Special Staged Reading of Phillip Kan Gotanda’s “Yohen”

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A special staged reading of

Phillip Kan Gotanda’s Yohen

featuring

Danny Glover
Actor, Producer, Activist and Humanitarian

and

Karen Lew
Actress

directed by

Ben Guillory
Producing Artistic Director
Robey Theatre Company

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Saturday, May 30, 2015
7:00 p.m.
6:30 p.m. doors open

Followed by post-show discussion and light refreshments
James Bridges Theater
UCLA Campus
Free and open to the public; first-come, first-served.
Seating is limited. Reservations are required.

Parking available for $12 in Structure 3
Inquiries: CollegeEvents@support.ucla.edu or (310) 825-4038

About the Event: Yohen is one of a number of collaborations between UCLA and Robey Theatre Company called, Black Arts and Black Publics: Robey Theatre Company and the Continuum of Black Performance in Los Angeles. Set in Gardena in 1986, Yohen deals with a troublesome interracial marriage between an African American, James, and his Japanese war bride, named Sumi. Married for almost thirty-seven years with no children, the couple struggles to make sense of their lives as they find themselves reconciling and negotiating the ruptures that have torn them apart. Yohen was originally produced at Berkeley Repertory Theater in San Francisco and was later produced in Los Angeles by East West Players in collaboration with Robey Theatre Company.