Fuel the Fringe: 'I Won't Tell'
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Hi! We are fundraising for a new Hollywood Fringe play I Won't Tell. We greatly appreciate your support!
About the Hollywood Fringe Festival:
An annual, open-access, community-based performance event celebrating freedom of expression and collaboration in the performing arts community. The festival’s official venues are located within one of the most iconic neighborhoods in the world: Hollywood, California, located in the heart of Los Angeles. The Festival is open to anyone with a vision, creating a diverse body of artists each having their own point of view. Each Summer it hosts hundreds of productions by local, national, and international arts companies and independent performers.
The Festival is built off the idea of uncensored work emphasizing our freedom to express ourselves artistically. The self-written project we will perform at the Hollywood Fringe Festival centers around two young girls as they navigate personal and historical feuds. The work I’m submitting for the festival is identity based and fits directly into the themes and stories Fringe is eager to highlight. This Identity based story fits directly into the themes Fringe is eager to highlight.
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I Won’t Tell by Grace Woosley and Miranda Faria
-Directed by Daniel Rosales
The year is 1543. Somewhere between the Japanese Island of Tanegashima and the unknown seas, a Portuguese ship sets sail to return home with new goods from Japan. Two feuding countries. An enslavement. And a long six month journey ahead. Two young girls find each other through the thick of the political chaos. Kira Yamamoto, a frail Japanese girl, has been stripped away from her family and forced into isolation on the Portuguese ship. Through a childish adventure, the bright-eyed youthful Portuguese, Maria Peixoto, stumbles upon Kira’s isolated room. Tensions arise when the girls reveal why they are on the voyage, causing them to divert their friendship.
The history of Japan and Portugal is one of friendship and peace tainted by colonialism, enslavement, and deep animosity; their ties are often overlooked. Paralleling the history within its narrative, the play explores the humanity behind written history. How can two young girls from feuding countries find common ground? How do we find a sense of home within the people we are trained to oppose?
Organizador
Grace Woosley
Organizador
Winston-Salem, NC