Don't Miss Lee Tonouchi on 2/24 at 11am!
February 10, 2020 Kawena Komeiji
Ho cuzzin, if you stay free on February 24th, 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM, come talk story with us and Lee Tonouchi, da Pidgin Guerrilla!
Da Pidgin Guerrilla Lee A. Tonouchi’s had several plays staged at Kumu Kahua Theatre before. Dey include Gone Feeshing, Living Pidgin, Da Kine Space, Echoes of Dat Red Guitar, and UchinaAloha. HTY did his youth play Three Year Swim Club. An’den da East West Players did da adult version which wuz one Los Angeles Times Critic’s Choice Selection. His Pidgin poetry collection Significant Moments in da Life of Oriental Faddah and Son won da Association for Asian American Studies Book Award. His oddah Pidgin books include Da Word, Living Pidgin, Da Kine Dictionary, Buss Laugh, and da children’s picture book Okinawan Princess: Da Legend of Hajichi Tattoos. An’den he’s also one special contributor to da Honolulu Star-Advertiser’s Da Kine 5 Tings We Love and one food blogger for frolichawaii.com. Follow him on IG @pidginguerrilla.
If you no can make ‘em on the 24th, stay tuned for da next Talk Story session with Mana Comics creator, Chris Caravalho, in March!
