A DOUBLE BILL PREMIERE AT THE HOLLYWOOD FRINGE FESTIVAL

Hanjo/LEFT TO TELL

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

A Double Bill Premiere at the Hollywood Fringe Festival

HANJO/LEFT TO TELL

One Woman Waits For Her Lover, Another For Her Killer

Los Angeles, CA (May 23, 2012) – Raw, physical, erotic, harrowing, and transcendent. On June 7, 9, 17, 18, and 22, RedSoil Theater Company will perform two haunting stories from Japan and Rwanda, Yukio Mishima’s Hanjo and an adaptation of Immaculée Ilibagiza’s book Left to Tell. Hanjo/Left to Tell marks RedSoil Theater Company’s debut production and will be performed as apart of the 2012 Hollywood Fringe Festival at the Fringe Blackbox at NOTE.

RedSoil Theater Company presents this double bill performance with unique theatricality that reveals truth through beautiful blend of words and movement. Hanjo/Left to Tell tells the stories of two women, one who waits for her lover and another for her killer.

Hanjo is a story of waiting as an active choice and tells the tragic yet beautiful story of a woman who separated from her lover waits for him to return. But, how long can she wait for someone that may never come? Left to Tell is the true story of a woman’s survival of the 1994 Rwanda genocide. Adapted from a book of the same name by RedSoil Theater Company’s Artistic Director and Hanjo/Left to Tell Director, Eriko Azuma, Left to Tell is a story of forgiveness. “Forgiveness is not always for the ones who’ve done you wrong. Sometimes you forgive for yourself”, says Eriko Azuma.

JUNE 2012 – DOUBLE BILL

HANJO
By Yukio Mishima

LEFT TO TELL
Adapted from the book Left to Tell by Immaculée Ilibagiza

Venue:
Theatre of NOTE (Fringe Blackbox at NOTE)
1517 North Cahuenga Blvd
Los Angeles, CA 90028

Dates and Times:
Thursday, June 7 at 8:30PM
Saturday, June 9 at 6:30PM
Sunday, June 17 at 4:00PM
Monday, June 18 at 8:30PM
Friday, June 22 at 5:00PM

Tickets:
Pre-sale: $10
At the door: $12
Student/Senior: $8

Running Time: 1 hour.

Production:
Director: Eriko Azuma
Stage Manager: Christine Hart
Set Designer: Ivie Dangtran
Lighting Designer: Arnold Sok
Assistant Lighting Designer: Hector Quintero
Sound Designer: Jessica Westerfield
Project Manager: Satomi Imai
General Manager: Nicholas Pilapil

Cast:
Hanjo
Hanako: Suzannah Gratz
Jitsuko: Jeanette Deutsch
Yoshio: Alberto Nava

Left to Tell
Immaculée – Ratidzo Mambo
Sembeba/Damascene – Bambajan Bamba
Leonard/Mr. Murinzi – Adetokumboh M’Cormack

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: For additional details on Hanjo/Left to Tell and RedSoil Theater Company including cast/crew biographies, production photos, and more, please visit: http://www.facebook.com/RedSoilTheater

Press Contact:
Nicholas Pilapil
General Manager
[email protected]
562-533-8997
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