To mark six decades of artistic excellence and community impact, East West Players (EWP) and the Japanese American National Museum (JANM) will host a central celebration: Stages of Our Stories: 60 Years of Asian American Theater at East West Players.

This commemorative event, held at JANM’s Daniel K. Inouye National Center for the Preservation of Democracy (Democracy Center) in Little Tokyo, will highlight pivotal moments from EWP’s history by presenting excerpts from six landmark plays, one from each decade of the company’s existence. The evening promises to be a moving tribute to the EWP artists that have shaped the Asian American theater landscape.

Excerpts performed will include:

Tondemonai - Never Happen
By Soon-Tek Oh

And The Soul Shall Dance
By Wakako Yamauchi

Webster Street Blues
By Warren Kubota

Carry the Tiger to the Mountain
By Cherylene Lee

Durango
By Julia Cho

A Nice Indian Boy
By Madhuri Shekar

Readings directed by Chil Kong and Lina Patel