Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang (L) as Daiyu and Adelyne Liu as Nuying in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
       
     
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Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang as Daiyu. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang as Daiyu in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang (standing) as Daiyu and Adelyne Liu as Nuying in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang (L) as Daiyu and Mao Sun as Hideki in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang (L) as Daiyu and Mao Sun as Hideki in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Mao Sun (standing) as Hideki and Meggy Hai Trang as Daiyu in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang as Daiyu in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang (L) as Daiyu and Adelyne Liu as Nuying in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang (seated) as Daiyu and Adelyne Liu as Nuying in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang (foreground) as Daiyu and Mao Sun as Hideki in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Mao Sun (L) as Hideki and Meggy Hai Trang as Daiyu in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Mao Sun as Hideki in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Adelyne Liu (seated) as Nuying and Mao Sun as Hideki in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Mao Sun (L) as Hideki and Adelyne Liu as Nuying in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
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Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang (L) as Daiyu and Adelyne Liu as Nuying in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
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Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang (L) as Daiyu and Adelyne Liu as Nuying in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.

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.

Winner, 8th Biennial One-Act Playwriting Contest, Theatre In the Raw, BC.

Finalist, Outstanding Production of a One-Act, Planet Connections

Premiere Production, Planet Connections; dir. Janet Bentley. New York, NY.

       
     
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Trailer: SAITAMA by Erik Champney (Paradise Factory)

Watch the trailer for Saitama 埼玉 at Paradise Factory.

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Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang as Daiyu. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
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Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang as Daiyu. Photo by Bryan Cash.

Saitama, written by Erik Champney and directed by Janet Bentley. Planet Connections, New York, NY.

“Champney’s precise, detailed and effective writing finely renders this historical subject matter.” Review: Theaterscene

“It’s a mesmerizing story that seldom gets a place on the stage.” Review: Theater in the Now

Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang as Daiyu in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
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Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang as Daiyu in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.

Saitama, written by Erik Champney and directed by Janet Bentley. Planet Connections, New York, NY. 

Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang (standing) as Daiyu and Adelyne Liu as Nuying in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
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Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang (standing) as Daiyu and Adelyne Liu as Nuying in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.

Saitama, written by Erik Champney and directed by Janet Bentley. Planet Connections, New York, NY.

Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang (L) as Daiyu and Mao Sun as Hideki in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
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Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang (L) as Daiyu and Mao Sun as Hideki in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.

Saitama, written by Erik Champney and directed by Janet Bentley. Planet Connections, New York, NY. 

Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang (L) as Daiyu and Mao Sun as Hideki in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
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Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang (L) as Daiyu and Mao Sun as Hideki in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.

Saitama, written by Erik Champney and directed by Janet Bentley. Planet Connections, New York, NY. 

Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Mao Sun (standing) as Hideki and Meggy Hai Trang as Daiyu in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
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Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Mao Sun (standing) as Hideki and Meggy Hai Trang as Daiyu in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.

Saitama, written by Erik Champney and directed by Janet Bentley. Planet Connections, New York, NY. 

Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang as Daiyu in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
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Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang as Daiyu in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.

Saitama, written by Erik Champney and directed by Janet Bentley. Planet Connections, New York, NY. 

Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang (L) as Daiyu and Adelyne Liu as Nuying in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
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Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang (L) as Daiyu and Adelyne Liu as Nuying in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.

Saitama, written by Erik Champney and directed by Janet Bentley. Planet Connections, New York, NY.

Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang (seated) as Daiyu and Adelyne Liu as Nuying in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
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Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang (seated) as Daiyu and Adelyne Liu as Nuying in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.

Saitama, written by Erik Champney and directed by Janet Bentley. Planet Connections, New York, NY. 

Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang (foreground) as Daiyu and Mao Sun as Hideki in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
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Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Meggy Hai Trang (foreground) as Daiyu and Mao Sun as Hideki in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.

Saitama, written by Erik Champney and directed by Janet Bentley. Planet Connections, New York, NY. 

Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Mao Sun (L) as Hideki and Meggy Hai Trang as Daiyu in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
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Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Mao Sun (L) as Hideki and Meggy Hai Trang as Daiyu in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.

Saitama, written by Erik Champney and directed by Janet Bentley. Planet Connections, New York, NY. 

Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Mao Sun as Hideki in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
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Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Mao Sun as Hideki in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.

Saitama, written by Erik Champney and directed by Janet Bentley. Planet Connections, New York, NY. 

Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Adelyne Liu (seated) as Nuying and Mao Sun as Hideki in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
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Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Adelyne Liu (seated) as Nuying and Mao Sun as Hideki in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.

Saitama, written by Erik Champney and directed by Janet Bentley. Planet Connections, New York, NY. 

Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Mao Sun (L) as Hideki and Adelyne Liu as Nuying in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.
       
     
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Paradise Factory (New York, NY): Mao Sun (L) as Hideki and Adelyne Liu as Nuying in SAITAMA 埼玉 by Erik Champney. Photo by Bryan Cash.

Saitama, written by Erik Champney and directed by Janet Bentley. Planet Connections, New York, NY. 

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