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Mainstage
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East West Players (EWP) proudly announces its 42nd Anniversary Season during 2007-2008. EWP Producing Artistic Director Tim Dang explores the journeys that people take, emotional, spiritual and physical. “East West Players has taken on the challenge of two World Premieres and a West Coast Premiere as part of its season,” says Tim Dang, “These new works will explore the importance of movement in our life. Can we ever stand still? Whether it is an inner-exploration of the soul or traveling from point A to B, these journeys shape our lives. As a theatre, EWP has taken a remarkable journey having had several homes and finally landing here at the David Henry Hwang Theater in Little Tokyo. And our growth is not without the trials and tribulations that have shaped our existence and our philosophy.”
The 42nd Season begins in fall of 2007 with the west coast premiere of DURANGO by Julia Cho followed by the world premiere of DAWN’S LIGHT: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi by Jeanne Sakata. The winter production will be the world premiere VOICES FROM OKINAWA by Jon Shirota and the Broadway musical PIPPIN, book by Roger O. Hirson and music & lyrics by WICKED composer Stephen Schwartz will close the season in the springSUBSCRIPTION PLAY 1 – WEST COAST PREMIERE
DURANGO
by Julia Cho
Directed by Chay Yew
When Boo-Seng Lee is laid off from the job to which he has devoted the last 25 years of his life, he decides to take his two sons Jimmy and Isaac on a road trip to Durango, Colorado. As they make their way across the Arizona desert, they confront family secrets, peeling back the layers of identity, alienation and duty that define being Asian in America. DURANGO promises to be a thought-provoking examination of the fears, fantasies, and failures of a family standing in the shadow of the American Dream.!
September 19 – October 14, 2007
SUBSCRIPTION PLAY 2 – WORLD PREMIERE
DAWN'S LIGHT: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi
by Jeanne Sakata
Directed by Jessica Kubzansky
Sponsored by the S. Mark Taper Foundation
During the Japanese Internment of WWII, UW student Gordon Hirabayashi refused evacuation orders as a violation of his civil rights and became a federal prisoner. His 1942 conviction was not overturned until 1987.
November 7 – December 2, 2007
SUBSCRIPTION PLAY 3 – WORLD PREMIERE
VOICES FROM OKINAWA
by Jon Shirota
Sponsored by the S. Mark Taper Foundation
Kama Hutchins, an American graduate student of one quarter Okinawan descent, teaches English in Okinawa, and receives an unexpected education in Okinawan- American relations. From the author of LEILANI'S HIBISCUS and LUCKY COME HAWAII.
February 13 – March 9, 2008
SUBSCRIPTION PLAY 4 – A BROADWAY MUSICAL
PIPPIN
Book by Roger O. Hirson
Music & Lyrics by Stephen Schwartz
Directed by Tim Dang
Mischievous, magical, humorous and captivating – the Tony-Award winning PIPPIN is the lively coming of age story of Charlemagne’s oldest son. A surprise waits around every corner as Pippin wanders through the worlds of politics, love and war before finding his true calling. Dazzling and imaginative with songs you’ll remember - “Magic to Do”, “Corner of the Sky” and the audience sing-along “No Time at All” - PIPPIN is another fantastic tale from the composer of WICKED and GODSPELL. Winner of 6 Tony Awards.
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The nation's premier Asian American theatre.