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Created in response to the sharp rise in hate directed toward the AAPI community over the past few years, Boston Court Pasadena, East West Players, and Pasadena Playhouse have joined forces to share a virtual reading of Jeanne Sakata's timely solo play Hold These Truths. The evening is co-directed by Jessica Kubzansky and Margaret Shigeko Starbuck.
Rafu Shimpo
Jeanne Sakata, Ken Takemoto and Daisuke Tsuji play the Ito family in an episode of NCIS: Hawaii. Titled “The Impostor,” the episode airs on CBS Los Angeles at 10 p.m.
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Lia Chang takes you behind-the-scenes of San Francisco Playhouse’s Closing Night of Jeanne Sakata's Hold These Truths. The day also marked Jeanne’s 45th wedding anniversary with Tim Patterson, and the pair returned for a celebratory champagne toast with the cast and creative team. The Sacramento Premiere and the second leg of this joint production with Capital Stage begin on Wednesday, August 25.
San Francisco Chronicle
Steven Winn announces that San Francisco Playhouse’s Hold These Truths brings in-person theater back to the city, alongside special commentary from star Jomar Tagatac, Playhouse co-founder and Producing Director Susi Damilano, and attendees. Scott Strazzante offers exclusive photos to commemorate the occasion.
San Francisco Chronicle
Lily Janiak interviews Hold These Truths’ Jeffrey Lo (Director) and Jomar Tagatac (Actor) about the relevancy of the piece as a tool to help Asians counter fear and hate. Scott Strazzante offers exclusive rehearsal photos of the two creatives.
Backstage Pass with Lia Chang
On May 5, 2021, L.A. Theatre Works will release For Us All by Jeanne Sakata and No-No Boy by Ken Narasaki, two new recordings sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.
Backstage Pass with Lia Chang
Lia Chang announces the limited-time streaming performances of Hold These Truths by People’s Light Theatre. In addition to production stills by Charles T. Brastow, she also shares her exclusive backstage and rehearsal photos.
The San Diego Union-Tribune
In this preview article, James Hebert interviews playwright Jeanne Sakata and original cast member Ryun Hu about the journey to bringing Hold These Truths to the stage. Sakata says, “What immediately came to my mind was what an American story it was — not just a Japanese-American story or an Asian-American story but an American story.”
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Stephi Wild (Journalist) and Lia Chang (Photographer) take you backstage to the Opening Night of Hold These Truths at Barrington Stage.
KQED
Rachael Myrow calls Hold These Truths “a reminder that the civil liberties promised in this nation's founding documents are still the subject of continuous debate and conflict.” Included in this preview article is a video clip of Jose de la Fuente performing a conversation between Gordon Hirabayashi and his mother.
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Julie Musbach (Journalist) and Cameron Whitman (Photographer) take you to the Opening Night of Hold These Truths at Arena Stage. See exclusive photos of the production team and playwright Jeanne Sakata.
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Julie Musbach shared exclusive rehearsal photos from Arena Stage’s Hold These Truths, running February 23-April 8, 2018 in the Kogod Cradle.
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Julie Musbach shares exclusive photos and a preview article for the D.C. premiere of Hold These Truths at Arena Stage, running February 23-April 8, 2018 in the Kogod Cradle.
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Here’s your first look at Joel De La Fuente in Hold These Truths at The Sheen Center in NYC, with production photography by Lia Chang.
National Catholic Reporter
Retta Blaney is an award-winning journalist and author of Working on the Inside: The Spiritual Life Through the Eyes of Actors. In this feature article, she speaks with playwright Jeanne Sakata and director Lisa Rothe. It also includes a 1999 video interview with the late Gordon Hirabayashi.