The Story Box
The audience enters a room of suitcases left by Japanese American internees allowed to bring “only what they could carry” to the camps. A woman traces her family’s immigration to the US and her experience as a first generation American. She discovers a kamishibai – a wooden box containing drawings brought to life through storytelling. The drawings depict a girl living in an Internment camp whose father is a“No-No Boy,” men considered traitors because of answers to an allegiance test.
The audience is then invited to discover the contents of their suitcases – each containing images created by commissioned artists of color – and to share their diverse stories in response to the images. At a time when immigrants are being scapegoated, we hope to spark an empathetic, cross-cultural conversation that humanizes our audience, and reminds us of our shared responsibility in protecting the civil rights of all Americans.
As part of HERE RAW / Resident Artist Works.
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Kristin Marting -
Suzi Takahashi
Feb 23-24
as part of HERE RAW / Resident Artist Works
Sun-Mon @ 7pm
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The Story Box has been developed with support from Alfred University, Bethany Arts Community, Bristol Valley Theatre, and National Park of Women’s Rights.
Kristin Marting