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TAG - The Actors' Group Presents MISO - July 24-Aug. 16, 2009
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
TAG - The Actors' Group
1116 Smith Street
2nd Floor
Honolulu HI 96817
Phone: 722-6941
www.taghawaii.net
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: 7/9/09
CONTACT: Brad Powell or Laurie Tanoura
Phone: 781-9647 or 741-4699
E-mail: tvnut@hawaii.rr.com or tag@hawaii.rr.com
THE PLAY
MISO
by Susan Shirwen
directed by Clare Davidson
TAG JOINS WITH LONDON THEATRE COMPANY TO STAGE WORLD PREMIRE OF "MISO" IN HONOLULU
 In a first for Hawaii theatre, TAG - The Actors' Group, has joined with Mask Arts, a London theatre company, to stage the World Premiere of Miso, a play set in 1930's Japan when patriotism and militarism were riding high and the youth of Japan were entranced by western culture.
Written by London playwright, Susan Shirwen, Miso will be directed by Clare Davidson, whose credits include Miss Julie in London's West End and Waiting for Godot Off-Broadway in New York. As an acting coach, she has worked with Sting, Pierce Brosnan, and Jennifer Beals among others. Davidson has a long standing relationship with Hawaii having run voice workshops for the University of Hawaii and Kumu Kahua.
MISO will feature Allan Okubo, long-time stage (Kumu Kahua) and film actor who has appeared in Hawaii 5-0, Jake and the Fat Man, McCloud, Magnum P.I., North Shore and most recently in You May Not Kiss The Bride with Rob Schneider; Elissa Dulce, who has appeared in numerous film productions including Magnum P.I., Baywatch, Hawaii 5-0, The Rockford Files and Hawaii; and TAG founder and Po'okela recipient Eric Nemoto. Jessica Kauhane, Charlotte Dias, Rick Murakami, Joshua Lau, and Matthew Mun complete the excellent cast.
Brad Powell, TAG Artistic Director, says "We're thrilled to have this opportunity to work with Mask Arts. We hope this can be the start of an on-going collaboration."
MISO tells the story of the Nagao family who are struggling to make ends meet in 1930 s rural Japan where many families are surviving on roots and bark and others are emigrating to Brazil and America. The father, wishing to fulfill his own thwarted military ambitions, volunteers his son for the army, saying it is the honorable way to provide for the family. But the family is outraged, and a series of tumbling events precipitate a sudden and unexpected conclusion.
Director Davidson says, "The play has many parallels to events of today. The fascination Iranian youth have for western culture is similar to that of Japan's young people in the 1930's. There was also a strong Women's Liberation Movement there back then. In Japan, they were known as 'bluestockings,' and families were divided over who should go into the military. Of course as with any place and time, much can be learned about people when their livelihoods are threatened."
July 24 - August 16, 2009
Performance times:
Thu - Sat at 7:30pm
Sunday at 2:00pm
Ticket Prices:
General Admission $20
Seniors $15
Students & Military $12
Thursdays All seats $10
Groups of 10 or more $12 per person
For more information visit our website: www.taghawaii.net
For reservations go online to: http://www.taghawaii.net/OrderTickets.html
CAST
Grandmother Kazue Nagao - Charlotte Dias
Kozo Nagao, her eldest son - Allan Okubo
Fumiko, Kozo's daughter - Jessica Yuki Kauhane
Shoji, Kozo's son Joshua Lau
Noboru Nagao, grandmother's younger son - Eric Nemoto
Yoshiko, Noboru's wife - Elissa Dulce
Masataka, Noboru and Yoshiko's son Matthew Mun
Hideki Ono, a neighbor - Rick Murakami
Photos attached
Miso Family Portrait
top row - l-r Allan Okubo, Charlotte Dias, Eric Nemoto
bottom row l-r Joshua Lau, Jessica Kauhane, Matthew Mun
Miso Eric Elissa
l-r Eric Nemoto & Elissa Dulce
Miso Charleston & Miso Charleston 1
l-r Jessica Kauhane & Rick Murakami
Miso Seal
l-r Eric Nemoto, Joshua Lau, Matthew Mun, Jessica Kauhane, Charlotte Dias, Allan Okubo
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