CJA 2010-2011 season

La MaMa - in association with Crossing Jamaica Avenue - presents
Fan Macbeth at La MaMa Moves! Dance Festival
                                                                                                                          photo (c) by Bain Coffman
A brief encounter with poetic movement.

Centered around the relationship of Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, the Shakespearean tale is reinterpreted with dance theater, using beautiful Japanese fans.
The traditional fan--a simple device with an untapped potential of expression--flows like no other puppetry or prop in Fan Macbeth. Merged with human bodies, it transforms the landscape of storytelling into a short yet rich, breathtaking dream-like theater experience.

conceived, directed & co-choreographed by Sonoko Kawahara
co-choreographed by Tsuyohi Kaseda & Ai Ikeda
with Ai Ikeda   Jun Kim  Hillary Spector
May 29 (Sun) & June 5 (Sun), 2011@La MaMa The Club

photo (c) by Bain Coffman

*Fan Macbeth was first developed and received workshop presentation at Mabou Mines’s resident artist program, Mabou Mines/Suite.

Fan Macbeth is made possible in part with public funds from the Manhattan Community Arts Fund, supported by the New York City Department of Cultural Affaires and the Fund for Creative Communities, supported by New York State Council on the Arts and administered by Lower Manhattan Cultural Council. This project is also supported by The Nancy Quinn Fund, a project of the Alliance of Resident Theaters/New York (A.R.T./New York).

CJA 2009-2010 season

Hiroshima Project @ Ohio Theater May 2009

from left: Sue Jean Kim, Joel de la Fuente, Juliana Francis-Kelly: photo (c) Carol Rosegg

I Have Been To Hiroshima Mon Amour by Chiori Miyagawa, directed by Jean Wagner
"Ms. Miyagawa’s play is... poignant and achieves the same enigmatic art-film quality of her source material. Three fine, understated performances by Joel de la Fuente, Juliana Francis-Kelly and Sue Jean Kim, under Jean Wagner’s subdued direction, give the play a quiet dignity."
--The New York Times

"In the scenes that delicately muddy time and identity, shifting from 1945 to 1959 and occasionally to present day, Miyagawa contemplates remembering the paradox of remembering the city that--surreally and horrifyingly--one day ceased to exist."
--New Yorker

“...the play makes brittle poetry…you might detect slivers of yourself in the performances, none of which hits false notes. No doubt the actors were nurtured by Jean Wagner's staging.”
--Back Stage (Critics' Pick)

Voices from Hiroshima (play reading series) directed by Sonoko Kawahara
The Face of Jizo by Hisashi Inoue translated by Roger Pulvers,
The Elephant by Minoru Betsuyaku translated by Roger Pulvers
The Head of Mary by Chikao Tanaka translated by David G. Goodman.

White Light/Black Rain (documentary file screening)by Steven Oakazaki

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A message from Crossing Jamaica Avenue (CJA) about Earthquake Relief

Our thoughts are with the people of Japan. Crossing Jamaica Avenue is a theater company which creates work influenced by Japanese arts and culture. This tragedy is close to our hearts. CJA supports via Japan Society's Earthquake Relief Fund. They will send 100% of your donation to benefit the victims in Japan.