CARL RUSSO/Staff photo Hawaiian actor and storyteller Moses Goods performs his one-person play recounting the life of Ōpūkahaʻia, a young native Hawaiian man who adventured from Hawaii to New England.

The play, My Name is Ōpūkahaʻia, was performed by Hawaiian actor and storyteller Moses Goods. The story of Henry ʻŌpūkahaʻia, the native Hawaiian man that traveled to New England and inspired the American Board of Commissioners for Foreign Mission, or ABCFM, to send Protestant missionaries to the Hawaiian Kingdom, to new audiences.

During October, the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives (HMH) is touring a Hawaiian cultural program throughout New England. The HMH made an appearance at Phillips Academy on Friday, October 4. with the performance of My Name is Ōpūkahaʻia. 10/4/2019

191004CRUHAWAIIPLAYThe playMy Name is Ōpūkahaʻiawas performed by Hawaiian actor and storyteller Moses Goodsat Phillips Academy