埼玉

Saitama by Erik Champney

As a child, Daiyu saw her family die with the fall of Shanghai. Now sixteen, she is incarcerated in a military sanctioned brothel, forced to serve the soldiers who traffic through her crumbled city. Among them is a man quietly watching Daiyu from afar. Tonight, he has decided to change her fate. This is a story of the "comfort women" of World War II, who were never given a choice.

• Premiere Production, Paradise Factory; dir. Janet Bentley; New York, NY VIDEO

• Winner, 8th Biennial One-Act Playwriting Contest, Theatre in the Raw, British Columbia

• Nominee, Outstanding Production of a One-Act, Planet Connections

Saitama, a Play by Erik Champney; Directed by Janet Bentley; Featuring Meggy Hai Trang, Adelyne Liu, and Mao Sun; Fight Choreography by Randall Rodriguez; Stage Manager & Board Op: Adam Samtur; Sound & Video Design by Andy Evan Cohen; Lighting Design by Gilbert “Lucky” Pearto; Costume Design by Ramona Pula; Assistant Director: Liz Contessa; Production Photographer: Bryan Cash.

• “Champney’s precise, detailed and effective writing finely renders this historical subject matter.” THEATERSCENE

• “It’s a mesmerizing story that seldom gets a place on the stage.” THEATER IN THE NOW