PRODUCTION HISTORY
Leo K. Theatre
OBON: Tales of Rain and Moonlight
World Premiere
By Ping Chong and Company
April 8, 2002- May 18, 2002
| Production Coordinator/Japan |
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Hitoshi Yoshiki |
| Original musical score recorded by |
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Paul Taub (flutes) |
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Bill Frisell (guitars, dobro) |
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Wayne Horvitz
(piano, MIDI keyboards) |
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Amy Denio (voice, saxes, various) |
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Guy Klucevsek (accordion, melodica) |
| Narration recorded by |
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Brian Hallas |
| Puppets built by |
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Ikuyo Hirota |
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Masami Maeda
Kouichi Maruyama
Tsutomu Nishida
Jyunichi Taniguchi |
The Performers
Jodi Eichelberger, Aya T.Kanai, Jennifer Kato*,
Fred C. Riley, III, Sam Word
Recorded Voices
Esther Chae, Ping Chong, Brian Hallas, Jennifer Kato, Michael Rohd, Jeffrey Rose, Louise Smith, Ching Valdez
| Stage Manager |
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Stacey Roberts |
| Technical Director |
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David Geyer |
| Produced by |
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Ping Chong & Company |
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Bruce Allardice, Managing Director |
| General Manager |
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Lisa Booth Management, Inc. |
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Deirdre Valente, Vice President |
OBON is co-commissioned by Seattle Repertory Theatre, Spoleto Festival USA, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Conversation & Co. Tokyo Japan.
OBON has been developed with support from: Japan-US Partnership for the Performing Arts, NYC Department of Cultural Affairs/Challenge Program, National Endowment for the Arts, The Rockefeller Foundation, Asian Cultural Council, New York State Council on the Arts, The Jim Henson Foundation, and Mary Flagler Cary Charitable Trust.
This production is dedicated to Kenji Mizoguchi.
*Actor appears through the courtesy of Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
This production was made possible, in part, by:
Boeing
