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DESCRIPTION:Playwright and actor&nbsp\;<strong>Jeanne Sakata</strong> &nbsp
 \;will perform and read from her play&nbsp\;<em>Hold These Truths</em> \, 
 a biographical play about Gordon Hirabayashi\, a Japanese American resisto
 r. During WWII in Seattle\, University of Washington student Gordon Hiraba
 yashi fights the U.S. government&rsquo\;s orders to forcibly remove and ma
 ss incarcerate all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast. As he st
 ruggles to reconcile his country&rsquo\;s betrayal with his passionate bel
 ief in the U.S. Constitution\, Hirabayashi begins a 50-year journey toward
  a greater understanding of America&rsquo\;s triumphs&mdash\;and a confron
 tation with its failures. In May 2012\, President Barack Obama posthumousl
 y awarded Gordon Hirabayashi the Presidential Medal of Freedom\, the natio
 n&rsquo\;s highest civilian honor. The performance will be followed by a Q
 &amp\;A with the artists and directors of both&nbsp\;<em>Behind the Fence<
 /em> &nbsp\;productions.
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SUMMARY:Victory Gardens Theater Presents Behind the Fence\, a two-play seri
 es: Hold These Truths
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