Sep 15, 2010 ... AFTER THE QUAKE. Based on “Honey Pie” and “Superfrog Saves Tokyo” from
the novel after the quake by Haruki Murakami. Adapted for the ...
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LAST SEASON’S HIT RETURNS TO THE STAGE THIS FALL! DON’T MISS THE SHOW THAT WOWED CRITICS & AUDIENCES ALIKE! The Cultch presents Pi Theatre and Rumble Productions’
AFTER THE QUAKE Based on “Honey Pie” and “Superfrog Saves Tokyo” from the novel after the quake by Haruki Murakami. Adapted for the stage by Frank Galati Directed by Craig Hall and Richard Wolfe
WHERE: HISTORIC THEATRE AT THE CULTCH (1895 VENABLES STREET) TICKETS: Tickets from $15! Now available through The Cultch’s Box Office: 604-251-1363 or HTTP://TICKETS.THECULTCH.COM. Save up to 40% on tickets when purchased with a Cultch subscription. WHEN: OCT 13 – 23, 2010 Opens Oct 13-16 & 19-23: 8PM Oct 16, 23: 2PM Oct 17: 4PM
ADDED VALUE: Sep. 28: 7PM — enjoy an evening of Japanese anime in the Historic Theatre featuring the film Paprika. (Rated R for violent and sexual images). Admission by donation. Oct. 14: 2-for-1 tickets Oct. 16 (matinee), 17 & 19: Post-show talkbacks
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Vancouver — In 1995, Kobe, Japan was hit by a disastrous earthquake and the Tokyo subway was hit by deadly poison gas attacks. after the quake, based on bestselling author Haruki Murakami’s stories about life in the wake of these disasters, is being presented as a remount by The Cultch after its hugely successful run last season at Studio 16.
“Wildly original and warm without ever lapsing into sentimentality, after the quake is both a great ride and a testament to the healing powers of imagination…. It’s the stuff of dreams.” Georgia Straight Directed by Craig Hall and Richard Wolfe, after the quake takes its audience on a journey where magic and realism collide in an exploration of disrupted reality. Junpei is a timid writer who enchants Sayoko, the love of his life, by conjuring up stories to soothe the anguish of her young daughter, who is having nightmares of the Earthquake Man. A talking bear makes the very best honey pies and a bank loans officer struggles to distinguish between what is real and what is not, when six foot tall Frog asks for help to fight off giant Worm for the future of Tokyo. Together, these stories explore the emotional aftershocks of disaster, and offer a message of hope and healing.
“I’ve never seen anything like it. And I loved every minute of it…Playful. That’s what after the quake is. And charming. A feast for the eyes and ears. Mischievous. Tender. Heartstoppingly romantic as the curtain falls on Junpei keeping watch over Sayoko and Sala.”Vancouver Courier “after the quake is an absolute delight…deservedly the hit of the late fall season.” – Vancouverplays.com
About Haruki Murakami, Author Haruki Murakami was born in Kyoto, Japan in 1949 and now lives near Tokyo. For The Wind-up Bird Chronicle, he was awarded the Yomiuri Literary Prize, whose previous recipients include Yukio Mishima, Kenzaburo Oe and Kobo Abe. The most recent of his many honours are the Frank O’Connor International Short Story Award (Ireland, 2006), the Franz Kafka Award (Czech Republic, 2006) and the Asahi Prize (Japan, 2006). Murakami’s work has been translated into more than forty languages.
About Frank Galati, Adaptation for the Stage Frank Galati most recently directed The Visit as well as Seussical and the acclaimed production of the opera based on A View From The Bridge for the Chicago Lyric Opera. He is the director of Ragtime both on Broadway and on tour. Mr. Galati won the 1990 Tony Awards for Best Play and Best Director for his dramatization of John Steinbeck’s The Grapes Of Wrath. Mr. Galati is Associate Director of the Goodman Theatre in Chicago. In 1994, he directed a revival of The Glass Menagerie at the Roundabout Theatre starring Julie Harris and Calista Flockhart. He has also directed for the Steppenwolf Theatre Company and the Chicago Opera. His adaptation of Arthur Miller’s An American Clock was seen on TNT and he was nominated with Lawrence Kasdan for an Academy Award for his screenplay of Anne Tyler’s The Accidental Tourist. About the Kobe Earthquake, or the Great Hanshin Earthquake The Kobe earthquake hit Japan on Tuesday, January 17, 1995, at 5:46 JST. The epicentre was on the northern end of Awaji Island, 20km away from the city of Kobe. It measured 7.2 on the Japan Meteorological Association magnitude scale. Approximately 6,434 people were killed, 26,000 injured, and over 300,000 left homeless. Over 200,000 buildings and an elevated highway were destroyed. The quake lasted 20 seconds. Most of the deaths and injuries occurred in older wood-framed houses with heavy clay tile roofs that were built to withstand typhoons. These buildings, designed to be very strong in the vertical direction to support their own static weight, were very susceptible to horizontal ground motion. The economic impact of the damages is estimated at ten trillion yen or $102.5 billion dollars. It is listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the “costliest natural disaster to befall any one country.” after the quake runs 90 minutes with no intermission Cast Manami Hara Alessandro Juliani Hiro Kanagawa Tetsuro Shigematsu Leina Dueck
Sayoko/Nurse Narrator/Frog Katagiri/Takatsuki Junpei Sala
Production Team Craig Hall and Richard Wolfe Sheila White Yvan Morissette Yota Kobayashi Itai Erdal David (DK) Kerr Stacy Sherlock James Foy Naomi Horii Edward Kwong Ken Bryant Rebecca Low Laura Efron Kellee Ngan
Directors Costume Designer Set Designer Sound Designer Lighting Designer Stage Manager Apprentice Stage Manager Production Manager/Technical Director Community Liaison Illustrator Photographer Interim Office Manager, Pi Theatre General Manager, Rumble Productions Operations Coordinator, Rumble Productions
For further information, please visit www.thecultch.com, www.pitheatre.com, or www.rumble.org. - 30 -
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