Timescape Arts presents NO NO BOY (Feb10)

LOS ANGELES, CA – Timescape Arts Group presents No-No Boy, running March 27 – April 18, 2010 at the Miles Memorial Playhouse, 1130 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90403. Ken Narasaki’s stage adaptation of John Okada’s ground breaking novel No-No Boy will have its world premiere on March 27, 2010. The same artistic team produced Innocent When You Dream (Critic’s Choice LA Times, Pick of the Week LA Weekly), which had a successful run at Electric Lodge in Venice and was later invited to perform at the Smithsonian Institute (Washington, DC) in 2008.

The novel “No-No Boy,” originally published in 1957, then forgotten until Asian American writers and activists, including controversial playwright Frank Chin and Oregon poet-laureate Lawson Inada, discovered it in the mid-1970s and successfully pushed to have it republished for a new, more politically aware readership. It is both an allegory for the post-war experience of Japanese Americans returning to the West Coast from internment camps, from the war, and from prison – and an expression of the bitterness and disillusion felt by many of the Nisei.

No-No Boy follows draft resister Ichiro Yamada after he is released from prison and struggles with the division within the Japanese American community and with his own conscience when he gets out of prison and returns to Seattle, only to find that he is still at war with himself and with those who feel his actions made him a traitor.

Director Alberto Isaac most recently directed ART at East West Players; some of his other directing credits include Innocent When you Dream, Ghosts and Baggage, The Maids and Yankee Dawg You Die. He has won three DramaLogue awards and one L.A. Drama Critics Circle award for outstanding direction.

The cast includes (in alphabetical order) Keiko Agena, Jared Asato, Emily Kuroda, John Miyasaki, Sharon Omi, Sab Shimono, Chris Tashima, Greg Watanabe and Robert Wu.

Performances are March 27th through April 18th, 2010; Fridays at 8:00 pm, Saturdays at 3:00 pm and 8:00 pm and Sundays at 3:00 pm. Tickets are $25 for general admission; discounts are available for students, seniors, groups and early purchase. Tickets can be purchased at www.BrownPaperTickets.com , or by calling 1-800-838-3006. The Miles Memorial Theatre is located at 1130 Lincoln Blvd., just north of Wilshire Blvd. in Santa Monica. Free parking is available.
“No-No Boy” is supported by a generous grant from the California Civil Liberties Public Education Fund.

Please visit the Publicity section at www.NoNoBoy2010.com for press kit and photos!

FACT SHEET
Performance: No-No Boy
             Written by Ken Narasaki
Place: Miles Memorial Playhouse
            1130 Lincoln Blvd.,
             Santa Monica, CA 90403.
Dates: March 27 through April 18, 2010
Times: Fridays 8pm, Saturdays 3pm and 8pm, Sundays 3pm
Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com or call 1 (800) 838-3006.
Ticket Prices: $20.00 to $25.00
For more information: www.nonoboy2010.com.

About the play: Set after World War II 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 the consequences of his choices, while the rest of the community tries to get back on its feet after a war that has uprooted them all.

CALENDAR
Timescape Arts Group presents No-No Boy, Ken Narasaki’s stage adaptation of John Okada’s ground breaking novel. Set after World War II 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 the consequences of his choices, while the rest of the community tries to get back on its feet after a war that has uprooted them all. Opens Saturday, March 27 at 8pm and runs Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 3pm and 8pm, and Sundays at 3pm through April 18, 2010 at the Miles Memorial Playhouse, 1130 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90403. Tickets: $25 regular, available online at www.brownpapertickets.com.

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	WORLD PREMIERE OF NO-NO BOY OPENS MAR. 27 AT MILES MEMORIAL PLAYHOUSE LOS ANGELES, CA – Timescape Arts Group presents No-No Boy, running March 27 – April 18, 2010 at the Miles Memorial Playhouse, 1130 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90403. Ken Narasaki’s stage adaptation of John Okada’s ground breaking novel No-No Boy will have its world premiere on March 27, 2010. The same artistic team produced Innocent When You Dream (Critic’s Choice LA Times, Pick of the Week LA Weekly), which had a successful run at Electric Lodge in Venice and was later invited to perform at the Smithsonian Institute (Washington, DC) in 2008. The novel “No-No Boy,” originally published in 1957, then forgotten until Asian American writers and activists, including controversial playwright Frank Chin and Oregon poet-laureate Lawson Inada, discovered it in the mid-1970s and successfully pushed to have it republished for a new, more politically aware readership. It is both an allegory for the post-war experience of Japanese Americans returning to the West Coast from internment camps, from the war, and from prison – and an expression of the bitterness and disillusion felt by many of the Nisei. No-No Boy follows draft resister Ichiro Yamada after he is released from prison and struggles with the division within the Japanese American community and with his own conscience when he gets out of prison and returns to Seattle, only to find that he is still at war with himself and with those who feel his actions made him a traitor. Director Alberto Isaac most recently directed ART at East West Players; some of his other directing credits include Innocent When you Dream, Ghosts and Baggage, The Maids and Yankee Dawg You Die. He has won three DramaLogue awards and one L.A. Drama Critics Circle award for outstanding direction. The cast includes (in alphabetical order) Keiko Agena, Jared Asato, Emily Kuroda, John Miyasaki, Sharon Omi, Sab Shimono, Chris Tashima, Greg Watanabe and Robert Wu. Performances are March 27th through April 18th, 2010; Fridays at 8:00 pm, Saturdays at 3:00 pm and 8:00 pm and Sundays at 3:00 pm. Tickets are $25 for general admission; discounts are available for students, seniors, groups and early purchase. Tickets can be purchased at www.BrownPaperTickets.com , or by calling 1-800-838-3006. The Miles Memorial Theatre is located at 1130 Lincoln Blvd., just north of Wilshire Blvd. in Santa Monica. Free parking is available. “No-No Boy” is supported by a generous grant from the California Civil Liberties Public Education Fund. Please visit the Publicity section at www.NoNoBoy2010.com for press kit and photos! FACT SHEET Performance: No-No Boy Written by Ken Narasaki Place: Miles Memorial Playhouse 1130 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90403. Dates: March 27 through April 18, 2010 Times: Fridays 8pm, Saturdays 3pm and 8pm, Sundays 3pm Tickets: www.brownpapertickets.com or call 1 (800) 838-3006. Ticket Prices: $20.00 to $25.00 For more information: www.nonoboy2010.com. About the play: Set after World War II 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 the consequences of his choices, while the rest of the community tries to get back on its feet after a war that has uprooted them all. CALENDAR Timescape Arts Group presents No-No Boy, Ken Narasaki’s stage adaptation of John Okada’s ground breaking novel. Set after World War II 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 the consequences of his choices, while the rest of the community tries to get back on its feet after a war that has uprooted them all. Opens Saturday, March 27 at 8pm and runs Fridays at 8pm, Saturdays at 3pm and 8pm, and Sundays at 3pm through April 18, 2010 at the Miles Memorial Playhouse, 1130 Lincoln Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90403. Tickets: $25 regular, available online at www.brownpapertickets.com. Home \| News \| Calendar \| Directory \| Plays \| Library/Storefront \| Timeline Copyright 2010, Roger W. Tang Questions? Email

WORLD PREMIERE OF NO-NO BOY OPENS MAR. 27 AT MILES MEMORIAL PLAYHOUSE