SAN JUAN BAUTISTA, Calif. — The new play “Valley of the Heart†is a powerful love story set against the historical backdrop of World War II and the American concentration camps. The play — which explores themes such as racism, identity, dignity and loyalty — drew a near-capacity crowd to the El Teatro Campesino Playhouse […]
THE GREAT UNKNOWN AND THE UNKNOWN GREAT: Early play took an unflinching look at the trauma of the wartime incarceration
May 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment
The form of this week’s column is new for me. Rather than focusing on individual Japanese Americans, it covers (or recovers) the unknown story of a pioneering theatrical drama, by the name of “Tondemonai — Never Happen!†It premiered in Los Angeles in May of 1970, and was the first commercially-produced play to dramatize the […]
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