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  No-No Boy

  Ken Narasaki

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  Ken Narasaki's adaptation of the novel by Japanese-American author John Okada is set during the aftermath of the U.S. government's incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese descent during World War II, and the resettlement of Japanese Americans to the West Coast. In the play, Ichiro returns to Seattle, where he struggles to transition into post-war life.Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in January 2021.No-No Boy is sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Program from the California State Library.Directed by Anna Lyse EriksonProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergKurt Kanazawa as TaroEmily Kuroda as Mrs. Kanno and Mrs. KumasakaJohn Miyasaki as Freddie and othersKen Narasaki as Kenji, Kumasaka-san and othersSharon Omi as MaJoy Osmanski as Emi, 2ASab Shimono as PaGreg Watanabe as IchiroPaul Yen as Eto, Jun and othersSenior Producer: Anna Lyse EriksonPrepared for audio by Mark HoldenSound design by Mark Holden and Neil WogensonRecording Engineers: Charles Carroll and Neil WogensonMixed by Charles Carroll and Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West HollywoodSenior Radio Producer: Ronn LipkinFoley Artist: Jeff GardnerEditor: Neil Wogenson

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  Polish Joke - And Other Plays

  David Ives

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  A collection of four works from the American playwright known as “wizardly . . . magical and funny . . . a master of language” (The New York Times).   This collection brings together four full-length plays from the same dazzling pen that produced the one-act comic masterpieces of All in the Timing.  Polish Joke is about a young Polish-American’s trip through ethnic stereotypes. Nine-year-old Midwesterner Jan Bogdan Sadlowski, nicknamed Jasiu, is told by his uncle that Poles are thought to be “backward, stupid, inept, and gloomy.” The only way out is for Jasiu “to impersonate someone not Polish.”   In Don Juan in Chicago, a Renaissance innocent makes a deal with the devil, only to become a reluctant Latin lover.  Ancient History is a comedy-drama about the holy war that breaks out when two people from two very different cultures fall in love.  The Red Address paints a searing portrait of a man with a secret who is forced by tragedy into self-revelation.  Praise for David Ives   “A pitcher with a great many tricks up his sleeve. He throws like an all-star . . . mixing comedic moods and styles with a dizzying assortment of changeups.” —The New York Times  Polish Joke   “Ives skillfully climbs the slippery slope of political incorrectness without a single mean-spirited stumble.” —CurtainUp  Don Juan in Chicago   “Ives invents an irresistible premise and has fun making good on its promise.” —Los Angeles Times  Ancient History   “A riveting theatrical experience.” —Show Business  The Red Address “Mix Glengarry Glen Ross with Glen or Glenda . . . A tough-talking drama that mixes business sharks, blackmail, cross-dressing and murder.” —Variety

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  Song of the Kicking Horse

  Bliss Carman

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  LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Song of the Kicking Horse by Bliss Carman. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for September 26th, 2010.

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  Moonlight Sarabande - The Poetry...

  Rachel Lawson

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  poetry of the night by poet author Rachel Lawson

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  Proof

  David Auburn

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  An enigmatic young woman. A manipulative sister. Their brilliant father. An unexpected suitor. One life-altering question. The search for the truth behind a mysterious mathematical proof is the perplexing problem in David Auburn's dynamic play. Starring Anne Heche and Jeremy Sisto, Proof is a winner of the 2001 Tony award for Best Play as well as the 2001 Pulitzer Prize for drama.Includes an interview with Dr. Carrie Bearden, a Clinical Neuropsychologist and Assistant Professor-in-Residence in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the University of California-Los Angeles. Dr. Bearden is working to identify brain-based traits that may provide clues as to the underlying causes of psychosis and bipolar disorder. She joined us to talk about the role of heredity in mental illness and the links between genius and madness.Also includes an interview with Steven Strogatz, a professor at the Cornell University School of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics. Dr. Strogatz is the author of three books, including Sync and The Calculus of Friendship, and has authored a column on mathematics for the New York Times. Dr. Strogatz joined us to talk about popular stereotypes of mathematicians, math as a "young man's game," and the question of gender bias in the field.An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring:Anne Heche as CatherineJeremy Sisto as HalRobert Foxworth as RobertKaitlin Hopkins as ClaireDirected by Jenny Sullivan. Recorded before a live audience at the Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles.Proof is part of L.A. Theatre Works’ Relativity Series featuring science-themed plays. Major funding for the Relativity Series is provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation to enhance public understanding of science and technology in the modern world.

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  Triumph of the Sparrow - Zen Poems

  Shinkichi Takahashi

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  “You need know nothing of Zen to become immersed in his work. You will inevitably know something of Zen when you emerge” (Jim Harrison, American Poetry Review).   Shinkichi Takahashi is one of the truly great figures in world poetry. In the classic Zen tradition of economy, disciplined attention, and subtlety, Takahashi lucidly captures that which is contemporary in its problems and experiences, yet classic in its quest for unity with the Absolute. Lucien Stryk, Takahashi’s fellow poet and close friend, here presents Takahashi’s complete body of Zen poems in an English translation that conveys the grace and power of Takahashi’s superb art.   “A first-rate poet . . . [Takahashi] springs out of some crack between ordinary worlds: that is, there is some genuine madness of the sort striven for in Zen.” —Robert Bly

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