©Courtesy of Momo Akashi Japanese-born playwright and lyricist Momo Akashi has recently been establishing a reputation on the New York theater scene for pieces that portray characters in the throes of existential crisis. A devotee of the films of Hayao Miyazaki, she has said that themes like reverence for nature, the omnipresence of the supernatural,…
Photo credit “Campaign design by Edgardo Miranda-Rodriguez (@MrEdgardoNYC)” for 2025 DUAF All Playwrights and 2025 DUAF MomoAkashi. Title: Letter https://www.duafnyc.com/schedule-tickets Date: Wednesday, June 25 at 8PM Location: Theatre Row 410W42th Street, New York, NY Price: $32.50 (inc. service charge) Content warning: Sexual Assault Running time: Around 30 minutes Synopsis: On the way from Tokyo to…
NuWorks 2025 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. Program B 1. One-woman play: Kotsu-Kotsu Date: Sunday, June 15 at 3PM and Friday, June 20 at 7pm…
Kevin Cheng is establishing a name for himself in the ‘theater of engagement’ sphere: those unfrivolous and existential dramas that train their spotlight on humans at their most vulnerable. In the summer of 2024, Cheng directed Momo Akashi’s Voice, which had its global premiere at New York’s Chain Theatre as part of its Time Capsule…
©Captured and Edited by Miku Hirayama with iPhoto Written by Momo Akashi and directed by Kevin Cheng, VOICE had its global premiere on July 6 as part of the Time Capsule project at the Chain Theatre in New York City. As the brainchild of producer and artistic director Ai Toyoshima, the Time Capsule project is…
NEW PLAY “VOICE” PROUD PARTICIPANT OF TIME CAPSULE PROJECT July 5th & July 6th A World Premier Play featuring Mai Ozeki in collaboration with Momo Akashi Project : https://www.timecapsuleprojectnyc.com/friday-saturday June 23, 2024 – NEW YORK, NY: Mai Ozeki and Momo Akashi are pleased to…
“MINORU: SCRAPE THE SKY” ORIGINAL MUSICAL STAGED READING AT LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE COMINITO THEATRE November 5th at 3pm October 31, 2023 – LOS ANGELES, CA: Ben Ginsberg and Momo Akashi are pleased to announce that their original musical, MINORU: SCRAPE THE SKY, directed by Daniel Nakawatase will have its West Coast premiere reading at…
A 20-MINUTE MUSICAL EVEREST PROUD PARTICIPANT OF THE 2023 CHAIN THEATRE SUMMER ONE ACT FESTIVAL June 8th – June 25th www.chaintheatre.org June 2, 2023 – NEW YORK, NY: Momo Akashi and Julio Vaquero are pleased to announce that their original 20-minute musical, EVEREST, directed by Saki Kawamura will be part of the selected voices that…
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