Friday, March 14

A staged reading of

In the Shadow of Mt. Fuji

About the play

This modern adaptation of a Japanese folktale and supernatural mystery follows one man’s journey through love and loss. Born into a society steeped in ancient traditions and ultra-modern culture, Isamu, a lonely, unmarried man, is an outlier. His loving and exasperated mother does not let him forget it. A horrific event years ago leads him deeper into isolation. He starts to write a manga, a graphic novel. But he cannot finish it. What is he writing about? And what does Mt. Fuji have to do with any of this?

View the digital program for In the Shadow of Mt. Fuji here.

Cathy Midori Stonie, Playwright

Cathy Midori Stonie is a senior playwright, writing since 2016. Her inspirations come from foreign journeys and observing ordinary people living their extraordinary lives. Cathy is from Los Angeles, and now lives in San Jose with her husband for 26 years.

Stagebridge, the adult theatrical and performance school in Oakland, introduced Cathy to acting and playwriting. She continues to take playwriting class with playwright and instructor, Anthony Clarvoe.

She is a member of Theatre Bay Area, and Board member of Playwrights’ Center of San Francisco (PCSF) since March 2020. In 2020, her full-length play, A Rose by Any Other Name, about Tokyo Rose, had a virtual reading. Her short play, Pandemic in Love, was included in Smith and Kraus anthology, “Laughter is the Best Medicine: Forty-five 5-minute plays in the time of coronavirus,” published in 2021. She had a developmental reading of You’ll Never Look at Mt. Fuji the Same Again, in 2021. In the summer of 2022, Cathy co-produced a virtual “BIPOC Showcase of Short Plays” for PCSF, to promote a more diverse membership at PCSF.

Keiko Carreiro, Director

Keiko Shimosato Carreiro is a Collective Member, actor, designer, co-writer, and director with the Tony Award-winning San Francisco Mime Troupe. She has performed at American Conservatory Theater, Berkeley Repertory, The Magic Theater, San Jose Stage, The Aurora Theater, Word for Word, Oakland Theater Project, Center Rep., and Marin Shakespeare Company. In 2020 Keiko Co-founded Kunoichi Productions (Female Ninja productions) innovative, multidisciplinary theater combining Eastern and Western Theater Traditions.Most recently, she Co-Directed an Immersive Production of A Strange Library by Haruki Murakami for Word for Word at Z-Below.

Nick Ishimaru, Choreographer

Nick Ishimaru is a San Francisco-based director, actor, and singer. He recently served as the Artistic Director of Theatre of Yugen from 2016 to 2020. His work combines Western and Asian performance techniques to create original productions. He has trained in noh and kyōgen for over 10 years with Theatre of Yugen, Theatre Nohgaku, and Kita school noh master Oshima Teruhisa in Tokyo. Ishimaru has also studied kabuki, jingju (Beijing Opera), and nihon buyō (traditional Japanese dance). Directing work at Theatre of Yugen includes The Red Demon (2016), A Noh Christmas Carol (2017, 2018, 2019), and Seen/By Everyone (2018). Performances with Theatre of Yugen including Minor Cycle (San Francisco and Philadelphia 2012), This Lingering Life (2014), Mystical Abyss (Denver 2015), Yugen in Action (Iquique, Chile, 2019) and a plethora of kyōgen performances at festivals across the country. He was most recently on stage at Theatre of Yugen in Puppets & Poe (2019) and A Noh Christmas Carol (2019). BA Colorado State University, MA San Francisco State University.

Friday, March 14

A staged reading of

In the Shadow of Mt. Fuji

About the play

Cast

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Friday, March 14

A staged reading of

In the Shadow of Mt. Fuji

About the play

Cast

Donate Today!

Donate
Today!