THE SECRET OF O-SONO & More Set For Stage At Pan Asian Rep

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.

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.

The cast also includes:

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

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

March 30 - Jazz pianist HELEN SUNG, "one of the brightest emerging stars in jazz today."

April 6 - Steel Pan Percussionist ANDY AKIHO is an 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.

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