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Final Two Weeks to See
Yohen
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Final Two Weeks to See Yohen
Must Close Sunday, November 2
 "devastatingly truthful and naturally etched." Three Stars - RECOMMENDED
--Megan Powell, Time Out Chicago
"an intimate emotional rendering...vivid and filled with character" 3 1/2
Stars
--Venus Zarris, Chicago Stage Review
"Ernest Perry Jr. and Cheryl Hamada transcend...lovingly exposing the tragedy of a good marriage gone wrong."
--Laura Molzahm, Chicago Reader
Photo of Ernest Perry, Jr. and Cheryl Hamada by Michael Brosilow.
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THE MIDWEST PREMIERE
YOHEN
By Philip Kan
Gotanda
Directed by Steve Scott
Featuring
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Cheryl Hamada
as Sumi |
Ernest Perry, Jr.
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Through November 2, 2008
A divorced
Japanese woman and an
African-American GI meet in
post-World War II Japan and fall in love. After decades of struggle, they have found an accepting Los Angeles suburb to call home--but their
peaceful
world is changing. More than a study of clashing cultures, Yohen is the poetic, resonant story of two partners who discover that intimate
relationships change with environments--and love, however time-tested, is never constant.
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Presented in Association with
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Official Lighting Sponsor
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To
purchase tickets, visit
www.srtp.org
or call TheaterMania at
866-811-4111.
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PLAYWRIGHT PHILIP KAN GOTANDA
Philip Kan Gotanda is heralded as both a great American dramatist and a pioneering artist in the
cross-cultural theatre movement. His plays are performed and studied across the US as well as internationally. Gotanda is a recipient of the
Guggenheim Award and several other prestigious honors and awards.
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 Silk Road Sojourns
TV Show Premieres This Week
Episode 1 Thursday, 10:30pm
on
Channel 21
The premiere episode of Silk Road Sojourns the TV show, featuring Yohen playwright Philip Kan Gotanda, was shown last Sunday on
CAN-TV Channel 21, and will be replayed this coming Thursday the 23rd at 10:30pm. Episode 2, featuring Yohen stars Cheryl Hamada and
Ernest Perry, Jr.
will play Sunday the 26th at 7:30pm and Thursday the 30th at 10:30pm. The show will also be available at www.srtp.org/sojourns in the coming weeks.
More Sojourns
Online
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Middle East America Award Announced
Adriana Sevan Receives Distinguished Playwright Award;
Special Jury Prizes
to Leila
Buck and Sinan Unel
Distinguished Playwright Adriana Sevan
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Silk Road Theatre Project has
partnered with San Francisco's Golden Thread Productions and New York City's Lark Play Development Center to create Middle East America, a
commissioning program for playwrights of Middle Eastern American heritage. Last week the partnering organizations announced the selection of
Adriana
Sevan as the inaugural recipient of the award, with additional Special Jury Prizes awarded to Leila Buck and Sinan Unel. The first of its kind,
this prize
provides a $10,000 commission for Sevan to write a new play, intensive developmental support from the Lark, staged readings and
possible
productions at
Golden Thread
and
Silk Road, and travel funds to be present at all stages of the process.
Sevan is an American artist of
Armenian, Dominican, and
Basque ancestry. About the award, Adriana says, "What a blessing to have a trinity of theatres so
committed to the heart of my unwritten play, eager to share their wisdom and resources, provide a nurturing community, and help the seeds of my
story
to grow." About Sevan's proposed new work, the
Artistic Director of Silk Road Theatre Project Jamil
Khoury says, "This exciting first commission promises to enrich the cannon of American
theatre and our understanding of Middle Eastern Americans. Adriana plans to conduct research
exploring themes of family, atrocity, migration, and memory, including the untold stories of the
Turkish Schindlers who helped Armenians survive their Ottoman tormentors. The play is inspired by Adriana's grandparents who survived the Armenian
genocide before fleeing to the
shores of New England."
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 Argo Tea
Thursdays
Before the Show, After the Show
Every Thursday enjoy complimentary
teas from across the Silk Road compliments of Argo Tea!
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 William El-Gardi in Yasser
October 28 to November 8 at Chopin Theatre
Yasser is a young, idealistic
Palestinian actor living in Europe. Before going onstage to play Shylock, the archetypal Jew in The Merchant of Venice, he's torn between
his
Palestinian identity and the role. He'd really rather play Arafat or Yitzhak Rabin, as he did as a young boy in Palestine. He also has been
robbed of
all his props
to perform onstage and dumped by his girlfriend.
It's an hour before curtain but where is his nose?
Maneuvering through the roles, he discovers that the Arab understands Shylock better than anyone else: can anyone really cut a pound of flesh
without spilling blood?
More information www.i-fest.com.
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 Follow the Silk Road to
the Only
Boutique Theatre in the Loop
Silk
Road Theatre
Project's performance
venue is a beautiful
and comfortable, fully-equipped, 99-seat flexible "brown box" theatre
in
Pierce Hall, located in The Historic Chicago Temple Building, 77 West
Washington Street (corner of Washington & Clark), right in the heart of Chicago's burgeoning Loop theatre district.
VENUE
"An elegantly lit, marble-floored, brass-and-oak-trimmed theater
complex, compatible with the [building's] neo-French Gothic
Architecture."
--The Chicago Reader
PARKING
Only $6 for Silk Road patrons
 System Parking at 230 West
Washington Street, at the northeast corner of Washington and Franklin streets, just
three blocks west of the
theatre. Be sure to ask the box office attendant for a parking coupon.
PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION
Silk
Road Theatre Project is within one to three blocks of all major CTA
"el" and subway lines, and is accessible by several major bus routes.
For CTA information call 312-836-7000 or visit www.transitchicago.com.
The theatre is also accessible by city and suburban Metra Train lines. For Metra information call 312-322-6777 or visit www.metrarail.com.
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Support Our Neighborhood Sponsors
These sponsors provide generous support for Silk Road throughout the year. Please help us show our appreciation by patronizing these
outstanding businesses.
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Silk Road Theatre Project
at The Historic Chicago Temple Building
77 West Washington Street | Pierce Hall | Chicago, IL 60602
info@srtp.org | 312-857-1234 | www.srtp.org |
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October 21st
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