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Jude Narita has performed her one-woman plays nationally and internationally since writing her first play, the award-winning COMING INTO PASSION/SONG FOR A SANSEI which was her artist response to the demeaning and one-dimensional stereotypes of Asian women in films, theater, and on television.
For 25 years Jude Narita’s award-winning one-woman plays have portrayed Asian and Asian American women with honesty, compassion, humor and celebration. She explores then transcends Asian issues, illuminating the universal humanity of us all.
Jude Narita is known for The Nisei Farmer (2003), Liberty & Bash (1989) and Hunger (2001).
FIVE PLAY SYNOPSES. COMING INTO PASSION/SONG FOR A SANSEI. A newscaster aware of violence against Asians, emotionally distances herself from it. She doesn't want to be thought of as stereotypically "Asian," but only as American. Then one night, through a series of dreams, she becomes some of those "images," and experiences the humanity of each one.
Mar 22, 2006 · Ms. Narita used interviews with Vietnamese and Cambodian women who lived through the conflict to shape a nuanced account of their lives. Interspersing her monologue with photographs, film...
May 27, 2008 · Coming Into Passion / Song For a Sansei, Jude Narita's award-winning one-woman play is ground-breaking theater that challenges, then breaks Asian stereotypes...
Early interview with Jude Narita plus excerpts from Coming Into Passion / Song For a Sansei, her award-winning one-woman play—ground-breaking theater that ch...