KANTAN
by Emily Yuko Walborn
Production History:
2022 - Box of Tricks Theatre - Rehearsed Reading
An adaptation of the Japanese Noh play ‘Kantan’
Ren doesn’t know where she belongs. She floats between two worlds, feeling too white for her Asian friends and too Asian for her white friends. Her aunt offers her a clear cut solution to her identity crisis - a generations old magic pillow that tells you everything you need to know about...
Production History:
2022 - Box of Tricks Theatre - Rehearsed Reading
An adaptation of the Japanese Noh play ‘Kantan’
Ren doesn’t know where she belongs. She floats between two worlds, feeling too white for her Asian friends and too Asian for her white friends. Her aunt offers her a clear cut solution to her identity crisis - a generations old magic pillow that tells you everything you need to know about yourself over the course of one dream.
Fusing the music, dance, and visual elements of Noh theatre with contemporary themes, Kantan is a surreal exploration of racial identity.
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