WHO IS TADASHI LANE, AND WHERE IS HIS MOTHER?(Waiting for Tadishi)(Interview)
American Theatre, October, 2001
To ring in the New Year, New Jersey's George Street Playhouse will premiere Velina Hasu Houston's Waiting for Tadashi, Jan. 3-Feb. 8, staged by artistic director David Saint. Like many of Houston's plays, Tadashi poses questions about personal identity as it explores the cultural complexities faced by the offspring of Japanese women and African-American servicemen after World War II. Houston imagines Tadashi Lane's journey of self-discovery following a life as an outsider in both his native Japan and his adopted homeland, America.
VELINA HASU HOUSTON: Tadashi Lane's tormented ...
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