Sam Hamashima

Ivan and Lucas have an intimate misunderstanding at a leather bar in New York. An unexpected situation leads to infatuation.

Yellow wants white. It's straightforward at first: a nip here, a tuck there, an expensive copay. But in this reality, Kevin's escape from his Japanese Identity becomes much more than a few surgeries. When Kevin's plaster casts break and he hatches, will everything be sunny side up? Tamago, meaning egg in Japanese, thrusts us into a labyrinth filled with minotaurs, dead ends, and pallid ghouls of shame. A fateful moment on Fire Island, a geisha doll encased in glass, and a desire for freedom hold this provocateur together like a stitched up chimera. TAMAGO beckons you into the maze of liberation one bloody step at a time. Watch your step; you might step on a severed limb.

70 Minutes • Rated PG
News travels across the Pacific on Dec. 7 resulting in claims of Japanese sympathizers on the American Mainland. As calls for war perpetrate a nation, The Ishii Family undertakes radical assimilation to calm the local police and fearful neighbors. Mixing family testimony and anime aesthetic, the Japanese Americans’ response to national disaster develops into a sparkling fable on what it means when family and country are at odds.

90 minutes • Rated PG
Shiyoko left the Japanese American Concentration Camps a long time ago , or so she thought. Faced with questions from a curious grandson, Shiyoko's world becomes both what had happened and what was wanted. Past and present become one landscape for this anime adventure as enemies are revealed, companions are found, trauma is unpacked, and what was only thought becomes (un)spoken word. A poetic impression from the Yonsei perspective, Supposed Home brings a new piece of the puzzle that is the Japanese American experience.

10 Minutes • Rated G *TYA*
After being trapped in a glass jar, Polly must find her way home before nightfall. Unfortunately, knowing your way around the forest isn’t something every busy-bee knows! With the help of two fireflies, Polly must see how she can get home, and how she must listen to more points of view.

60 Minutes • Rated G *TYA*
Shoyu Tell is a bite sized TYA piece looking at a young student's decision to bring "Family Food" to "School Lunch". Mixing the Japanese word for Soy-sauce and the Elementary School "Show and Tell", this script will let audiences in on the importance of food in Japanese American culture and the courage it takes to be different.
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70 Minutes • Rated PG 13
A Banana unpeels itself until there's nothing left. What does it mean to be fruity? What does it mean to be yellow on the outside and white on the inside? A comedic roller-coaster about identity, the Asian experience in casting, and the ownership of one's heritage.

90 Minutes • Rated PG
A Dungeons and Dragons Party waits for the start of the Pokémon and Animal Rights Panel in their first trip to Comic Con when a Biblically Accurate Angel grants them their tabletop-game powers IRL and sends these Certified Nerds on a Crude and Quirky Quest(TM). Demons, Biblically Accurate Angels, and Sheet Monsters Oh My! (George Takei voice) This raucous garage-theater piece leans into the absurd and invites you to adventure into the 7 Rings of Hell and back!

10 Minutes • Rated R
A Daddy and a Son meet at NYC's The Eagle. For one of them, it's a first time.

10 Minutes • Rated PG
An unlikely interaction between strangers in a park. Sometimes the most welcoming interaction in a city comes from an unexpected place. 10 Minute Play.