Theatre Nohgaku NEWS
2010/03/31 Spring Happenings
Michigan Rehearsal, 8th Anuual Dallas Writers Workshop
TN just completed its first ever rehearsal at member David Crandall\'s new home in Grand Rapids Michigan. The five day rehearsal included 7 members, roaring fires both artistic and actual, and wonderful evening meals. Richard Emmert introduced his beautiful English arrangement of Sumidagawa. The rehearsal also focused on revisiting David Crandall\'s Crazy Jane for with a possible summer production in the works in Bloomsburg PA. In addition, David Crandall unveiled his retooling of The Linden Tree, a piece he originally composedin the 1980\'s that he has begun reworking for TN with the assistance of his long-time friend, Nick Kroes. It includes 4-part harmony, which was certainly a challenge.
Following the rehearsal, Richard Emmert and John Oglevee headed to Dallas and are poised to lead the 8th Annual TN Writers Workshop thanks to the concerted efforts of Kevin Salfen at SMU. While in Dallas, there are a number of meetings planned as the wheels are slowly turning to put the Sumidagawa/Curlew River project in motion. Check back for updates on the exciting developments as Fall 2011 dates for a tour begin to take shape.
2010/02/06 TNs 8th Annual Writers Workshop - Dallas Edition
3 Days of Getting to Noh U.
Lead by Artistic Director Richard Emmert, this workshop has opened the eyes of over 50 poets, playwrights, performers, and others in developing their ideas into noh.
See the press release below:
Theatre Nohgaku (TN) is pleased to announce its 8th Annual Writers' Workshop, to be held at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas April 2-4, 2010. Led by TN founder and artistic director Richard Emmert, the workshop will familiarize participants with the structure of classical noh, Japan’s 650-year-old traditional stage art. Mr. Emmert will be assisted by TN founding member John Oglevee.
The Writers’ Workshop began in Tokyo in 2003 and has since alternated annually between Japan and the United States. The workshop is an important part of TN’s mission as a multi-national theatre company championing the creation and performance of new English-language noh. Two noh plays in TN’s repertory are a direct result of the workshop: Pagoda by 2008 workshop participant Jannette Cheong, featured in TN’s just completed European tour, and Pine Barrens by 2003 participant and TN member Greg Giovanni, featured in TN’s 2006 Southeast U.S. tour.
The three-day workshop will cover all aspects of noh but will focus particularly on introducing its complex structural layering of spoken text and how it is integrated with music and dance. Participants will also view noh videos to better understand these structural characteristics.
This workshop benefits playwrights, poets and other interested wordsmiths. Past workshops have been attended by composers, dancers, actors and literature and theatre scholars including award-winning playwrights Erik Ehn, Ruth Margraff and Deborah Brevoort as well as composer/lyricist Eric Schorr, poet Lee Ann Brown and actor/director Tony Torn.
The total cost of the workshop is $150 USD. Participants with little or no background in noh theatre should prepare by reading translations from Royall Tyler’s “Japanese Noh Dramas” published by Penguin Classics.
Currently registered university students are invited to participate for $75, a 50% discount. SMU students only can participate for $20.
Cost does NOT include transportation, accommodation or food.
The workshop is limited to 15 participants, with a nonrefundable deposit of $50 ($20 for students) due March 1. The remaining amount is due March 25. If more than 15 apply, a waiting list will be created.
For more information regarding the workshop, contact Theatre Nohgaku at info(at)theatrenohgaku.org. Applications should be made by email to info(at)theatrenohgaku.org. Please include a brief description of yourself and reasons why you wish to attend. Local contact for the workshop is SMU Music Professor Kevin Salfen who can be contacted at ksalfen(at)mail.smu.edu or by phone at 214-768-3687. Payments by check should be made out to Theatre Nohgaku and sent to:
Dr. Kevin Salfen
Visiting Assistant Professor and Acting Chair of Music History,
Southern Methodist University
PO Box 750356
Dallas, TX 75275-0356
2010/02/06 TNs first Continuing Writers Workshop ready to kick-off.
8 Days, 6 Participants, 6 New Noh. Feb 27 - March 6.
After seven years of teaching the basic building blocks of writing a new noh, TN is helping a number of writers take the next step in developing new noh. David Crandall will lead a diverse group of writers in Tokyo for intensive one on one development of new works.
2009/12/17 Pagoda European Tour Complete
A great success and with eyes set on the future...
Receiving overwhelmingly positive notices from audience members and some very nice reviews from a number of websites including The Stage, Ballet.com, there are rumblings to move the show back to Japan. Check back for details. To see some NHK footage from London please click the link below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1V5BkOJL718
2009/11/26 Pagoda European Tour - The calm before the storm...
Japanese group arrives in London today.
Half of our touring group arrives today in London from Japan with the rest of the TN members arriving tomorrow. Tickets at the Southbank Centre are nearly SOLD OUT! Final rehearsals start in two days and then we're off!
2009/08/21 Pagoda Composition and Summer Rehearsals Completed
TN and Kinue Oshima complete intensive rehearsals in Bloomsburg PA.
As Richard Emmert and Elizabeth Dowd\'s Noh Training Project celebrated its 15th anniversary and staged the classic noh Funabenkei, the rehearsals for Jannette Cheong\'s
http://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/japanuk150/events/theatre/Kiyotsune_and_Pagoda.html
2009/04/01 Pagoda Rehearsals begin!
Bi-coastal rehearsal sessions kick-start new project.
After a very successful first residency at SMU in Dallas which included a number of other short lecture/demos in the Dallas area including an exhibit of our good friend Hideta Kitazawa's masks at the Crow Collection, Artistic Director Richard Emmert made stops up in Massachusetts and in Los Angeles to begin rehearsals for both this summer's exciting Funabenkei performance August 7 and 8 at Bloomsburg PA's Town Park and next fall's world premiere of Jannette Cheong's Pagoda.
Dates are listed below for Pagoda:
2-3 December 2009 - Southbank Centre's Purcell Room, London
5 December 2009 - Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin
7-8 December 2009 - O'Reilly Theatre, Keble College, Oxford
9-10 December 2009 - Maison de la Culture du Japon, Paris
http://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/japanuk150/events/theatre/Kiyotsune_and_Pagoda.html
2009/03/05 Sumidagawa to open at University of Hawaii
Leaving sadness and sorrow nothing remains....
TN Artistic Director Richard Emmert's new performance translation of the noh Sumidagawa opens March 6 at UH's Kennedy Theatre. The culmination of nearly 7 months of training, the cast has been working overtime and it shows. The show is also featuring TN's John Oglevee as one of the shite. We hope that before too long, TN will add this incredibly moving piece to our repertoire.
http://www.hawaii.edu/kennedy/
2009/03/05 TN Residency at SMU Set to Kickoff
Movement, Music and Masks!
TN is happy to announce that we'll be heading down south to the country of Texas for a week long residency teaching noh at Southern Methodist University. In addition to teaching the students, TN will offer a number of lecture demonstrations in the Dallas area. Noh mask carver Hideta Kitazawa also will be joining us giving his own lecture demonstrations as well as exhibiting a number of his masks at the Crow Collection of Asian Art. So if you like your art like you like your barbeque, slow and low, don't miss this opportunity to take a peek at the beauty and grace of noh.
http://www.jasdfw.org/pages/nohgaku.htm
2008/12/16 Student Discount 50% for Writers Workshop
TN Writers Workshop Tokyo Feb 25 - Mar 3 2009
For Immediate Release
Be In The Noh!
Theatre Nohgaku Writers\' Workshop
50% Student Discount!
Theatre Nohgaku (TN) is pleased to announce its 7th Annual Writers\' Workshop, to be held in Tokyo, Japan February 25 through March 3, 2009. Led by acclaimed noh expert, playwright, and Theatre Nohgaku founding member David Crandall, the workshop will familiarize participants with the structure and character of noh, a 600-year-old traditional stage art of Japan.
By guiding participants toward the writing of their own noh plays, TN is fulfilling its mission as a multi-national theatre company that champions the creation of new English language noh. The Writers Workshop started in Tokyo in 2003 and has subsequently alternated between Japan and the United States. In 2006, TN completed a southeast U.S. tour of Pine Barrens, a product of a previous workshop written by TN member Greg Giovanni. In 2007, the company toured David Crandall\'s Crazy Jane in the Pacific Northwest. TN is expanding the canon of English noh by introducing noh\'s complex structural layering of spoken text, sung text, musical accompaniment and dance to today\'s inspired writers. Past participants have included award-winning artists such as playwrights Erik Ehn, Ruth Margraff and Deborah Brevoort, composer/lyricist Eric Schorr, and poet Lee Ann Brown.
This year\'s workshop offers four days of seminars covering all aspects of noh, but focusing particularly on the structure of the text and how the words are integrated with the music and dance. Participants will also view at least three noh programs and receive a backstage tour of one of Tokyo\'s main noh theatres. The total cost of the workshop is $750 USD which includes:
* Participation fee
* Tickets for noh performances
* Materials for seminars including translations, textbooks, maps to theatres
* Opening reception and farewell dinner
Currently registered students are invited to participate for $375, a 50% discount.
Cost does NOT include:
*Airfare (approx. $1200+ USD r/t from N. America)
* Accomodation (see below)
* Local transportation (approx. $100 USD including r/t to Narita airport and subway costs)
* Food costs (approx. $50 USD per day)
The workshop is limited to 12 participants, with a nonrefundable deposit of $250 ($125 for students) due January 1. The remaining $500 is due January 25.
Accommodation can be arranged at a hotel near Mr. Crandall\'s home in Nakanosakaue, Tokyo for ¥8000 JPY for a single room and ¥12000 for a double room per night.
Schedule (subject to change)
2/25 Wed. Welcoming orientation and reception
2/26 Thurs. 3-hour seminar at location TBA near Nakanosakaue
Noh performance at National Noh Theatre
2/27 Fri. 6-hour seminar at location TBA near Nakanosakaue
2/28 Sat. Noh performance at location TBA
3/1 Sun. Noh performance at location TBA
3/2 Mon. 4-hour seminar at location TBA near Nakanosakaue
2-hour demonstration of costumes and masks at Hosho Noh Theatre
3/3 Tues. 6-hour seminar at location TBA near Nakanosakaue
Wrap-up discussion and farewell dinner
For more information regarding this workshop please contact Theatre Nohgaku at info@theatrenohgaku.org or call us at 917-338-7018 in North America or 03-3373-0553 in Japan. Also please visit our website at www.theatrenohgaku.org.
WHAT: Theatre Nohgaku\'s 7th Annual Writers Workshop
WHEN: February 25~March 3, 2009
WHERE: Nakanosakaue, Tokyo, Japan
COST: $750 USD ($325 for students)
2008/09/24 Pagoda Dates Picked!
While not set in stone, they are solidifying.
After months of negotiations, it seems that dates for the upcoming Fall 2009 Tour of the classic noh Kiyotsune and the new noh Pagoda, by Jannette Cheong, are falling into place.
2-3 December 2009 - Southbank Centre's Purcell Room, London
5 December 2009 - Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin
7-8 December 2009 - O'Reilly Theatre, Keble College, Oxford
9-10 December 2009 - Maison de la Culture du Japon, Paris
For more information join our mailing list.
http://www.uk.emb-japan.go.jp/japanuk150/events/theatre/Kiyotsune_and_Pagoda.html
2008/08/16 2009 TN Writers Workshop 50% discount for Students!
Writers Workshop returns to Tokyo February 25 - March 4 2009
For Immediate Release
Be In The Noh!
Theatre Nohgaku Writers' Workshop
50% Student Discount!
Theatre Nohgaku (TN) is pleased to announce its 7th Annual Writers' Workshop, to be held in Tokyo, Japan February 25 through March 3, 2009. Led by acclaimed noh expert, playwright, and Theatre Nohgaku founding member David Crandall, the workshop will familiarize participants with the structure and character of noh, a 600-year-old traditional stage art of Japan.
By guiding participants toward the writing of their own noh plays, TN is fulfilling its mission as a multi-national theatre company that champions the creation of new English language noh. The Writers Workshop started in Tokyo in 2003 and has subsequently alternated between Japan and the United States. In 2006, TN completed a southeast U.S. tour of Pine Barrens, a product of a previous workshop written by TN member Greg Giovanni. In 2007, the company toured David Crandall's Crazy Jane in the Pacific Northwest. TN is expanding the canon of English noh by introducing noh's complex structural layering of spoken text, sung text, musical accompaniment and dance to today's inspired writers. Past participants have included award-winning artists such as playwrights Erik Ehn, Ruth Margraff and Deborah Brevoort, composer/lyricist Eric Schorr, and poet Lee Ann Brown.
This year's workshop offers four days of seminars covering all aspects of noh, but focusing particularly on the structure of the text and how the words are integrated with the music and dance. Participants will also view at least three noh programs and receive a backstage tour of one of Tokyo's main noh theatres. The total cost of the workshop is $750 USD which includes:
* Participation fee
* Tickets for noh performances
* Materials for seminars including translations, textbooks, maps to theatres
* Opening reception and farewell dinner
Currently registered students are invited to participate for $375, a 50% discount.
Cost does NOT include:
*Airfare (approx. $1200+ USD r/t from N. America)
* Accomodation (see below)
* Local transportation (approx. $100 USD including r/t to Narita airport and subway costs)
* Food costs (approx. $50 USD per day)
The workshop is limited to 12 participants, with a nonrefundable deposit of $250 ($125 for students) due January 1. The remaining $500 is due January 25.
Accommodation can be arranged at a hotel near Mr. Crandall's home in Nakanosakaue, Tokyo for ¥8000 JPY for a single room and ¥12000 for a double room per night.
Schedule (subject to change)
2/25 Wed. Welcoming orientation and reception
2/26 Thurs. 3-hour seminar at location TBA near Nakanosakaue
Noh performance at National Noh Theatre
2/27 Fri. 6-hour seminar at location TBA near Nakanosakaue
2/28 Sat. Noh performance at location TBA
3/1 Sun. Noh performance at location TBA
3/2 Mon. 4-hour seminar at location TBA near Nakanosakaue
2-hour demonstration of costumes and masks at Hosho Noh Theatre
3/3 Tues. 6-hour seminar at location TBA near Nakanosakaue
Wrap-up discussion and farewell dinner
For more information regarding this workshop please contact Theatre Nohgaku at info@theatrenohgaku.org or call us at 917-338-7018 in North America or 03-3373-0553 in Japan. Also please visit our website at www.theatrenohgaku.org.
WHAT: Theatre Nohgaku's 7th Annual Writers Workshop
WHEN: February 25~March 3, 2009
WHERE: Nakanosakaue, Tokyo, Japan
COST: $750 USD ($325 for students)
2008/08/16 TN Rehearsal Week Proves Fruitful
Pagoda, Crazy Jane, Pine Barrens all get work.
The annual TN summer rehearsal in Bloomsburg PA was quite exciting and much work was done. In addition to remounting rehearsal productions of Crazy Jane and Pine Barrens with different casts, a new work was presented to TN. Pagoda, by Jannette Cheong, developed as part of the 2008 TN Writers Workshop, got numerous readings and rewrites. Planned for a World Premiere in London late fall 2009, this collaboration with the Kita Ryu Oshima noh family is shaping up to be our biggest project yet.
2008/02/07 TN Announces 2008 Writers Workshop
Our Sixth Annual March 14-16
Theatre Nohgaku (TN) is pleased to announce our Sixth Annual Writers’ Workshop. The workshop will take place for three days in Washington D.C. from March 14-16, 2008, and will be lead by TN Artistic Director Richard Emmert. The goal of the annual workshop is to familiarize participants with the structure and character of noh drama in the hopes of guiding them towards the creation of new noh plays for TN. The TN Writers Workshop began in Tokyo in 2003 and has subsequently alternated between Japan and the United States. Pine Barrens, a product of the 2003 workshop and written by TN member and Philadelphia playwright Greg Giovanni with music by Emmert, was toured by TN in North Carolina and Virginia in 2006. TN hopes to add to the canon of performable English noh by introducing noh's complex structural layering of spoken text, sung poetic text, musical accompaniment and dance to today's inspired writers. Past participants have included award-winning playwrights Erik Ehn, Ruth Margraff, Chiori Miyagawa and Deborah Brevoort, musical lyricist and composer Eric Schorr, and poet Lee Ann Brown.
This year's workshop returns to the United States and will be held at The Studio Theatre in Washington D.C. Previous US workshops have been hosted by the New Dramatists in New York City and Princeton University in 2004 and by the California Institute of the Arts in 2006. Although the US does not have the advantage of live noh performances that Tokyo has, Mr. Emmert will use ample video recordings to illustrate and explain noh and its performance and structural characteristics. Greg Giovanni, the author of Pine Barrens, will also participate and present his playwright’s perspective on creating new English noh.
The participation fee for the workshop is $150 which includes copied materials for the three days of seminars. The cost does NOT include transportation to and from the venue of the workshop, nor accommodations or food while attending.
In addition to playwrights, Theatre Nohgaku wishes to encourage poets in particular to attend the workshop. Those with scholarly interest in noh literary and/or musical structure will also benefit greatly from the workshop.
Venue:
The Studio Theatre
1501 14th Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20005
Phone: 202.232.7267
Schedule:
Friday, March 14 through Sunday March 16, 2008.
Friday: 10am-5pm (one-hour lunch break)
Saturday: 1pm-7pm (short mid-afternoon break)
Sunday: 10am-5pm (one-hour lunch break)
http://www.theatrenohgaku.org/projects/ongoing_e.php
2007/02/08 TN Announces World Premiere of Crazy Jane
Spring 2007 Tour Tacoma, Seattle, Olympia WA
TN is happy to announce that last year's postponed tour of this beautiful work is now set and scheduled.
Crazy Jane
An English-Language Noh Play in One Act by David Crandall
A young man seeking shelter in a church by the sea…
A crazed woman trapped in the labyrinth of memory, dancing with ghosts…
An encounter that changes both of them forever.
Inspired by a character in the poetry of W.B. Yeats, Crazy Jane explores the heart of a woman thrown into madness by the loss of her lover. Three guest noh musicians from Japan complete an eminent cast of North American and Japanese noh performers for a truly unique and powerful theatrical experience.
Also featuring a kyogen comedy, Shimizu, performed by Theatre of Yugen.
Please see our Noh Performance page and look at the March and April calendar to see dates, times and ticket prices.
http://www.theatrenohgaku.org/contents_o_new/noh_performance_e.html
2007/01/11 TN Announces 2007 Noh Writers Workshop
Our Fifth Annual: February 13-20
Theatre Nohgaku is pleased to announce our Fifth Annual Writers Workshop. The workshop will take place in Tokyo, Japan on February 13-20, 2007 and led by Theatre Nohgaku Artistic Director Richard Emmert. The goal of the workshop is to familiarize participants with the structure and character of noh drama, in the hopes of guiding them towards the creation of a new noh play. Theatre Nohgaku is a multi-national theatre company who is championing the creation of new English-language noh. The Writers Workshop began in Tokyo in 2003 and has subsequently alternated between Japan and the United States. Theatre Nohgaku recently wrapped up a tour of a noh play in English entitled Pine Barrens, a product of a previous workshop written by TN member Greg Giovanni. TN is trying to add to the canon of English noh by introducing noh's complex structural layering of spoken text, sung text, musical accompaniment and dance to today's inspired writers. Past participants have included award- winning playwrights Erik Ehn, Ruth Margraff and Deborah Brevoort.
This year's workshop returns to Tokyo in February in part to coordinate with the annual showing of the classical noh cycle at the National Noh Theatre in Sendagaya, Central Tokyo. This consists of the ritual piece Okina followed by one play from each category of the noh repertoire, with kyogen plays in between. Ten plays in all lasting approximately 10 hours. In addition to this day of performance, participants will view two separate events on different days and take part in 4 days of seminars led by Mr. Emmert, as well as a lecture and costume demonstration by Kanze school noh performer Takeda Yukifusa.
http://www.theatrenohgaku.org/projects/ongoing_e.php
2006/09/09 Pine Barrens World Premiere Right around the corner
Don\'t miss this opportunity to see The Jersey Devil come to life!
Once in the desolate Pine Barrens when the impoverished Mrs. Leeds was in labor with her thirteenth child, she cried out, “Let the devil take this child!” Thus began the legend of the Jersey Devil...
Go to our Noh Performance page for dates and times!
http://www.theatrenohgaku.org/contents_o_new/noh_performance_e.html
2006/08/16 Pine Barrens World Premiere and Tour Dates Announced
U.S. East Coast Tour
Don't miss this World Premiere event of the newest English language noh in TN's repetoire! Dates are as follows:
Sept. 15, 16 (raindate 17) North Carolina School for the Arts (Winston Salem, NC)
Sept. 19 Duke University (Durham, North Carlolina)
Sept. 21 Hampden Sydney College (Hampden Sydney, Virginia)
http://www.ncarts.edu/pressreleases/Releases2006/July2006/nohplay.htm
2006/02/25 TN Leads University of Puget Sound Noh Recital
On Friday March 3, 2006 as a culmination to workshops and classes led by David Crandall, Richard Emmert, and Yukie Iitomi, a recital will be held at Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, Washington. Admission is free and all are welcome to attend.
2006/02/21 TN Pleased to Announce Premiere of Pine Barrens
September 2006 tour dates to follow.
As part of TN\'s residency at the North Carolina School for the Arts and with the support of the Kenan Institute, TN will embark on a three stop tour in the American south in September of 2006. Confirmed venues are NCSA and Duke University.
See the Noh Performance page for details.
2006/02/13 Crazy Jane March Tour Postponed
Dept. of Homeland Security forces TN to call off tour
With great sadness we announce that due to circumstances beyond our control, TN has had to reschedule our upcoming Seattle area tour. As a result of the byzantine nature of the US Dept. of Homeland Security, our esteemed Japanese musicians were not able to get their visas approved in time for their interviews at the US embassy in Japan. This is even with the help of US Sentors! Hats off to the US Dept. of Homeland Security who has kept America safe from world culture once again. Without our musicians, who have been working incredibly hard with writer/director David Crandall, the show cannot be performed. Please check back soon to seen when the performance has been rescheduled.
2006/01/15 TN Announces 2006 Noh Writers Workshop
The 4th annual noh writers workshop will take place February 17th, 18th and 19th at CalArts.
An introduction to Noh history and forms especially from the point of view of script - the building blocks and effects of the esthetics. Led by Theater Nohgaku's Rick Emmert and John Oglevee, the aim is to promote the generation of new noh in English.
If you're interested in music, movement and poetry on stage, and are curious about a language for it, come on by...
2006/2/17 Friday 1-4,
2006/2/18 Saturday 10-5
2006/2/19 Sunday 9-3
CalArts
24700 McBean Parkway
Valencia, CA 91355
in Langley Hall
Questions?
Contact - Erik Ehn 661-222-2773
2006/01/01 Theatre Nohgaku Wishes All a very Happy New Year!!
2005/09/18 TN Newletter Vol.2 No.2 hits the site!
For those who contribute to TN you\'ve already received a hardcopy of Vol.2 No.3 in the mail. For those who just browse here, back issues of our newsletter
This issue has articles from Akira Matsui, Richard Emmert and David Crandall. Check the newsletter page!
2005/09/18 North Carolina School of the Arts hosts TN members
On September 10, 2005 at 7:00 pm Theater Nohgaku members David Crandall, Yukie Iitomi, James Ferner, Gary Mathews and Matt Dubroff, along with Mitsuo Kama, master noh drummer and TN Affiliated Artist, performed a selection of pieces from noh plays at Performance Place on the NCSA campus.
Featuring Yukie Iitomi dancing the role of Atsumori maibayashi, this performance was part of a two-week residency at NCSA offering workshops in noh dance, chant, drumming and mask and costume making. TN Affiliated Artist Hideta Kitazawa taught mask carving and painting and exhibited some of his masks in the Performance Place Lobby. The mask exhibit ran September 6-10. The residency was sponsored by the Thomas S. Kenan Institute for the Arts, a privately funded program of The North Carolina School of the Arts, and was the first part of a two year program which will result in the premiere of a new TN piece. Check back soon for pictures.
2005/05/07 TN Newletter Vol.2 No.1 hits the site!
For those who contribute to TN you\'ve already received a hardcopy of Vol.2 No.2 in the mail. For those who just browse here, back issues of our newsletter
This issue has articles from Samuel L. Leiter, Akira Matsui, Mitsuo Kama, Monica Bethe and David Crandall. Check the newsletter page!
2005/05/07 New Pix hit the site!
Check out the updated pictures on the image page. We’ve added some new shots from the Tsubaki Shrine workshop production of Crazy Jane as well as from our most recent Writers Workshop in Tokyo.
2005/03/06 TN Spring Rehearsal and Presentation, Tsubaki Shrine, Granite Falls, Washington, U.S.
TN members made their way to the beautiful Tsubaki Shrine through the great benvolence of Revered Koichi Barrish. After a week of intensive rehearsals, there was a presentation in the shrine itself of David Crandall\'s Crazy Jane.
Seattle hometown residents David Crandall and Yukie Iitomi had the tough task of organizing the event and with great results. Audiences were quite moved with the performance and expressed great interest in seeing a full production. Plans are underway for a 2006 Northwest Tour. Check back for more details.
2005/02/16 TN\'s 2005 Writers Workshop Tokyo
The third annual workshop conducted by Richard Emmert and John Oglevee took place this February from the 15th to the 21st. We saw a total of 9 noh including the exhilarating full cycle of noh in the Nohgaku Kyokai\'s annually sponsored performance at the National Noh Theater.
In addition we viewed costumes and masks at the home of Kanze shite Takeda Yukifusa. It was a very fruitful event with 14 participants. Highlights included the unveiling of two noh: Desert Light from member James Ferner and Sop-Doll written by Tony Torn and Lee Ann Brown.
