ANNOUNCING THE RETURN OF THE SHOW THAT CHALLENGED THE MYTH THAT WOMEN OVER SIXTY HAVE ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE, AGING IS NOT FOR SISSIES...!

As part of its Dark Night Series, Kumu Kahua Theatre presents an encore performance of Aging is Not for Sissies...!, the eclectic array of funny and poignant monologues, "real stories told by real women," that will give the audience a first hand glimpse into the inner workings of single women 60-100 years old in a culture that worships youth. The show plays Sunday, February 4 at 7:30pm at Kumu Kahua Theatre, on the corner of Merchant and Bethel. Tickets for Aging is Not for Sissies...! are $10. Call 536-4441 for tickets and information.

Dr. Pratibha Eastwood, Honolulu psychologist, author of Nine Windows to Wholeness, and creator of Aging is Not for Sissies...! began interviewing women after an epiphany just six months away from her own 65th birthday. “I wanted to create an entertaining presentation that would challenge the myth that being over sixty means a woman is, ‘over the hill with one foot in the grave!’ ”

Aging is Not for Sissies...! is performed in concert reader's theatre style with a cast including Writer/Actor Pratibha Eastwood; Award-winning Director/Actor, Joyce Maltby, and Award-Winning Actors Jo Pruden, Sylvia Hormann-Alper, Blossom Lam-Hoffman and Roshani Shay.

Kumu Kahua productions are being supported by the State Foundation on Culture & the Arts, celebrating more than thirty years of culture & the arts in Hawai‘i; the Mayor’s Office of Culture & the Arts, Mufi Hannemann, Mayor; The Hawai‘i Community Foundation; Hawai‘i Council of the Humanities; and Foundations, Businesses & Patrons.