{"id":30225,"date":"2025-06-11T14:23:56","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T18:23:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=30225"},"modified":"2025-06-11T14:36:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-11T18:36:10","slug":"duaf-downtown-urban-arts-festival-nyc-letter-playwright-momo-akashi-director-saki-kawamura-performer-viet-vo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=30225","title":{"rendered":"DUAF(Downtown Urban Arts Festival) NYC : “Letter” \/ Playwright Momo Akashi, Director Saki Kawamura, Performer Viet Vo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photo credit \u201c<\/span>Campaign design by Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez (@MrEdgardoNYC)\u201d <\/b>for 2025 DUAF All Playwrights and 2025 DUAF MomoAkashi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Title: Letter\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.duafnyc.com\/schedule-tickets<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Date: <\/b>Wednesday, June 25 at 8PM<\/span><\/p>\n

Location: <\/b>Theatre Row 410W42th Street, New York, NY<\/span><\/p>\n

Price:<\/b> $32.50 (inc. service charge)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Content warning:<\/b> Sexual Assault<\/span><\/p>\n

Running time: <\/b>Around 30 minutes<\/span><\/p>\n

Synopsis: <\/b>On the way from Tokyo to Los Angeles, he begins to write a letter. About his work as a schoolteacher, his neon-lit nights in the porn industry, and the mother he will never see again.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/ins>\n

\"Letter<\/p>\n

Photo credit \u201c<\/span>Campaign design by Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez (@MrEdgardoNYC)\u201d <\/b>for 2025 DUAF All Playwrights and 2025 DUAF MomoAkashi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

About<\/b><\/p>\n

The highly competitive evaluation process, led by Broadway veteran <\/span>Reg E. Gaines<\/span><\/a>, <\/span>Letter <\/span><\/i>was selected as the finalists from over 300 submissions received from across the U.S. and abroad.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Momo is passionate about writing this story because it centers around the relationship between a Japanese mother and son. Asian parents often desperately hopes to raise the child to be a \u201cnormal\u201d person who can fit into society without speaking up about their own voice. Throughout the play, the protagonist shows both rebellion and love toward his conservative mother. Momo believes this is a story that will resonate with people who love or fear their parents.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

Photo credit \u201c<\/span>Campaign design by Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez (@MrEdgardoNYC)\u201d <\/b>for 2025 DUAF All Playwrights and 2025 DUAF MomoAkashi.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Team:\u00a0<\/b><\/div>\n
Playwright: Momo Akashi<\/a><\/div>\n
Director: Saki Kawamura<\/a><\/div>\n
Performer: Viet Vo<\/div>\n
Projection Designer: Chase Knifen<\/div>\n
Stage Manager: Ai Toyoshima<\/div>\n
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