Nora's Playhouse

Last night, January 21, Nora’s Playhouse held a successful developmental reading at New York Theatre Workshop (NYTW) as part of NYTW’s Usual Suspects Studio.

From Trinity to Trinity

Original story by Kyoko Hayashi

English translation by Eiko Otake

Dramatic Adaptation by Nora’s Playhouse

Directed by Caroline Reddick Lawson

Performance by Ako

Kyoko Hayashi, a survivor of the A-bomb on Nagasaki at age 14, tells of her pilgrimage more than fifty years later to the Trinity site in New Mexico, test site of the first atomic bomb, and of her life as a hibakusha.

We will be developing the piece further for a public reading in May as part of the Hibakusa Stories Initiative.

Listen to Yasmine Beverly Rana’s interview and a short reading of her play Paradise on WBAI 99.5 FM’s “Asian Pacific Forum”. Listen here, under “Asian Pacific Forum” Tuesday, December 15, 2009 8:00pm.

We have decided to form a committee to get the ball rolling for the educational outreach aspect of our mission. The first committee meeting for the Educational Outreach committee will be in January 2010.

What: Nora’s Playhouse Educational Outreach Committee – 1st Meeting

Date: Saturday January 16, 2010

Time: 1:00 pm

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We hope to see you there!