Playwright: Chiori Miyagawa Director: Jubilith Moore Drama $15-$50 6/5-14

Inspired by nine Japanese Noh plays from the 14th century, this world premiere will feature 28 characters in 24 scenes performed by an ensemble of nine actors of diverse ethnicities. The play compresses time like an accordion pulling and pushing together the past with the present. Like the Noh plays that inspired it, This Lingering Life looks at the human conditions through the Buddhist concept of Karma: we all exist in a complex web of relationships, determined by emotions and actions from previous lives.

Tickets and info: theatreofyugen.org

Caption: The ensemble of This Lingering Life. Photo: Paulo Presotto.