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PlayGround Festival of New Works Presents
APERTURES OF LOVE IN TIMES OF WAR by Anne Yumi Kobori (a Festival Premiere Presentation)
Directed by Katja Rivera
May 11 & May 12 7pm PT
Potrero Stage & Simulcast/On-Demand through May 31
Admission: $0-$50 (donations gratefully accepted) or Festival Sponsorship
Apertures of Love in Times of War follows Ed, a Mexican-American photographer turned war correspondent, and Aya, a Japanese-American writer. Their love affair spans a vast ocean of time and space. But they cannot escape the brutal reality of their forced separation during World War II. When Aya was imprisoned in the Japanese Internment Camps, Ed risked his life to capture photographs of war-ravaged Europe. Over the course of a tumultuous affair, they unite in their crusade to report the truth about the war-torn world. A play that re-examines what it means to be an American through the lens of the country’s not-so-distant past. Featuring Michael Barrett Austin (Marty), Justin Hernandez (Ed), Brian Herndon (Jean-Baptiste), Julie Kuwabara (Gabriella /Miyo), Sakura Nakahara (Aya), and James Aaron Oh (Takahashi).
Anne Yumi Kobori is a Japanese-American playwright, actor, producer, director, and teaching artist. As a director, she has worked with Utopia Theatre Project, EnActe Arts, Los Altos Youth Theatre, and SF Shakespeare Festival, where she spent 5 years as Education Program Manager. Her full-length plays Seeds, Every Day Alice, and her adaptation of Chekhov’s The Seagull have premiered with Utopia Theatre Project. Currently, Anne is a co-writer for Braided, a play exploring Native American liberation and Japanese American resilience, in development with Theatre of Yugen. BA Theatre Arts, summa cumlaude, Santa Clara University.
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PlayGround Festival of New Works Kick-Off (5/7/24-5/7/24)
Festival Reading: Rivals of Mars (5/10/24-5/10/24)
Festival Premiere: Apertures of Love in Times of War (5/11/24-5/12/24)
Festival Reading: Work/Shoot (5/13/24-5/13/24)
Festival Reading: The Passing Storm (5/17/24-5/17/24)
Festival Premiere: A Thousand Natural Shocks (5/18/24-5/19/24)
Festival Reading: Crazy Jezebels (5/20/24-5/20/24)
Festival: Best of PlayGround (SF)'24 (5/25/24-5/26/24)
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