Hold These Truths / By Jeanne Sakata

Format:

Sound recording

Author/Creator:

Sakata, Jeanne, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

American Theater.

Local Subjects:

American Theater.

Genre:

Spoken word recording

Stage + Screen:Drama

Stage + Screen:History

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : L.A. Theatre Works, 2019.

Language Note:

In English.

Original language in English.

System Details:

digital

optical

stereo

audio file

Summary:

During WWII in Seattle, University of Washington student Gordon Hirabayashi fights the US government's orders to forcibly remove and incarcerate all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast. As he struggles to reconcile his country's betrayal with his passionate belief in the US Constitution, Gordon begins a 50-year journey toward a greater understanding of America's triumphs - and a confrontation with its failures. Includes an interview with playwright Jeanne Sakata. Hold These Truths is sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Program from the California State Library. Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in December of 2018. Directed by Jessica Kubzansky Producing Director Susan Albert Loewenberg Starring Ryun Yu as Gordon Hirabayashi Additional voices by Matthew Floyd Miller, Suzy Nakamura, Matt Walker, and Greg Watanabe Associate Artistic Director: Anna Lyse Erikson. Sound Designer and Mixing Engineer: Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin. Foley Artist: Jeff Gardner. Recording Engineer and Editor: Erick Cifuentes.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed September 29, 2022).

Streaming audio files.

Recorded West Hollywood, California 2018.