Kumu Kahua Managing Director Donna Blanchard celebrated with playwright Lee A. Tonouchi, left, and cast member Kenny Kusaka at the opening night reception for Tonouchi’s newest play, “UchinaAloha,” Thursday outside the Kumu Kahua Theatre. Kusaka stars as an Okinawan-American who would rather play ukulele than sanshin, a traditional Okinawan instrument, but finds his niche playing a hybrid of the two instruments that’s known as a sanlele.

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