Award-winning New Asian American Play at Electric Lodge

Timescape Arts Group, in association with the Japanese American National Museum, presents the world premiere of Innocent When You Dream, winner of the 2006 Pacific Rim Playwrights Award, in October at Electric Lodge in Venice.  Ken Narasaki, who also co-wrote the critically acclaimed and popular The Mikado Project, has written a new drama about a Japanese American war veteran who finds himself returning to a lost memory, while his third-generation children struggle to interpret his wishes and unravel his past.  The play flips back and forth between two time periods until past and present finally come together in an instant.

Actor and activist George Takei called this play, “One of the most moving things I’ve ever seen.  I hope it finds the broadest possible audience.  It’s funny, it’s sad, it’s important, it’s beautiful.  I’m passionately in love with this play.” 

The play runs from October 6 though October 28, 2007, Fridays and Saturdays at 8pm, with Saturday and Sunday matinees at 3pm, at Electric Lodge, 1416 Electric Avenue (one block east of Abbot Kinney).  Directions to the theatre can be found at:  www.electriclodge.org.  There’s free onsite parking, and the solar-powered theatre is handicapped accessible.  Tickets will be $20 at the door, or they can be purchased at:  www.brownpapertickets.com, or by calling 1-800-838-3006.  Discounts are available for students, seniors, and groups of ten or more booked before September 15. 

For more information, call Sharon Omi at:  310-592-1160.