NO-NO BOY, a staged reading by Ken Narasaki, directed by Ron NakaharaNEW

520 8th Ave (btw 36th and 37th), 3rd Floor�
in the Bruce Mitchell Room

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Based on the book by John Okada, and set in the aftermath of WWII as Japanese Americans return to the West Coast, the play follows draft resister Ichiro Yamada after he is released from prison and STRUGGLES TO COME TO TERMS WITH HIS CHOICES, while the rest of the community tries to get back on its feet after a war that has uprooted them all.�

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Starring: Don Castro, Kimiye Corwin, Chris Doi, Bobby Foley, Wai Ching Ho, Dom Huynh, Glenn Kubota, Ian Wen, Virginia Wing, Henry Yuk.

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$10 suggested donation for wine/cheese reception�
and post-show Q&A collected at the door�

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About the Playwright:

KEN NARASAKI is an actor/writer and former Artistic Associate and Literary Manager at East West Players. As a playwright, his INNOCENT WHEN YOU DREAM won the 2007 Kumu Kahua Pacific Rim Playwrights Award, and was Critic's Choice by the LA Times and Pick of the Week by the LA Weekly in 2007; it was presented at the Smithsonian in February, 2008 for the Day of Remembrance of Executive Order 9066. THE MIKADO PROJECT (in collaboration with Doris Baizley) won the 2008-09 Pacific Rim Playwriting Award and was produced by the Lodestone Theatre Ensemble in 2007; it has been adapted as an independent film by Chil Kong. GHOSTS AND BAGGAGE was produced by Zygote at the Los Angeles Theater Center in 1998, and had staged readings at EWP, JANM, Mu Performing Arts (Minneapolis), and Audrey Skirball Kenis Theatre Projects. His work has been published in Disorient Journal and Prick of the Spindle.His adaptation of John Okada's NO NO BOY received a 2009 California Civil Liberties Grant, and will be produced by Timescape Arts Group at the Miles Memorial Theater in Santa Monica in March and April of 2010.