Sam Hamashima

Sam Hamashima

samhamashima@gmail.com / @samhamashima
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Works include: American Spies and Other Homegrown Fables (The Hub Theatre, Winner of the 2018 Kennedy Center Undergraduate Playwrights’ Award, University of Michigan Hopwood Award in Drama) and Supposed Home (Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Seattle Public Theater, Finalist – Seven Devils Playwrights Conference). They are the second recipient of Seattle...
samhamashima@gmail.com / @samhamashima
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Works include: American Spies and Other Homegrown Fables (The Hub Theatre, Winner of the 2018 Kennedy Center Undergraduate Playwrights’ Award, University of Michigan Hopwood Award in Drama) and Supposed Home (Bay Area Playwrights Festival, Seattle Public Theater, Finalist – Seven Devils Playwrights Conference). They are the second recipient of Seattle Public Theatre’s Emerald Prize. BFA in Musical Theatre, University of Michigan.

Plays

  • UPSTREAM/DOWNSTREAM by Sam Hamashima
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    1–3
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 8 more
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    Keyword: New York City, riverside park + 3 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, dark comedy, drama, experimental, fable/folktale, fantasy, holiday, movement/physical, radio drama
    Keyword: New York City, riverside park, magical realism, nature, existential
    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.
  • SUPPOSED HOME by Sam Hamashima
    Recommendations: 4
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    Cast: 
    6–8
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    Genre: adventure, biography + 4 more
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    Keyword: Japanese, Japanese American + 3 more
    Genre: adventure, biography, docudrama/historic, experimental, fable/folktale, young audiences
    Keyword: Japanese, Japanese American, internment, concentration camp, American history
    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...
    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.
  • AMERICAN SPIES by Sam Hamashima
    Recommendations: 6
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    Cast: 
    6–8
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 4 more
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    Keyword: Japanese, American history + 6 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, drama, experimental, fable/folktale, fantasy
    Keyword: Japanese, American history, Japanese American, anime, video games, slam poetry, concentration camp, internment
    Rated PG. News travels across the Pacific on Dec. 7 resulting in foolhardy claims of Japanese sympathizers. 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 cartoon charm, the Japanese Americans’ response to national disaster develops into a sparkling fable on what it means to be family.
  • SHOYU TELL by Sam Hamashima
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: adventure, comedy + 3 more
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    Keyword: tya, Asian American + 4 more
    Genre: adventure, comedy, fable/folktale, fantasy, young audiences
    Keyword: tya, Asian American, Japanese, Sushi, Show and Tell, diversity
    Rated G. 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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  • GARDEN STATE by Sam Hamashima
    Recommendations: 2
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    Cast: 
    4–6
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    Genre: fantasy, young audiences
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    Keyword: magic bees, bumblebees + 2 more
    Genre: fantasy, young audiences
    Keyword: magic bees, bumblebees, magic, insects
    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. / created for the Play At Home project
  • BANANA by Sam Hamashima
    Recommendations: 3
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    Cast: 
    1–2
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    Genre: biography, romantic comedy
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    Keyword: Asian American, mixed race + 4 more
    Genre: biography, romantic comedy
    Keyword: Asian American, mixed race, mixed identity, biracial, Contemporary gay male life, gay romance
    Rated PG 13. Local banana makes you laugh until you don't.
  • BAPTISM by Sam Hamashima
    Recommendations: 1
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    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, experimental + 1 more
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    Keyword: gay, Club + 5 more
    Genre: comedy, experimental, romantic comedy
    Keyword: gay, Club, Initiation, fetish, kink, Asian American, belonging
    Rated R. A Daddy and a Son meet at NYC's The Eagle. For one of them, it's a first time.