Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Who We Are

Who We Are

Yumi Tanaka was born and raised in Japan but her involvement with theatredidn't start until her arrival in NYC in 1998. She made New Yorkers laugh doingstand-up comedy and also acted in theatre, TV and films. After 9/11 she startedpromoting world peace by showing films, and producing plays and poetry readingsbout Hiroshima and Nagasaki while she works for one of the largest Japanesetrading firm. She wishes to carry on the voices to be heard of the victims ofHiroshima and Nagasaki into the 21st century.

Jonathan Fluck co-founded and was Executive Director of Interborough RepertoryTheater (IRT) from 1986 – 2004, producing dozens of productions for avariety of venues ranging from touring productions to cabarets to Off-Broadway.In 2000 he produced and directed Hibakusha Outcry: Survivors Respond to theirNuclear Baptism, a compilation and staging of poetry written by and about survivorsof the Hiroshima bombing.

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