37th Season 2002-2003

The Nisei

Widows Club

By Betty Tokudani

Directed By Tim Dang

Musical Direction By Scott Nagatani

Set Designer Wayne Nakasone

Costume Designer Rodney Kageyama

Lighting Designer G. Shizuko Herrera

Sound Designer Kaname Morishita

Property Master Ken Takemoto

Rehearsal Stage Manager Victoria A. Gathe

Production Stage Manager Anna Woo

WORLD PREMIERE

Opening Date: May 14, 2003

The Nisei Widows Club will explore the traditions, loves, losses, and lives of Nisei women (second-generation Japanese Americans) - many of whom were children and teenagers interned in relocation camps during Work War II.  This comedy, about a group of widows who have formed a support group for bereaving spouses, begins the night when unexpected visitors attend their weekly gathering and hijinks ensue.  The play is set in Los Angeles with many local references and a very familiar culture.

Cast

Takayo Fischer..........................................Sumi

Irene Sanaye Furukawa.........................Michiko

Donna Kimura........................................Fumiko

Emily Kuroda.............................................Hana

Annabelle M. Lee....................................Masako

June Kyoko Lu...........................................Betty

Robert Isaac Lee.......................................Frank

Jeanne Sakata............................................Tomi

Sab Shimono................................................Tak

Michael Yama.............................................Shig

Understudies

Irene Sanaye Furukawa............................Betty

Nancee Taye Iketani ..............................Masako

Donna Kimura............................................Hana

THE NISEI WIDOWS CLUB Photos by Michael Lamont

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