Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives will be hosting a special presentation of the award-winning history theatre featuring portrayals of Clarissa Lyman Richards, Rev. William Richards, Tauʻā the Tahitian teacher, and emancipated slave Betsey Stockton, to commemorate the bicentennial of the arrival of the 2nd company of American Protestant Missionaries in Hawaiʻi. Ticket price is $45 per person, food included with the ticket price. There will be a cash bar. Tickets are available at www.missionhouses.org.

From 5pm to 6pm, food and drinks will be available, the gift shop will be open, and take a peek at our NEW Chamberlain House exhibits. Performances will begin promptly at 6pm.

Featured Portrayals:
Clarissa Lyman Richards (1794-1861) arrived with the second company of New England Protestant Missionaries in 1823 along with her husband Reverend William Richards. They founded the Lahaina mission station at the request of Queen Keōpūolani. The recently completed hale pili on the Hawaiian Mission Houses Historic Site and Archives site was based on the description in her journals and letters. Her presentation will focus on the hale pili and her life at the Lahaina mission station. She will be portrayed by Emily Wright.

Rev. William Richards (1793-1847) – Rev. Richards came to Hawai`i with the 2nd company of ABCFM missionaries in 1823 and was stationed at Lahaina, Maui. In 1838 he left the mission to become a chaplain, translator, and political advisor to the Ali`i. He taught a class on Western Political Economy to the Ali`i, at their request, and had a hand in the writing of the 1840 Constitution. In 1842, Timoteo Ha`alilio and Richards were sent on a diplomatic envoy to the United States and Europe to guarantee recognition of the Hawaiian Kingdom as an independent and sovereign country – an envoy that was successful. He will be portrayed by Kevin Keaveney.
Betsey Stockton (ca. 1798 – 1865) – Born into slavery in New Jersey and freed to become a missionary to Hawaiʻi. She arrived with the second company of ABCFM Missionaries in 1823. She founded the first school for commoners on Maui. She later went on a mission to Ontario, Canada, began a school for free African-Americans in Philadelphia, before returning to her hometown of Princeton, New Jersey. The school and church she helped found in Princeton are still there today. Portrayed by Jeanné Wynne Herring
Tauʻā (ca. 1792-1885) was a Tahitian aliʻi who was an early convert to Protestant Christianity on the island of Huahine-iti (little Huahine). He became a deacon in the church in Tahiti under Rev. William Ellis of the London Missionary Society. He was largely responsible for the conversion of Queen Keōpūolani, King Kamehameha I’s highest ranking wife, in 1823. He spent most of his life in Hawaiʻi in and around Lahaina, Maui. Tauʻā also worked with Rev. William Richards and Davida Malo to translate portions of the Bible. He remained active in the churches around Lahaina until his death in 1885. He is buried at Waineʻe Graveyard at Waiola Church in Lahaina next to his Tahitian first wife, Tauʻāwahine. He will be portrayed by Albert Ueligitone

Check in will begin at 5pm and the performances will start promptly at 6pm. Tickets are available at www.missionhouses.org