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American Dreams
Written by Velina Hasu Houston
Narrated by Mary Bond Davis, Yvonne Farrow, Bonnie Oda Homsey and
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After World War II, an African-American war vet brings home his Japanese bride. The family must learn to be tolerant of their new family member, while dealing with prejudice in the outside world.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Mary Bond Davis, Yvonne Farrow, Bonnie Oda Homsey, Peter A. Jacobs, Carl Lumbly, Vonetta McGee, Don Reed, Charlie Robinson and Patricia Thompson.
Directed by Peggy Shannon. Recorded before a live audience in Santa Monica, CA in January, 1991.
An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Mary Bond Davis, Yvonne Farrow, Bonnie Oda Homsey, Peter A. Jacobs, Carl Lumbly, Vonetta McGee, Don Reed, Charlie Robinson and Patricia Thompson.
Directed by Peggy Shannon. Recorded before a live audience in Santa Monica, CA in January, 1991.
Author
Velina Hasu Houston
Velina Hasu Houston is an internationally celebrated writer with 22 commissions in theatre and opera. In New York, US nationwide, and globally, her work has been produced to critical acclaim. Honored by the Kennedy Center, Smithsonian Institute, Rockefeller Foundation, Japan Foundation, Wallace Foundation, Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, and others, she is the only U.S. playwright to amass a body of work that explores the U.S.-Japan relationship through a bilateral, global view of identity.
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