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Japan Society: Alec Duffy's "Our Planet"

Performing Arts
In Person
Japan Society
333 East 47th Street New York, United States of America

Date: Nov. 20, 2013 – Dec. 8, 2013


WORLD PREMIERE
JAPAN SOCIETY COMMISSION

Get a rare look behind the scenes of Japan Society’s landmarked building in Our Planet , our newly-commissioned theater production that whisks the audience through offices, gallery rooms, hidden stairwells and backstage areas. Directed by Alec Duffy , founder of the OBIE Award-winning company Hoi Polloi , this acclaimed play by young theater phenom Yukio Shiba juxtaposes the everyday life of an ordinary family with the galactic events of the earth’s birth and death. Duffy’s team includes OBIE-winning scenic designer Mimi Lien , costume designer Becky Lasky , lighting designer Jiyoun Chang , composer and sound designer Tei Blow , Japanese motion graphics master Nobuyuki Hanabusa and actors Julian Rozzell, Jr. and Jenny Seastone Stern . Performed in English.

Running time: 90 minutes
Limit 30 pp per performance

This is a non-seated, standing and walking performance experience. No late entry.

See the Japan Society Website for showtimes.

-Tickets for November 20 preview only:
$20/$14 Japan Society members


 

-Tickets for all other shows from November 21 –December 8 :
$28/$22 Japan Society members



Please note: The Thursday, December 5 performance is SOLD OUT.

Buy tickets online or call the Japan Society Box Office at (212) 715-1258, Mon. - Fri. 11 am - 6 pm, Weekends 11 am - 5 pm.

Purchase tickets to all four theater events and save $15! Click here to download the Subscription and Package form (discount not available online).


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