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Bill Shinkai. Writer: The Facts of Life. Bill Shinkai is known for The Facts of Life (1979), Diff'rent Strokes (1978) and M*A*S*H (1972).
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By Bill Shinkai. Opened on December 8, 1972. Tales of Juan and Taro. By Glenn Johnson and Alberto Isaac. Opened on October 2nd, 1972; later performed at the Hollywood ...
May 31, 2017 · Cast: Shizuko Hoshi, Mimosa Iwamatsu, Richard Kato, Joanne Lee, Serena McCarthy, Irvin Paid, Bill Shinkai, Momo Yashima. And the Soul Shall Dance, 1977 East West Players Shizuko Hoshi, Keone Young, Josie Maseras Pepito, Jim Ishida, Susan Inouye, and Mimosa Iwamatsu. Mako and Alberto Isaac. Song for a Nisei Fisherman, 1980
- 31 Asian American Plays
- Chickencoop Chinaman, 1972
- Gold Watch, 1972
- And The Soul Shall Dance, 1977
- 4, Song For A Nisei Fisherman, 1980
- Paper Angels, 1980
- Yellow Fever, 1982
- The Wash, 1985
- Tea, 1987
- M. Butterfly, 1988
31 Asian American Plays to Read for Asian Pacific Heritage Month (or, Canon! I say, Canon! For Asian American plays!)(Additional plays to consider here!)
The first Asian American play to receive a major production on a New York stage, back in 1972, CHICKENCOOP was a groundbreaking play in many ways. In the nascent Asian American identity movement, this play was a major touchstone in defining the Asian American identity; grassroots organizer counted it as one source that helped define the identity. W...
I consider this one of the two definitive camp plays in the canon. The domestic drama takes place in the Pacific Northwest between the fall of 1941 and the late spring of 1942. The play focuses on the Murakami family, an Issei/Nisei farm family with two children, ages fourteen and four, along with the Tanakas, who run a store and have a nineteen ye...
One of the first classics in the canon, AND THE SOUL SHALL DANCE revolves a young Japanese American girl and her parents as they struggle to live in Central California during The Great Depression. They play grapples with many of the issues facing Japanese Americans in America such as assimilation, immigration, social, economic and political status,...
This classic play delves into the search of a Japanese American man to understand his life as he recalls his journey from childhood to retirement. At once both deeply personal and truly universal, this play reflects the beauty and pain of growing up Japanese American in the 20th Century. Premiered 1980, Stanford Asian American Theater Project, dire...
PAPER ANGELS offers an intimate portrait of the immigrant experience, revealing the universal desires and haunting realities of those coming to America. All performances will be followed by brief post-play discussions to connect the events explored in the play from 1915 with those happening today in 2015. The play’s characters are a cross-represent...
Sam Shikaze, a smooth private-eye, narrates his own story about what happened when he was hired to find the missing Cherry Blossom Queen. He is soon trapped in a web of racism and political intrigue that seems to lead back to the Hong Kong tongs. Chuck Chan is a lawyer who tried to help solve the case, while Nancy Wing is a beautiful reporter who i...
Masi Matsumoto has been separated from her husband, Nobu, for more than a year, but she still returns weekly to pick up and deliver his laundry, while Nobu refuses to believe their marriage is over. One daughter hopes for reconciliation; the other estranged from her father since her marriage to a black man, encourages her mother’s move towards free...
TEA tells the story of five Japanese women who come to the United States as “war brides,” settling with their American husbands in an Army base in Junction City, Kansas. Following the tragic death of one of the women, the other four gather together to share tea and remembrance. As each woman’s story unfolds, we learn what life in small-town America...
GIven its stature in the Asian American theatre canon, its inclusion can be considered more or less inevitable. First Asian American playwright to win a Tony. B. D. Wong as one of the few Asian American actors to win a Tony. (And director John Dexter also won a Tony). Based on the true story of French diplomat Bernard Boursicot and Shi Pei Pu, a ma...
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