SECRET OF O-SONO & Helen Sung At West End Theatre In March

Opening Night for THE SECRET OF O-SONO this Thursday, March 26, at 7:30pm
Get your tickets now and join us that evening to celebrate this world premiere!
We'll have a post-show reception with the cast, and complimentary wine and sushi!

For more on O-Sono and the rest of NEWWORKS 09, listen to Martin Denton's NYTheatre.com interview with Tisa Chang and Ron Nakahara on the Pan Asian Rep website or as a podcast at www.nytheatrecast.com.

Tickets only $18 for any performance, call 212-352-3101.
West End Theatre box office opens one hour before showtime.

March 25 - April 5
THE SECRET OF O-SONO
By ELSA OKON RAEL Directed by RON NAKAHARA
Japanese Movement Consultant SACHIYO ITO
Music by Shigeko Suga

A ghost story for family audiences, using Japanese poetic forms and inspired by a folk tale collected by Lafcadio Hearn.

West End Theatre, 263 W 86th Street
Shows: Thu - Sat at 7:30; Sun at 3:00
(For school matinees at 11am on March 25 and 26, April 1 and 2, call Pan Asian office, 212-868-4030.)

THE SECRET OF O-SONO features Emi F. Jones * in the title role, and original music and surprising instrumentation by Shigeko Suga *, who also plays Aunt 1. Pan Asian Rep audiences remember both for their turns as two of the mesmerizing Yojos in last fall's SHOGUN MACBETH.

John Baray* as the Holy Man Chris Doi as Shiro, the poet
Nancy Eng* as Aunt 2 Yoko Hyun* as Yosuke
Glenn Kubota* as Gensuke, O-Sono's father Keoni Scott* as Nagaraya, O-Sono's husband
Bea Soong* as Aunt 3
*appearing courtesy of Actors' Equity Association

THE SECRET OF O-SONO is an Equity approved Showcase.

Monday, April 30 at 7:30, for one night only!
Helen Sung, "one of the brightest emerging stars in jazz today," will perform her concert, SUNG WITH WORDS.
with Melissa Stylianou, vocalist, Lonnie Plaxico, bass, and Donald Edwards, drums

Don't miss this special NEWWORKS 09 Monday Music Night!
call 212-352-3101.

At the West End Theatre
263 W 86th Street, between Broadway and West End Avenue

Monday Music Nights
March 30 - Jazz pianist HELEN SUNG

April 6 - Steel Pan Percussionist ANDY AKIHO, award-winning composer and performer.

Emerging Artist Shorts
March 31 and April 1 - MITSU SALMON performing FISH DREAMS, a dance/music/theater collaboration with musician, ryotaro.

March 31 and April 1 - Emerging musician LUCAS KWONG will explore themes of love, death and God with songs ranging in sound from a gospel service to a barroom brawl.

International Guest Artists
April 7 and 8 - RAMONA and DINNER performed by PAOLA IRUN

In RAMONA, a one woman show detailing the dehumanizing effects of a militaristic society on a young woman's life, written in English as well as Guaraní, an indigenous tongue and the second official language of Paraguay. In contrast, DINNER is a humorous look at men and a woman's place in marriage.

April 9 - 11- A DAY AFTER THE DAY written and directed by JUYOUNG HONG

This multi-media solo piece, performed by Gyu-Bo Kim, is an inventive adaptation of WOYCZEK.

Visit us on the web at www.panasianrep.org/new_works09.html or www.myspace.com/panasianrep

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