South Bay First Thursdays Shoutouts

April 11th, 18th, 25th

1PM

1062 Valencia Street (between 21st and 22nd Streets) in San Francisco

Using a Japanese tea set, table cloth, sand, brown paper, and an old suitcase, the ensemble creates the poignant, moving story of one family’s forced evacuation from their home in Berkeley to Topaz, Utah during WWII and their return at the end of the war.

Directed by Christine Young & Liebe Wetzel
Performed by the Lunatique Fantastique Ensemble

Mature Content: Parental Discretion Advised

Performed by the Lunatique Fantastique Ensemble

More About this Show

Beginning on February 19, 1942, approximately 120,000 ethnic Japanese and people of Japanese decent living on the United States west coast were forcibly removed from their homes and incarcerated in remote camps in the western United States. Over half of the 120,000 internees were children.

Lunatique Fantastique using images told by survivors and history text creates the story of one family and their struggle before, during and after life in an internment camp. Lunatique Fantastique ensemble members participated in research— interviewing surviving internees and people who were affected by the order.

This work is dedicated to the memory of Donna Nomura Dobkin, whose parents were sent to Topaz.

Performed by the Lunatique Fantastique ensemble: Jessica Binder, Kate Duffly, Ben Dziuba, Greg Frisbee, Susie Gaskill, Candice Milan, Aundi Taylor and Liebe Wetzel