Rogers Hall at Williams College, Williamstown, MA – 7:30pm Discussion Program

Moderator: Dr. Kailani Polzak, Assistant Professor of Art

Discussant: Dr. Noelani Arista, The Kingdom and the Republic

Tuesday, October 8, 2019 – American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, MA – 7pm Discussion Program

185 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01267

Moderator: James David Moran, VP for Programs and Outreach, American Antiquarian Society

Discussant: Dr. Noelani Arista, The Kingdom and the Republic

Discussant: John Demos, The Heathen School

Wednesday, October 9, 2019 – 14 Beacon Street Congregational Library and Archives, Boston, MA – 3pm Discussion Program

14 Beacon Street, Suite 206, Boston, MA 01609

Moderator: Dr. Margaret Bendroth, Executive Director, Congregational Library and Archives, The Last Puritans

Discussant: Dr. Noelani Arista, The Kingdom and the Republic

Discussant: Christopher L. Cook, The Providential Life and Heritage of Henry Obookiah

Sunday, October 20, 2019 – Park Street Church, Boston, MA – 8:30am and 11am Sunday Morning Service with delegation from Kawaiahaʻo Church. 4pm Contemporary service with delegation from Kawaiahaʻo Church.

1 Park Street, Boston, MA 02108

Wednesday, October 23, 2019 – Park Street Church, Boston, MA – 6pm performance and commemoration event with delegation from Kawaiahaʻo Church.

For the full performance schedule for the entire tour please visit https://www.missionhouses.org/new-england-programs/