PAPER FLOWERS: FROM TV PILOT SCRIPT TO STAGE PREMIERE

Paper Flowers

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Hollywood, California – Adapted from her award-winning teleplay, PAPER FLOWERS by screenwriter/director Alli Kiko Masloske is making its stage premiere at this year’s Hollywood Fringe Festival. Set in 1970 Chicago, a Japanese-American family finds their seemingly peaceful routine upended by racial tensions over the Vietnam war.

With its ambitious 11-cast ensemble and nonlinear structure, PAPER FLOWERS examines the cycle of generational trauma and finding strength through community. Drawing parallels between 1970 and the World War II US incarceration camps, the show plays with the continuity of memory and what it means to survive. At its core, it’s about how love in all shapes and forms can be an active form of resistance.

With PAPER FLOWERS, Masloske aims to shine a spotlight on how the same hostilities and prejudices continue to get recycled throughout the decades, mirroring what many immigrant and Latino communities face today. A portion of all ticket sales will be donated to Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles and Nikkei Progressives, organizations dedicated to advocating for immigrant rights and justice.

PERFORMANCE DETAILS:
Promenade Playhouse at LAPAC (Main Space)
1534 North Highland Avenue, Hollywood, CA 90028, (323) 591-4849

RUNNING TIME: 70 minutes with no intermission

SCHEDULE:
Sunday June 7 2026, 4:40 PM
Saturday June 13 2026, 11:10 AM (15 min talk back to follow)
Saturday June 20 2026, 8:40 PM
Saturday June 27 2026, 3:10 PM
Sunday June 28 2026, 2:40 PM

TICKETS & INFORMATION:
https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/13651?tab=tickets

ABOUT THE PLAYWRIGHT:
Alli Kiko Masloske is an award-winning queer, mixed-race Japanese screenwriter from Chicago. Her script PAPER FLOWERS earned recognition from the 2024 CAPE New Writers Fellowship and ISA’s Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch. She has worked with Netflix, Lionsgate, and Amazon Studios, and is currently developing a video game in China.

PRESS CONTACT:
Email: [email protected]
Instagram: @paperflowersplay