Wellesley is on Hawaiian cultural and history theater program’s circuit
“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/