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"No One is Prepared for Alzheimerʻs" A journal by Lindsay Pjerrou Desrocher and published in 2023, was arranged for performance by Elizabeth Wichmann-Walczak, Peggy Anne Siegmund and Allan Okubo last year for National Caregivers Day at TAG the Actors Group at Dole Cannery.
We met Lindsay Desrochers during story circles with non-professional family caregivers on Oʻahu, which led to The Super Executive Aunties of the Mālama the Caregivers Collective, first presented in November 2023.
Allan and Peggy Anne present a rehearsed reading of "No One is Prepared for Alzheimer's: One Family's Story" at two upcoming events: one at the Quaker Friends House and another at Arcadia Chapel.
If you are part of a church or organization that might be interested in this topic and would like to host a reading with Allan and Peggy Anne, please email Terri at [email protected], and we'll explore the possibilities.
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"No One is Prepared for Alzheimerʻs" A journal by Lindsay Pjerrou Desrocher and published in 2023, was arranged for performance by Elizabeth Wichmann-Walczak, Peggy Anne Siegmund and Allan Okubo last year for National Caregivers Day at TAG the Actors Group at Dole Cannery.
We met Lindsay Desrochers during story circles with non-professional family caregivers on Oʻahu, which led to The Super Executive Aunties of the Mālama the Caregivers Collective, first presented in November 2023.
Allan and Peggy Anne present a rehearsed reading of "No One is Prepared for Alzheimer's: One Family's Story" at two upcoming events: one at the Quaker Friends House and another at Arcadia Chapel.
If you are part of a church or organization that might be interested in this topic and would like to host a reading with Allan and Peggy Anne, please email Terri at [email protected], and we'll explore the possibilities.
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(A note from Jon Itomura, Executive Director at Hawaii United Okinawa Association: "The translation for the Japanese characters is read in Okinawan... "Miree Ya Kugani" , A Bright Hopeful Future ". Japanese will read Okinawan words differently because Okinawa, like the Hawaiians, did not have a written language, thus, words and names are often mis-read as the Okinawan word is read differently from the literal translation of the Japanese characters. Japanese Mirai = Future / "in okinawan" and Korean = miree, Kugani "in Okinawan" = gold)"
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Okinawan community-Based Play !
PlayBuilders is excited to collaborate with the Hawaii United Okinawa Association, Young Okinawans of Hawaii, Okinawan Paranku Ladies and other Okinawan groups to collect stories for playwright Lee Tonouchi to write an original community-based play commemorating 125 years of Okinawan immigration to Hawai'i and worldwide.
Directed by Reiko Ho, the play will be presented by PlayBuilders on September 26, 2026 in the Okinawan Center Ballroom, courtesy of HUOA, at 4 pm and 7 pm. Additional venues and dates will be announced in the near future.
To learn what to expect at a PlayBuildersʻ Talk-Story Circle, please copy and paste the following link into your browser and take a look at this YouTube video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVP_EGElK-I&t=6s
Okinawan Talk-Story Circles are On-going
Please contact Terri Madden at
[email protected] for dates, times and location.
