A Tokyo story: after decades of trying to be produced in Japan, a questing Japanese-American playwright comes upon an oasis.
American Theatre, May, 2004 by Gotanda, Philip Kan
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In October 2003, Philip Kan Gotanda's A Song for a Nisei Fisherman, in a new translation by Toyoshi Yoshihara, was performed at Tokyo's Maple Leaf Theater under the direction of Takehisa Kaiyama.
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BY 1992, I HAD BEEN TRYING UNSUCCESSFULLY TO GET MY works produced in Japan for some 20 years. I was getting discouraged. At one point the Mark Taper Forum of Los Angeles was approached by a large Tokyo presenter who was looking to bring American plays to Japan. The Taper suggested A Song for a Nisei Fisherman, written by me, a Japanese American. The Japanese presenter made it quite ...
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