A Butoh actor embodies two ghosts and claims justice for them in the play 'TUKO! TUKO!'
SOUTH BEND — The University of Notre Dame’s film, television and theater department presents “TUKO! TUKO! Or Princess of the Lizard Moon” from April 19 to 23 at the DeBartolo Performing Arts Center.
Written and directed by FTT professor Anton Juan, the play won the Alexander Onassis International Award for Playwriting and has been performed in Greece, Korea, Philippines and Chile.
In the play, the ghost of a comfort woman in World War II and the ghost of a tortured murdered sex slave in 1990s Japan meet in the memory of a Butoh actor who embodies them and claims justice for them.
In conjunction with the production, FTT will host a Forum on Asian Theatre and Justice on at 5 p.m. April 20 at DeBartolo. Speakers include Judy Celine Ick (University of the Philippines), Jaesang Rhee of Korea (artistic director of the M.J.T. Atman Theatre Company, the Asia Playwrights Festival and the Asia Theater Circle), Xian Wang (Notre Dame) and Tarryn Chun (Notre Dame).
The panelists will discuss the issues arising from the text and performance of “TUKO! TUKO!” and its relationship to other movements of theater in Asia.
Performances are at 7:30 p.m. April 19 to 22 and 2:30 p.m. April 23.
Tickets are $15-$7.
For more information, call 574-631-2800 or visit performingarts.nd.edu.
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