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\"Nuworks<\/h1>\n

NuWorks 2025<\/h1>\n
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Pan Asian Rep culminates its 48th Milestone Season with the annual NuWorks Festival, an experimental series of self-created work from innovative artists exploring an eclectic range of genres and techniques using poetry, text, dance and music.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Program B<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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1. One-woman play: Kotsu-Kotsu\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
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Date:\u00a0<\/b>Sunday, June 15 at 3PM and Friday, June 20 at 7pm<\/p>\n

Location:\u00a0<\/b>Theatre Row 410W 42nd Street, New York, NY<\/p>\n

Price:\u00a0<\/b>$42.50 (inc. service charge)<\/p>\n

Running time:\u00a0<\/b>Around 40 minutes<\/p>\n

Story:\u00a0<\/b>Kotsu-Kotsu follows a female BL manga artist quietly battling breast cancer while chasing deadlines and holding onto her creative spark. Behind the romance she draws lies her own story of resilience. As her footsteps echo onstage, you may hear your own\u2014and discover the gentle, whimsical kindness of the world.<\/p>\n

Team behind the play, \u201cKotsu-Kotsu\u201d<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

Playwright<\/b>:\u00a0Momo Akashi<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Director<\/b>:\u00a0Saki Kawamura<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Producer\/Performer<\/b>: Minami Yoshimura<\/p>\n

Projection Designer<\/b>: Chase Kniffin<\/p>\n

Costume Designer<\/b>: Jeanna Dipaolo<\/p>\n

Production Manager<\/b>: Emily Howe-Tuladhar<\/p>\n

English Consultant<\/b>: Alex York<\/p>\n

Illustrators<\/b>: Yuyu Yukishiro, Masuoka<\/p>\n

Check out below link for the ticket!<\/b><\/b><\/p>\n

https:\/\/bfany.org\/theatre-row\/shows\/nuworks-2025\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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