Project Overview
This multilingual musical play features 5 languages, including non-native speakers and dialects. Many of our members are immigrants with diverse linguistic and cultural backgrounds. Throughout our creative process, we have sought to empower each other to create an open and equal space. Standing up against language- and/or culture-based discrimination, we are exploring new possibilities in stage production with no hierarchy. Here, our immigrant members celebrate their identities with pride. We also encourage our audience to engage in open dialogues before and after the performance.


Synopsis
The story takes place in a bar called “The WORLD,” but it could also be anywhere on Earth. It revolves around four characters: Suzuko, Lev, Ritsu, and Eve. Free from singular nation-state identities, they face many difficulties as life unfolds. Some deny their past; some don’t get along with their family; some hesitate to come out of the closet while some lose their connection to their home country. Grappling with their manifold identities, they weave their own stories of relationships, personal growth, and self-acceptance as the past and the present intersect.

Viewing Notes
This performance is unbound by conventional theater etiquette.
Feel free to change seats or stand up.
Please enjoy the work in the most comfortable way for you.

Performance Dates
August 16 (Fri), 17 (Sat), 18 (Sun) 15:30-17:00
+ After-Performance Conversation until 18:00

Venue
SHOT BAR ReBright
8F, Dai-110 Tokyo Building, 2-19-7 Kanda-Misakicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
*1-minute walk from Suidobashi Station, West Exit
*Elevator available

Tickets

• General Admission: ¥3,500
• Student Ticket: ¥3,000（Student ID required)
• Special Appreciation Ticket: ¥2,500 (Available to March workshop participants)
• Supporter Ticket: ¥6,000

*All seats are unreserved
*Please inquire in advance if you have any accessibility needs
Tickets are available here.

More info on After-Performance Conversation:
After the performance, the cast will join the audience for a casual discussion.
Specialty drinks and light refreshments will be available.

Cast
Suzuko / Shu Perera
Lev / Cheryl Ng
Ritsu/ Dan Dagondon
Eve / Masahiro Fujimoto
Languages: English, Irish, Japanese, Mandarin, Tagalog

Project Members (in Japanese alphabetical order）
John Cai, SHOGO, Yining Shang, Yiyi Zhang, Anqi Li, Kakin Ye, Kazune Matsushima, Carina Jiang

Organized by: MUGAI
Translation: Kazune Matsushima, Anqi Li
Photography & Recording: Tianyi Han, Yue Su

Supported by
Arts Council Tokyo (Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture), Mai Muto Memorial MCE Research and Education Grant
In collaboration with
SHOT BAR ReBright, YURAKUCHO ART URBANISM PROGRAM YAU,bench Co.

Inquiry
https://artmugai.com/index.php/contact/
*This is not a project organized by GA. For inquiries, please use the link above to contact them, not to GA.