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Jamaica avenue (1998)
by Chiori Miyagawa

directed by Sonoko Kawahara
   

A magical and poetic play about
three intertwining lives: a man,
a spirit whocomes back as a woman,
and a woman who becomes ghost.
They are connected by a web of
time, love, and regret. Carlos meets
Lauren; they fall in love and begin
their seven-year journey of drug addiction,
stealing, longing, finding and surviving until
they are able to truly say goodbye.

A beautiful piece … strong production"
-In Theater

"Miyagawa's fugue for anxious Voice is quirky and surpassing…"- Village Voice

"Playwright tackles the complexities of human interdependence…"
- Resident

"The Action is violent and tender, vulgar and poetic, painful and humorous…"
- Propaganda

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August 1998
Soho Repertory Theater;
New York International Fringe Festival
Sets: David Martin
Lights: Lap-Chi Chu
Costume: Anne Lommel
Dramaturg: Judythe Cohen
With: Clark Jackson, Sophia Skiles, Anna Wilson