October 12th through November 18th, 2012
14th Street Theatre at 344 East 14th Street
(between 1st and 2nd Avenues)
Hold These Truths is Jeanne Sakata’s one-man show inspired by the true story of first generation Japanese-American Gordon Hirabayashi, a college student during WWII. Agonizing over the forcible removal of all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast. Gordon journeys toward a greater understanding of America’s triumphs—and a confrontation with its failures. Gordon Hirabayashi was awarded the Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor in May of 2012, posthumously by President Obama.Lisa Rothe directs this production.
To order tickets, your members should go to the Epic website at http://EpicTheatreEnsemble.org. Once they click through into ticketing for the show, they’ll want to use that code EPAINY30. That will get them a 25% discount on regular price ($30 instead of $40) for all performance of Hold These Truths through October.