January 14 - February 29, 2004
The Midwest Premiere

Written by Velina Hasu Houston

Directed by Lynn Ann Bernatowicz

Featuring:
Mary Ann de la Cruz, Kate Garassino, Roxanne Lee, Stephanie Santos and Erika Winters

Set in 1950's small town Kansas, Tea tells the story of four women who come together to clean the house of a fifth after her tragic suicide upsets the balance of life in their small Japanese immigrant community.

The spirit of the dead woman returns as a ghostly ringmaster to force the women to come to terms with the disquieting tension of their lives and find common ground. Her destiny requires she escape the limbo between life and death, and move on to the next world in peace, carving a future passage for the others.

Tea Cast
Setsuko Banks	Mary Ann de la Cruz
Teruko MacKenzie	Kate Garassino
Atsuko Yamamoto	Roxanne Lee
Himiko Hamilton	Stephanie Santos
Chizuye Juarez	Erika Winters
Understudy	Nina Peng
Understudy	Leah Zhang
Tea Production Staff
Director	Lynn Ann Bernatowicz
Producers	Malik Gillani & Jamil Khoury
Stage Manager	Susanne Hufnagel
Costume Designer	Joanne Witzkowski
Set Designer	Richard Schneider
Lighting Designer	Kurt Ottinger
Props Master	Seamus Dooley
Technical Director	Jon Frazier
Assistant Stage Manager	Cluette Jeremy T. Todd
Additional Casting	Adam Silver

Performed at Pierce Hall at The Historic Chicago Temple Building