Performance and Discussion

Last of a three-part series co-sponsored by the Playrights Project, the Angeles Plaza, California Afro American Museum, and the Japanese American National Museum. This project features professional theatre artists who will perform monologues based on the lives of Los Angeles area senior citizens. One of the featured Angelenos is Kimi Kawamura, a dance instructor who lived through the atomic bomb in World War II in Hiroshima. Her recollections, as dramatized by Denise Uyehara, crystallize one aspect of the Japanese American experience. Along with Kimi's story, the story of Sam Ortega, a Mexican American Angeleno, will be spotlighted. Sam, a former World War II (?) veteran and former psychology scholar, will be dramatized by Leo Garcia. Associate Curator Glen Kitayama of the Japanese American National Museum will explore the interactions between these two communities of Los Angeles. This project is made possible by a grant from the California Council on the Humanities. Free with Museum admission. Reservations required.