Shinsai: Theaters for Japan Benefit
- When
- Sun Mar 11, 2012
- Where
- Theatre of Yugen / Noh Space
- Time
- 5:30pm - 7:30pm
- Cost
- $15
- Tags
- Theater
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Description
On Sunday, March 11, 2012, the first anniversary of the earthquake, theatres everywhere are invited to join SHINSAI: THEATERS FOR JAPAN. Shinsai [SHEEN-sigh] means great quake in Japanese.A menu of 10 minute plays and songs has been commissioned from major American and Japanese artists, who have donated their work for this one-day only event. Using the model of 365 Days/365 Plays, each theater nationwide will be able to craft their own event, drawing from the commissioned plays and from work generated by their own resident artists. Audiences everywhere on this day can donate relief funds to the Japan Playwrights Association to disburse to the Japanese theater community affected by the disaster. Any and all donation amounts are encouraged.
In New York City, all the plays and songs will be presented in the Great Hall at Cooper Union on March 11, 2012. Every theater nationwide is invited to create their own special event, to collaborate with other nearby theaters, to spread the word and be part of this exciting day. We envision events large and small around the country drawn differently from the menu of plays.
Contributing artists include: Edward Albee, Philip Kan Gotanda, Richard Greenberg, John Guare, Oriza Hirata, Naomi Iizuka, Shoji Kokami, Tony Kushner, Toshiki Okada, Yoji Sakate, Kumiko Shinohara, Toshiro Suzue, Suzan-Lori Parks, Doug Wright, John Kander, Fred Ebb, Stephen Sondheim and John Weidman.
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The event is being curated by Apprentice Nick Ishimaru, who is currently working on his PhD from University of Hawaii.
Program:
Child is Father to Man by Philip Kan Gotanda
This Play Has the Half-Life of Uranium by Suzan-Lori Parks
Where Were We? by Richard Greenberg
The Remaining by Shoji Kokami
The Isabel who Disappeared by Naomi Iizuka
A Guide to Japanese Etiquette by Doug Wright
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