SHOGUN
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Adapted by John
R. Briggs
From the play by William Shakespeare
Directed by Ernest Abuba
Japanese Movement by Sachiyo Ito
Fight Choreographer: Michael G. Chin
November 4 - December 7, 2008
At the Julia Miles Theater
424 W 55th Street
between 9th and 10th Avenues
Opening Night November 12 at 7PM
Tickets $125
Tickets: $20 - $50
with discounts for seniors, students, groups and corporate partners
Student Matinee tickets are $10 per student,
with a complimentary chaperone per 10 students. Student Matinee
reservations include a study guide provided in advance of the
performance, as well as a post-show discussion with the cast and
company members.
To place a Student Matinee, group or opening night
reservation and for more information,
call Pan Asian Rep
at 212-868-4030.
Buy
Tickets
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A Note from the Adapter John R. Briggs |
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A Note from the Director Ernest Abuba |
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Tisa
Chang's Artistic Director Statement |
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Press for Shogun Macbeth |
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In staging SHOGUN MACBETH Pan Asian Repertory Theatre retains Shakespeare’s language but transposes the play to medieval Japan where warring rival clans vie to replace the shogunate. Macbeth becomes a samurai who plots treason and claims the throne. His rise to authority as a dictator, consumed by the power of darkness and the evil in his soul, destroys his own love of beauty and humanity. Shakespeare’s “Weird Sisters” become Three Yojo’s, representations of ancient Shintoism and Buddhist demons known as obake, creatures with spiritual and supernatural powers, while elements of Kyogen, Noh and Kabuki Theatre techniques are integrated with spectacular swordplay.
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the Kamakura period |
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Click here to find out more about Buddhism |
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about Japanese Tea Ceremony |
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DRAMATIS PERSONAE |
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MacBeth,
a samurai who aspires to the
Shogunate.
Kaipo Schwab grew up in Honolulu and is proud of his Hawaiian-Chinese-Scottish-Irish
heritage. He is the Artistic Director of Imua! Theatre & Film Company,
as well as an accomplished stage and screen actor ("The Royal Tenenbaums",
"It Could Happen To You"). |
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Fujin MacBeth,
Macbeth's ambitious
wife.
Rosanne Ma, was a company member for two years with the Off-Broadway
show JEWTOPIA and is also a Pan Asian Rep regular, having recently
starred in THE JOY LUCK CLUB and as Hollywood legend Anna May Wong
in CHINA DOLL. |
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Biwa Hoshi,
a traveling poet and musician
Hawaiian-born, Tom Matsusaka is a Pan Asian Senior Artist and Broadway
veteran (including MAME and PACIFIC OVERTURES), has appeared in
numerous Pan Asian productions such as Teahouse, Rashomon and The
Joy Luck Club |
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| The Yojos are ghostly creatures
with spiritual and supernatural powers |
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Yojo 1
Shigeko Suga is a native of Japan and a
Pan Asian Senior Artist, with previous appearances including RASHOMON
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the 1986 production of SHOGUN MACBETH |
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Yojo 2
Claro Austria, originally from Manila, has performed and toured
around the US and internationally, recently returning from the International
Artaud Festival in Bali, and is making his Pan Asian debut. |
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Yojo 3
A native of Japan, Emi F. Jones has been in touring companies throughout
the Midwest and Asia and is a veteran and Masters graduate of Asian
performance techniques. She is making her Pan Asian debut. |
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Shogun Duncan,
chief of clan, who is killed by Macbeth.
Keoni Scott, from Hawai'i, is an experienced Off-Broadway and touring
actor, who has appeared in Pan Asian Rep's productions of
THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON and ALOHA LAS VEGAS. |
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Malcolm,
Duncan's oldest son
Marcus Ho, a New York stage, film and television actor, has toured
to Cuba with Pan Asian Rep and also starred in their production
of
The Poet of Columbus Avenue. |
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Donalbain,
Duncan's younger son
Claro de los Reyes is a local filmmaker and stage actor, including
with NAATCO and Ma-Yi Theatre Company, and is making his
Pan Asian Rep debut. |
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Shoko,
a wounded samurai
(Doubles as Young Siward, Siward's son)
Ken Park, returns to Pan Asian, having starred as The Bandit in
the company's production of Rashomon, including the 2003 tour to
the
Havana Theatre Festival. |
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Angus,
veteran Samurai with a sense
of humor
Ron Nakahara, is Artistic Associate and Senior Artist with Pan Asian
Rep, with many other regional theatre and television credits. Pan
Asian productions include Cambodia Agonistes, Carry the Tiger to
the Mountain and Empress of China. |
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Ross,
a loyal samurai
James Rana is an ensemble member of the Classical Theatre of Harlem,
where he also played Ross in their 2006 production of MacBeth. |
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Banquo,
best friend of MacBeth
Ariel Estrada has appeared with Pan Asian Rep in productions of
CAMBODIA AGONISTES and THE FAN TAN KING, and as well as other productions
off-Broadway and on tour. |
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MacDuff,
rival to MacBeth
Calvin Ahn is a multi-talented performer and actor, skilled in martial
arts and aerial acrobatics, with numerous local stage and screen
credits, making his debut with Pan Asian Rep. |
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Fujin MacDuff,
MacDuff's wife
and an expert swordswoman
Sacha Iskra, is a singer, dancer and actor whose regional theatre
credits include MISS SAIGON, METAMORPHOSES, THE TEMPEST and Pan
Asian Rep's THE JOY LUCK CLUB, as Lena St. Clair. |
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Fleance,
son of Banquo
(Doubles as Tara Kaja, a drunken, comedic gatekeeper) Yoko Hyun
is a third-generation Korean-Japanese from Osaka, who recently played
Setsuko in a Phoenix Players production of TEA and makes her debut
with Pan Asian Rep. |
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Boy MacDuff,
son of MacDuff and Fujin
MacDuff
(Doubles as Jiro Kaja, a drunken, comedic gatekeeper) Nadia Gan,
a Southeast Asia-raised native of Malaysia, has appeared in touring
productions of THE LEARNED LADIES and RICHARD II with The Shakesepeare
Theatre's Next Stage Ensemble. |
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Student Mat
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Manga Night |
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November - December 2008 |
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