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SUMMARY:SIGHTS | SOUNDS | SAMPLINGS of the Asian-American Experience
DESCRIPTION:Join us on Wednesday\, May 4th from 4:30pm to 6:30pm for our SIGHTS | SOUNDS | SAMPLINGS of the Asian-American Experience.\nThis event is intended to be a learning adventure of the Asian culture in conjunction with Emerson Theater Collaborative’s upcoming production of True Nature of All Being  produced by Camilla Ross\, written by Lisa Giordano and directed by Ashley Adelman on May 6th-8th.\n\nSIGHTS – Japanese Karate\, Seido\, demo byThird Degree Black Belt\,Ashley Adelman. The art of making sushi demo by Minyan Zhu. African art will also be displayed.\n\nSOUNDS – The musical sounds of Shoko Rice \, actress\, will perfectly complement this very special event.\n\nSAMPLINGS – Enjoy of Nigori and Junmai Sake accompanying a wide variety of Tuna and Salmon Sushi and more. Learn more about their unique cuisine.\n\nKarreemah (Kay) Muhammad of KAYZ Oilz share information about trauma that we inherit from our predecessors and how essential oils can help support and balance our body systems.\n\nCLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS – $45 per person in advance or $55 at door.\n\nFor more information on Emerson Theater Collaborative’s production of True Nature of All Being\, click here!
URL:https://emersontheatercollaborative.org/event/sights-sounds-samplings-of-the-asian-american-experience/
LOCATION:Sedona Arts Academy | The Collective Sedona\, 7000 SR 179 STE C-100\, Sedona\, 86351\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult,Cultural,Drama,Humanities,Performing Arts,Sedona,Special Events,Tragedy
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SUMMARY:True Nature of All Being
DESCRIPTION:During 1970\, in Minamata a small fishing village in Japan\, a fisherman\, Teru Moriya is struggling to make ends meet and to care for his family especially his young\, severely disabled daughter. The livelihood of all the fishermen in the village is at stake since many people are falling ill\, and the suspected culprit is mercury being drained from a nearby chemical plant and polluting the waters. People in the village are at odds since some in the village are dependent on the chemical plant for their livelihood. The illness is dividing the town\, families including Teru Moriya’s and destroying individual lives. Women in the village have banded together to discover the truth\, save their children and spark the global environmental movement.\n\n\nWritten by Lisa A. Giordano. Produced by Camilla Ross. Directed by Ashely Adelman. \n\n\nWhen:\n\nMay 6th\, Friday – LIVE STREAM & IN-HOUSE\nMay 7th\, Saturday\, 7pm IN-HOUSE\nMay 8th\, Sunday\, 2pm IN-HOUSE\n\nWhere:\n\nEmerson Theater Collaborative at The Collective Sedona in Village of Oak Creek\n\nIn-House Tickets: \n\nClick here to buy tickets!\nPrices –\n\nAdvance Purchase – $35\nAt-the-Door – $45\nAdvance /Reserved Seating – $55 (sit at table with your friends/family\, drink tickets available and table service)\nAdvance /Reserved Table – $165 (reserve an entire table of three for your friends/family\, drink tickets available and table service\n\n\n\nClick here to buy Live Stream  Tickets (May 6th 7pm PST only)! \nClick here to learn more about our Pre-Show Event\, SIGHTS \ SOUNDS | SAMPLINGS of the Asian-American Experience\, on May 4th! \nGrantors: \n\nArizona Humanities\nArizona Commission on the Arts\nPuffin Foundation\, LTD\n\n  \nCast: \n\n  \nAsuka Morinaga Derfler (MICHIKO MORIYA)\nAsuka Morinaga Derfler is from Hiroshima\, graduated from the Toho Gakuen drama department and was a member of the Haiyuza Theater Company in Tokyo. Japan credits include: Seagull (Nina) at Haiyuza Theater\, Chidori (Chidori) at Kinokuniya Southern Theater\, Ino Tadaka Story (Ino Shino) at the New National Theater in Tokyo and others as well as voice over works at NHK\, movies\, and Play Station games. She was trained at Herbert Berkoff Studio as a scholarship student from the Japanese Government. She has performed in plays\, readings\, at HERE\, Flea Theater\,Theater@DNA and others. Voice over work at FCI and USN. She is a teaching artist at Ping Chong + Company and has also been working to develop a theater education program between NYC and Japan.\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nZak Ma (HIROSHI MURASAKI & MONKEY TRAINER)\nZak Ma is a New York based actor and physical theatre artist from Southern California. He believes in the healing power of art and aims to erase the limitations from the culmination of societal\, ancestral\, and cultural dictations. Zak recently created\, produced\, and performed in his solo show\, Ma: The Exodus\, an exploration of his personal experience as a Asian American immigrant. He obtained his Master’s in Acting at The Actors Studio Drama School\, and his Butoh training with RenGyoSoh Butoh theatre company\, where he officially became a core member since 2020. Recent performances include Ikigai (Hollywood Fringe Encore Producers’ Award)\, EN:2021\, Ma on the Edge\, and Watch Me (An Original Play by Kervigo Ensemble). zak-ma.com\n\n  \n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSamantha Shen (FUMIKO MURASAKI)\nRaised in the Bay Area of California\, Samantha was heavily involved in theater and music ministry. Her love for the arts continued to grow\, so she moved to Los Angeles to earn her BA in Ethnomusicology at UCLA. Now\, she resides in Albuquerque\, New Mexico\, where she has found a balance between her life and her life’s work. Samantha shares her love of storytelling and music through releasing original songs as well as playing characters that portray minority stories\, uplifting the voices that have been silenced for far too long. Instagram: @samanthashen_.  Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/samanthashenmusic\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n  \n\n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nShoko Rice (HANA MORIYA) \nShoko Rice was born and raised in Niigata\, Japan. She moved to the states by herself without speaking English in 2006. She has been living in Los Angeles since\, now it’s her second home. She has worked on many films and TV shows in Hollywood over a decade. Her recent film credits include her leading feature film “Call Me Emanuelle” “A Wiseguy Christmas” ”The Awakening of Emanuelle” “Kill Plan”. She proved that an immigrant with English as their second language could lead in a Hollywood film. True Nature Of All Being is her theater debut production. She is also a singer and painter\, she puts so much passion into each of her works.  Instagram@shokorice\n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKoji Ono (TERU MORIYA) \nKoji Ono is originally from Japan and has been performing as a professional actor for 11 years in Shiki Theatre Company which is the most famous theatre company in Japan. Koji has performed with such shows as A Chorus Line\, West Side Story\, Aida\, Lion King\, Evita and so many other shows. He is so excited to join this amazing project “True Nature of All Being”!\n\nFacebook:@kojiono0427       Instagram:@koji_ono1981            Twitter:@kojiono7                         Website:kojiono.com\n\n  \n  \n\n\n\n  \n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJulie Rhee (AUNT YOSHIKO)  \nJulie Rhee is a writer\, director and actress from NYC. Her one-act plays including Mother’s Day\, Blind Date\, have been presented and she has also directed short plays in NYC play festivals. As an actress\, she has played “Lauren” in Circle Mirror Transformation by Annie Baker\, and “Juror #8” in Twelve Angry Jurors by Reginald Rose. She also enjoys stand-up comedy\, and has competed at the She-Devil Comedy Fest in NYC along with forty-seven women comedians selected across the country.\n\n  \n\n  \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJunko Nishiguchi Cheng (AUNT YUIKO)\nJunko Nishiguchi Cheng was raised in Osaka\, New York\, and Southern California where she now resides with her husband of 34 years and their two grown children. After 30+ years as an international recording artist\, she switched to acting in 2018 when she was cast as the “lipstick lady” in Taylor Swift’s music video Delicate. She has since appeared in several films\, commercials\, and TV shows\, and she is excited to be cast in her first stage production since her musical theater days in college. Junko and David are looking forward to their upcoming trip to Aruba which she won on Wheel of Fortune. IG and Twitter @junkocheng\n\nFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/junkousa or https://www.facebook.com/JunkoCheng\nInstagram: @junkocheng                 Twitter: @junkocheng                           Website: www.junko.com
URL:https://emersontheatercollaborative.org/event/true-nature-of-all-being/
LOCATION:Sedona Arts Academy | The Collective Sedona\, 7000 SR 179 STE C-100\, Sedona\, 86351\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adult,Cultural,Drama,Historical,Performing Arts,Tragedy
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