No No Boy Tickets

The No-No Boy play is now scheduled to come to your city. Written by Ken Narasaki and based on the only novel written by John Okada, the production touches upon the aftermaths of incarceration of a Japanese American during World War II. It is presented as a drama in two acts in a Seattle setting of 1946. No-No Boy is directed by Alberto Isaac and made its debut in 2010. Since then it continues to hold interest of theater lovers. This is your chance to go back in the forties and relate to a draft resister as he returns home from prison. Get the No-No Boy tickets and watch the play live.

The No-No Boy play is written by Ken Narasaki who is a fourth-generation Japanese playwright and an actor. He has also been the Literary Manager at the East West Players theater company. He has also been featured in several independent features including Terminal U.S.A. in 1993 and Only the Brave in 2006. Altogether he has appeared in fifty plays so far. The original story of the play, the novel No-No Boy is written by John Okada, who is a Japanese American author. He was a student when Pearl Harbor was attacked. Okada was released from internment to be enlisted in the Army. He also worked as a Japanese translator in the United States Army Air Forces. Okada finished writing No-No Boy in 1957. These two talented minds have produced what is one of the finest productions today.

The story of the play is about Ichiro Yamada who was arrested and kept in federal prison for two years followed by two more years in the internment camp. Now he is returning to a Japanese-American area and has to face the fact that nothing is like the way it used to be. Issues with his parents as well as sporadic exclusion from his own people awaits him. Yamada had refused to join the U.S. Armed Forces and that became the reason for him being despised by his own community.

The term 'no-no' itself comes from the Leave Clearance Application Form or the 'loyalty questionnaire' which was given to young Japanese Americans back then. One of the questions on the forms was whether they will be ready to serve in the US Armed Forces on combat duty if asked and the other was whether they hold America superior to Japan and all other states if they have to defend the US against any foreign power at any point in time. Those youngsters who answered 'no' to both of these came to be known as 'the no-no boys.'

Ichiro Yamada is one of those boys who ticked no to both the questions and was thrown in prison as a result. Now he has to go through another journey of inner turmoil and finding answer to why things happened the way they did and to justify why he made the choice that he did. To watch this intriguing story live on stage, get your No-No Boy tickets at the earliest.

Before making its debut as a play, No No Boy originally came forward as a novel by the Japanese American playwright John Okada. The novel is set in post-World War 2 America where the protagonist of the story goes through troubles of incarceration, being a Japanese American. No No Boy the play is written by Ken Narasaki, who is a renowned playwright and an actor. Apart from No No Boy, Narasaki has also penned the hit Innocent When You Dream and co-wrote the Mikado Project. No No Boy the play made its world premiere back in Santa Monica, CA in 2010. The play recently had its premiere in New York, and several more shows are expected to lineup for the coming season. So catch this heart touching drama up close with No No Boy tickets.

The term 'No No Boy' originated following Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor after which American President sent Japanese Americans to internment camps. The people in those camps were then given a questionnaire in order to check their loyalty towards American soil. Japanese Americans were asked whether or not they'll serve U.S Army against foreign or domestic forces. Those who said 'yes' to those questions were sent to join U.S Military in combat, while those who answered 'no' were sent to Tule Lake internment camp and were called the 'No No Boys'.

The most recent showcase of the No No Boy in New York was staged by Pan Asian Repertory Theatre which is committed towards offering a platform to Asian American artists. For more than three decades, Pan Asian Repertory Theater has been the premiere theatre that is committed towards exploring Asian American themes. Under the Artistic Direction of Tisa Chang, Pan Asian has helped various Asian American artists in paving their way towards successful professional careers in movies, television and live entertainment.

The Pan Asian adaptation of the play starred the likes of Kimiye Corwin, Chris Doi and Glenn Kubota among others. The New York Premiere of the show was directed by Ron Nakahara and ran through the month of May 2014. The play comprises of two acts with each act being approximately fifty minutes long and a 15-minute intermission. The original Santa Monica production of the play was directed by Alberto Isaac and it premiered on March 27, 2010 at Miles Memorial Playhouse. The play is set around the protagonist and the lead character of the play, Ichiro Yamada who resists joining the U.S Military during the World War 2, hence becoming the No No Boy. The story follows as Yamada is released from the prison and struggles with his social life in a post-war Seattle.

No No Boy is among the list of new and running works by the Pan Asian Repertory Theater. No No Boy tickets went on sale for its New York premiere as it took the stage at Studio Theatre at Theatre Row. With shows as such, Pan Asian looks to continue its mission of offering a place to Asian Americans for showing their talents. The company also aims at bringing Eastern and Oriental classics to Western Audiences in United States. Pan Asian's current season mainly focused on the works of the Japanese artists, and brought forward plays like Three Trees and Dojoji, the Man Inside the Bell, Fishing for Wives as well as No No Boy.

For most part, No No Boy has been an overlooked novel in the United States. So with its performances, Pan Asian Repertory Theater aims at bringing this Japanese American novel to light. Pan Asian also aimed at shedding light on previously untapped topic of Japanese American draft resisters or No No Boys. The New York premiere of the play achieved its goal of doing so and No No Boy ended up receiving positive reviews from most of the critics.