About the Project
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. The Development & Writer This teleplay, was written during the CAPE New Writers Fellowship in 2024, which went on to win multiple awards, including the grand prize for a drama screenplay with the International Screenwriters Association. Alli has been working and writing in the TV, Film, and Game space for nearly a decade. They did take a brief detour during the writers’ strike and became a zookeeper. They pride themselves on telling stories that tackle tougher topics with grace, humor, and a lot of heart. Alli has previously worked on shows for Netflix, Netflix Animation, Amazon Studios, Lionsgate, Webtoon, AwesomenessTV, Yotta Games, and more. CONTENT WARNING *The show has a content warning due to strong racial themes, language, staged fighting, implied violence towards protesters, and the implication of guns, which are made of cardboard. * If you would like to donate to our fundraiser for our show, click here! To get in touch with the play, please email [email protected]. Follow us at @Paperflowersplay on Instagram for show updates!
“This production is being presented under the auspices of the Actors’ Equity Association Los Angeles
Self-Produced Project Code."
Production Team
Cast of Paper Flowers
