East West Players + Encounter

Thursday, September 6, 2012
East West Players
in association with
Navarasa Dance Theatre presents

ENCOUNTER

By Aparna Sindhoor, S.M. Raju and Anil Natyaveda
Music by Isaac Thomas Kottukapally
Directed & Choreographed by Aparna Sindhoor and Anil Natyaveda
Inspired by a short story by Mahasweta Devi

September 6-October 7, 2012

ENCOUNTER explores different confrontations - with the Divine, the Self, Bob Marley, Love and the Military. In assocation with Navarasa Dance Theater in Massachusetts, ENCOUNTER mesmerized audiences during the National Asian American Theater Festival. It is now brought in its full version, continuing to expand EWP's boundaries to include South Asian voices and multi-disciplinary forms such as Indian dance.

In association with South Asian Network and UCLA Department of World Arts and Culture/Dance.

Tickets are now available for purchase at https://eastwestplayers.secure.force.com/ticket. For more information, visit www.eastwestplayers.org.

Preview Performances Thursday, September 06 - Sunday, September 09, 2012
Opening Night Wednesday, Septeber 12, 2012, $60 all seats. Includes pre-show hosted bar & post-show reception with cast and crew.

Performance Run:
Wed-Thurs at 8pm Balcony $26/Orchestra $31
Fri-Sat at 8pm Balcony $31/Orchestra $36
Sun at 2pm Balcony $31/Orchestra $36
*$4 per ticket handling fee on all regular ticket purchases.

Student and Senior Discounts $5 off regular ticket price.
Special Group Rates available for ten (10) or more. Call (213) 625-7000 x 20 for details.

Save the Dates:
Pay-What-You-Can Performance Thursday, September 13, 2012, at 8pm.
Post Show Discussion Sunday, September 23, 2012. A chat with the artists after the show.
Southern California Edison Community Night Wednesday, September 19, 2012.
Wine Down Fridays Complimentary glasses of red or white wine before the show, during the regular performance run. (Must be 21+ years of age.)

Writers Gallery Reading Of RANGOON by Mayank Keshaviah

Thursday, January 26, 2012 - 7:30pm until 9:30pm
Tateuchi Democracy Forum of the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy
111 North Central Avenue, Los Angeles, CA

East West Players & Japanese American National Museum present the Writers Gallery reading of RANGOON by Mayank Keshaviah

This new work revisits Arthur Miller’s take on the American Dream from an Indian point of view, updating it for the new millennium and its unique challenges. On a more personal level, the play gives us insight into a Gujarati family whose patriarch, Dhiraj, manages a 7-Eleven and is desperately trying to succeed in America to offset both personal and familial shortcomings from his past.

When: THURSDAY, January 26, 2012 - 7:30pm
Where: Tateuchi Democracy Forum of the National Center for the Preservation of Democracy
111 North Central Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90012
www.eastwestplayers.org
www.janm.org

For more information or questions, please call (213) 625-7000.

Admission is FREE.

MAYANK KESHAVIAH is a playwright and screenwriter. In 2007, his play THOSE WHO CAN’T received a workshop production in the USC School of Theatre’s Blueprints festival. In April 2011, ANGELS FIGHT premiered as part of L.A. Views IV, the annual short-play festival produced by Company of Angels, and in November 2011, his play RECYCLING was produced as part of Single Servings, Cornerstone Theatre’s One-Minute Play Festival. He holds a B.A. in Economics from Dartmouth College, an M.A. in Teaching ESOL from American University, and an M.F.A. in Dramatic Writing from the University of Southern California.

RANGOON will receive its World Premiere at Pan Asian Repertory Theatre in New York City, May 25-June 17, 2012.

Big Ass Reads And EWP

Even though I'm book illiterate (because that really hasn't changed - I haven't read a single book since my last read-a-thon I think - even ones that were gifts) - I'm still smart enough to at least remember the phrase "Reading is fundumental" -- even if spelling isn't (sorry - I could't help that. It sounded better when I was naked?).

The Big Read 2011 at East West Players

East West Players (EWP), the nation’s premier Asian American theatre, presents The Big Read, an initiative to restore reading to the center of American popular culture. The Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with the Institute of Museum and Library Services and Arts Midwest.

Moderator Prince Gomolvilas, director Leslie Ishii, and a professional team of East West Players theatre artists and educators will bring Amy Tan's "The Joy Luck Club" from the page to the stage. Selected audience members will have the opportunity to read scenes with actresses from East West Players' 2008 theatrical production of "The Joy Luck Club" adapted by Susan Kim from Amy Tan's novel. This workshop is designed to give the audience an opportunity to actively participate and observe an acting class and to offer insight into the process of lifting a passage from the novel into a live theatrical experience.

“This is a great opportunity for members of the community to get involved with reading, acting, theater, and to participate in the performance process,” says EWP Arts Education Director Marilyn Tokuda. “We are very excited to be presenting Amy Tan and Susan Kim’s work to audiences.”

The Big Read is sponsored by the Department of Cultural Affairs and is a free event. The event will be held on Saturday, March 19, 2011 at East West Players’ David Henry Hwang Theater at 120 Judge John Aiso St., Los Angeles, CA 90012 at 10:00 am to 11:30 pm and again at 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm. Parking is available in Lot 7 next to the theater for $7, or metered street parking.

East West Players is the longest running theatre of color AND the largest producer of Asian American artistic work. Located in Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo, it is committed to teaching American history, diversity and respect for many different cultures.

For more information on this event, please visit www.neabigread.org, or contact Arts Education Director, Marilyn Tokuda at (213) 625-7000 x15 or email mtokuda@eastwestplayers.org.

For more information on all of East West Players’ productions and educational programs, please call (213) 625-7000 or visit www.eastwestplayers.org.

East West Player's Wrinkles (And A Fake Porno Video)

By Paul Kikuchi
Directed by Jeff Liu

Grandpa Harry's got a big secret! Unbeknownst to his daughter and grandson, 73 year-old Nisei Harry Fukutani is an internet sensation. But to view his work, you'd have to turn off the parental filter and have a valid credit card. A sticky comedy about sex, lies, and Tiger Balm. This play was developed in East West Players' David Henry Hwang Writers Institute.

In association with Keiro Senior HealthCare.

Generous Support for this production is provided by the S. Mark Taper Foundation Endowment for East West Players.

eastwestplayers.org
Tickets $12 - $35
Order online here
or by phone
213.625.7000 x20

And Yes - Here's Your Fake Porno Video "Grandpa Hideo:
Sexy Time Preview"