Musical
Nigredo Hotel
"A stressed-out neuro-surgeon goes off the highway in his jaguar and checks into a seedy hotel, deserted but for the bizarre woman who runs the joint and seems to know more about him than he knows himself." - from the publisher
Ballad of Yachiyo
A dramatic tale of a young Japanese girl's sexual awakening, and ultimate social downfall, in Hawaii's harsh sugar-cane plantation system of the early twentieth century. The playwright juxtaposes the world of traditional Japanese arts, such as pottery and the tea ceremony, with the conflicting social realities of a culture in transition.
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First produced
1995, Berkeley Repertory Theatre, California
Publication year
1996
Published by
Theatre Communications Group
ISBN
9781559361224
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