42nd Season 2007-2008

DAWN'S LIGHT:
THE JOURNEY OF GORDON HIRABAYASHI

By Jeanne Sakata
Directed by Jessica Kubzansky

Ryun Yu as Gordon Hirabayashi

Set and Projection Designer Naiko Nezu

Costume Designer Soojin Lee

Lighting Designer Jeremy Pivnick

Property Master Ken Takemoto

Sound Designer John Zalewski

Stage Manager Nate Genung

Understudy Martin Yu


WORLD PREMIERE
Previews: November 1 - 4, 2007
Opening Date: November 7,  2007

Based on a true story.

During WWII in Seattle, University of Washington student Gordon Hirabayashi agonizes over U.S. government orders to forcibly remove and imprison all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast. As he fights to reconcile his country's betrayal with his Constitutional beliefs, Gordon journeys toward a greater understanding of America's triumphs and failures.

DAWN'S LIGHT Photos by Michael Lamont

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at PKuo@EastWestPlayers.org or 213.625.7000 x12

 

All photos are of Ryun Yu

   

     

Generous support for this production is provided by the
S. Mark Taper Foundation Endowment for East West Players.

Produced in Association with the Japanese American National Museum,

the UCLA Asian American Studies Center and the UCLA Department of Asian American Studies.

 

DAWN'S LIGHT: THE JOURNEY OF GORDON HIRABAYASHI was originally commissioned by

Center Theatre Group's Asian Theatre Workshop in 2003.

 

DAWN'S LIGHT: THE JOURNEY OF GORDON HIRABAYASHI is supported in part by the

Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission

and the Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs.

 

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