Devised/ Words by Ken Yoshikawa
Directed by Rebby Yuer Foster
February 10th - March 2nd, 2024
Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30pm
Sundays at 5:00pm
Shows begin promptly at 7:30pm & 5:00pm. No late seating.
*Recommended for ages 16 up
Running time: 70 minutes (no intermission)
Directed by Rebby Yuer Foster
February 10th - March 2nd, 2024
Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30pm
Sundays at 5:00pm
Shows begin promptly at 7:30pm & 5:00pm. No late seating.
*Recommended for ages 16 up
Running time: 70 minutes (no intermission)
We Wrote This with You in Mind is a play grieving the past: two friends reminisce on the monstrous chasm of place and memory.
“WE’RE HAVING NIGHTMARES AGAIN”
This is a play for our ancestors. It’s a play for our families. It’s about seeking & waiting for a seemingly nameless grief to arise. It’s about longing after an abandonment. It’s about returning. It’s about the petty sadness that crowns existential dread. It’s about confronting that which would be easier forgotten. We wrote this with you in mind.
“WE’RE HAVING NIGHTMARES AGAIN”
This is a play for our ancestors. It’s a play for our families. It’s about seeking & waiting for a seemingly nameless grief to arise. It’s about longing after an abandonment. It’s about returning. It’s about the petty sadness that crowns existential dread. It’s about confronting that which would be easier forgotten. We wrote this with you in mind.
Cast:
Kai Hynes
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Kayla Hanson
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Creative Team
Director: Rebby Yuer Foster Playwright: Ken Yoshikawa Stage Manager: Ped Dominguez Music Composer: Lake Director of Photography & Video Editor: Skye Richter Set Designer: Alex Meyer Costume Designer: Wendi YuLing Lighting Designer: Abby Jacquin Audio & Video Engineer: Jared Jonas Assistant Audio & Video Engineer: Hunter Gladney Technical Director: Nate Raphael Scenic Painter / Muralist: Andrew Palomo Photographer: Rick Liu Graphic Designer: Ella Higgins |
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About the Playwright:
Ken Yoshikawa (he/him) likes to write plays and poems and do silly things onstage. He’s a playwright in residence with The Historic Alberta House, a member of Linestorm Playwrights, and had an absolute blast as a student of PETE’s Institute of Contemporary Performance. This is his first professional commissioned play ever! Wowie, and how lovely a time it was devising this world with this stellar group of artists! Recently he played Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at PCS, and has shown up around town at OAT, NWCT, OCT, and others! He performed his solo show The Art of Fly Swatting in town and at the Pan Asian Repertory off-broadway in NYC. In his free time he enjoys video games, hanging with friends, trees, and working as an astrologer.
Ken Yoshikawa (he/him) likes to write plays and poems and do silly things onstage. He’s a playwright in residence with The Historic Alberta House, a member of Linestorm Playwrights, and had an absolute blast as a student of PETE’s Institute of Contemporary Performance. This is his first professional commissioned play ever! Wowie, and how lovely a time it was devising this world with this stellar group of artists! Recently he played Puck in A Midsummer Night’s Dream at PCS, and has shown up around town at OAT, NWCT, OCT, and others! He performed his solo show The Art of Fly Swatting in town and at the Pan Asian Repertory off-broadway in NYC. In his free time he enjoys video games, hanging with friends, trees, and working as an astrologer.
We Wrote This With You in Mind is supported by our major donors; Ronni Lacroute, Jessie Jonas, Anonymous, and Ellyn Bye.
We'd also like to thank the foundations listed below, members of Shaking the Tree's Board, as well as many other individual supporters. To support this show, or any others in our season, please visit our SUPPORT page.
We'd also like to thank the foundations listed below, members of Shaking the Tree's Board, as well as many other individual supporters. To support this show, or any others in our season, please visit our SUPPORT page.
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Major Funding provided by
Ronni S. Lacroute Fund of Oregon Community Foundation, Jessie Jonas, Anonymous, Ellyn Bye, the Regional Arts & Culture Council, including support from the City of Portland, Multnomah County, the Arts Education & Access Fund, Prosper Portland, the James F. and Marion L. Miller Foundation, the Marie Lamfrom Charitable Foundation, the Shubert Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Collins Foundation, the Oregon Cultural Trust, the Oregon Arts Commission, the Rose and David Dortort Foundation, supporting organization of the California Community Foundation, Portland Events and Film, and the Multnomah County Cultural Coalition.
