Ajia no Onna

2006/2007 SEASON PLAY

Ajia no Onna

THE PIT

STAFF

Written and Directed by	:	Nagatsuka Keishi

Set Designer	:	Futamura Shusaku
Lighting Designer	:	Ogawa Ikuo
Sound Designer	:	Kato Yutaka
Costume Designer	:	Miyamoto Masae
Hairstyling and Make-up	:	Watanuki Naomi
Assistant Director	:	Nagamachi Tazuko
Stage Manager	:	Yano Shinichi

Artistic Director	:	Kuriyama Tamiya
Produced by	:	New National Theatre, Tokyo

CAST

Tomita Yasuko, Kondo Yoshimasa, Sugawara Eiji, Minemura Rie, Iwamatsu Ryo

PERFORMANCES

Sep / Oct 2006	28	29	30	1	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	11	12	13	14	15
Sep / Oct 2006	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Tue	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun	Mon	Wed	Thu	Fri	Sat	Sun
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Doors will open 30minutes before the opening of the performance.

ADVANCE TICKETS
	Available from Sunday 16 July, 2006 at 10:00am. To order tickets, please call +81-3-5352-9999 (10:00am-6:00pm). Internet ticket reservation available through the following Websites.(Japanese only) http://pia.jp/t http://eplus.jp/

TICKET PRICES (with tax)

Seat	A	B
Price(yen)	5,250	3,150

*Seat Z(¥1,500): Sold at the NNTT Box Office and some Ticket Pia outlets on the performance date. One ticket per person. No phone reservations.
*Same day student tickets (50% off, except Seat Z ): Sold at the NNTT Box Office and some Ticket Pia outlets on the performance date. One ticket per person. No phone reservations. Students must bring a valid student ID.

Nagatsuka Keishi is a playwright, director, and actor whose work is constantly the focus of attention in the world of contemporary Japanese theater. He was honored in 2004 with the fourth annual Asahi Performing Arts Award as the writer and director of Hataraku Otoko (Working Man), and 55th annual Geijutsu Sensho New Artist Prize and for staging of the Pillowman; in 2005 he was awarded the prize for Best Play in the Yomiuri Theatre Awards. The talented Nagatsuka's latest work inaugurates our 2006/2007 season.

Synopsis

Tokyo in a near-future. An earthquake disaster paralyzed the city function and confused the people.
There are a brother and a sister who live quietly in a corner of the town.
The sister had suffered from psychiatric problem before the earthquake, but now she regains consciousness and takes care of her brother.
A man visits them, and new life with three people starts. Where do people go towards after losing many things?


Tomita Yasuko	Kondo Yoshimasa	Sugawara Eiji	Minemura Rie	Iwamatsu Ryo