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DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, April 15 &ndash\; Sunday\, May 3\, 2015\n <strong><
 /strong>\n<strong>HOLD THESE TRUTHS\n The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi\n 
 </strong> A solo play by <strong>Jeanne Sakata\n </strong>\n\nstarring <st
 rong>Blake Kushi\n </strong>\n<em>Hold These Truths</em> is based on the t
 rue story of Gordon Hirabayashi\, an American sociologist best known for h
 is principled resistance to the Japanese-American internment during WWII.&
 nbsp\; Jeanne Sakata&rsquo\;s script was inspired by hours of interviews w
 ith Mr. Hirabyashi and several of his friends from the 1940s.\n\n&ldquo\;G
 ordon Hirabayashi should be a household name\, like Rosa Parks\,&rdquo\; s
 aid CVRep Artistic Director\, Ron Celona.&nbsp\; &ldquo\;When I saw <em>Ho
 ld These Truths</em> several years ago\, I knew this was a story that must
  be told\, and that I would one day bring it to the Coachella Valley.&nbsp
 \; It was the inspiration for this season&rsquo\;s theme of 'The American 
 Melting Pot\,'&rdquo\; Celona explains.\n\nIn May 2012\, Gordon Hirabayash
 i was posthumously awarded our nation&rsquo\;s highest civilian honor\, Th
 e Presiential Medal of Freedom.\n\nShow times are <strong>7:30 p.m.\, Wedn
 esday through Saturday\, </strong> with matinees at <strong>2:00 p.m. on S
 aturday and Sunday.</strong>\n<strong></strong>\n<em>For more information 
 and to purchase tickets\, visit the Coachella Valley Repertory Theatre's h
 ome page at:</em> &nbsp\; <span style="color: #0066cc\;"><span style="colo
 r: #0066cc\;"><a href="http://cvrep.org/">http://cvrep.org/</a>  
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SUMMARY:PLAY: Hold These Truths - The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi\, plus 
 "Talk Back Thursday"
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