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<\/a><\/p>\nHikobae is a fictionalized story based on recorded interviews with physicians and nurses from Soma City Hospital, a medical center in the Fukushima evacuation zone. The play is part of an ongoing international collaboration between New York\u2019s Stella Adler Studio of Acting and The Actors Clinic, a prominent acting school in Tokyo led by Toshi Shioya. Graduates from both acting schools are participating in the production.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn our interviews with Fukushima first responders, we realized that these two experiences were inextricably linked,\u201d said Toshi Shioya of Japan’s The Actors Clinic. \u201cWe collaborated with the Stella Adler Studio of Acting to honor these heroes and created an American character in the play to echo the first responders of 9\/11.\u201d<\/p>\n
The heroism and response to the 3\/11 crisis has a special resonance with New Yorkers. Lee Ielpi, who lost his firefighter son on 9\/11 and then became president of the September 11 Families Association and the co-founder of the Tribute WTC Visitors Center, will participate in a press conference in New York on April 5th and attend the play that evening. Mr. Ielpi has generously allowed the image of his son\u2019s FDNY jacket to be portrayed next to a Japanese firefighter\u2019s jacket in the play\u2019s poster in order to reinforce the theme of universal humanity and bravery.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe world today cries out for compassionate artists to give voice to the disenfranchised\u201d said Tom Oppenheim, the Artistic Director of the Stella Adler Studio of Acting. \u201cToshi Shioya is such an artist and the Hikobae Project will do just that for the people of Soma City and the Fukushima prefecture in Japan.\u201d<\/p>\n
“While discussing with Tom what kind of first projects to do with The Stella Adler Studio of Acting, eastern Japan was struck by an unprecedented earthquake,” Shioya said. “Two weeks after the disaster, Soma City Mayor Hidekiyo Tachiya requested that we film the endless struggle in the city. The explosion at the Fukushima nuclear power plant happened two days after. Tom Oppenheim suggested a theatrical play commemorating the earthquake as our premiere production.”<\/p>\n
Proceeds from the production will benefit the Momo-Kaki Orphan Fund, which supports children who lost their parents in the disaster. The theater piece will be performed in English and Japanese, with subtitles projected behind the actors.<\/p>\n
Stella Adler Studio of Acting is one of the world’s most famous acting institutions. The nonprofit acting school has trained actors such as Marlon Brando, Robert DeNiro, Elaine Stritch, Benicio del Toro, and Salma Hayek. Stella Adler Studio also has partnerships in India, the Philippines and Mexico.<\/p>\n
\u201cHikobae\u201d<\/p>\n
Los Angeles
\nSaturday, March 30th at 6:30PM and
\nSunday, March 31st at 2:00PM
\nAratani\/Japan America Theatre at the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center
\n244 South San Pedro Street (between 2nd and 3rd Streets)
\nLos Angeles, CA 90012
\nFor tickets call (213) 628-2725 or visit www.jaccc.org<\/p>\n
New York City
\nFriday, April 5th at 7:00PM and
\nSaturday, April 6th at 3:00PM
\nTribeca Performing Arts Center at the Borough of Manhattan Community College
\n199 Chambers St., NYC 10007
\nFor tickets call (212) 868-4444 or visit www.smarttix.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A new production of Hikobae, a play about the medical staff who risked their lives following the devastating earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disasters that struck Japan on March 11, 2011 will premiere in Los Angeles on March 30th & 31st and New York on April 5th & 6th. Hikobae honors the first responders and those […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-up-to-date-news-on-everything-asian"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27784"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27787,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27784\/revisions\/27787"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.asianinny.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}