"You simply won’t see better puppetry anywhere nor a tighter braiding of methods old and new nor artists working so confidently at the peak of their craft.”
—TimeOut New York
Koryū Nishikawa V, co-creator, puppeteer, and puppet designer
Tom Lee, co-creator, video designer, and puppeteer
Yukio Tsuji, composer and musician
Chris Carcione, video designer
Ryugyoku Nishikawa, puppeteer
Magic abounds through tales of the supernatural presented with beautifully detailed miniature sets, extraordinary effects, and ingenious artistry. Created by Japanese master puppeteer Koryū Nishikawa V and American puppet artist Tom Lee, a new stage work uses bunraku puppets, video projection, and live music to explore the creative process of Ryūnosuke Akutagawa, one of Japan’s most important early 20th-century writers, through several of his short stories.
Known as the “father of the Japanese short story,” the author is most widely known in the West through Akira Kurosawa’s landmark film, Rashōmon, based on Akutagawa’s In the Bamboo Grove. Akutagawa is an international theatrical collaboration showcasing the limitless storytelling possibilities of puppetry to create a portrait of an immensely talented, complicated artist who took his own life at the age of 35. (Please be advised that this performance contains reference to suicide.)
Recommended for ages 14 and up
This is the first performance of Akutagawa at the Moss Arts Center.
This engagement of Akutagawa, co-created by Koryū Nishikawa V and Tom Lee, is made possible in part through the ArtsCONNECT program of Mid Atlantic Arts with support from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Friday, February 17, 2023, 7:30 PM
Saturday, February 18, 2023, 2 and 7:30 PM
$30 general admission
$10 students with ID and youth 18 and under
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