SUMO
by Lisa Sanaye Dring
Directed by Ralph B. Peña
The Public Theater & Ma-Yi Theater
A co-production with La Jolla Playhouse
ごちゃんです everyone! 5 Lortel nominations (including Best Play) AND a Drama Desk nomination for Best Fight Choreography — 万歳!
A special thank-you to Chelsea Pace (Co-Fight & Intimacy Director
@professorpace ) & James Yaegashi (Co-Fight & Sumo Consultant
@jamesyaegashi ) for running the best fight team outside a heya. Being your Associate Fight Director & Associate Intimacy Director for this truly kickass production was an honor. 正勝吾勝!
Dramaturgy: Amrita Ramanan
Set: Wilson Chin
Costumes: Mariko Ohigashi
Lights: Paul Whitaker
Sound & Composition: Fabian Obispo
Hair, Wig, & Makeup: Alberto “Albee” Alvarado and Briana Capo
Projections: Hana Kim
Props: Thomas Jenkeleit
Taiko Drum Composition and Performance: Shih-Wei Wu
PSM: A.K. Howard
SDCF Directing Fellow & Assistant to the Director: Jessica Chen
Associate Set: Lily Tomasic
Associate Costumes: Clare Lippincott
Associate Lights: Jiahao (Neil) Qiu
Associate Sound: Salvador Zamora
Associate Hair, Wig, & Makeup:
Associate Projections: Jacqueline “JQ” Reed
SM: Taeuk Kang
ASM: Sabeen Shalwani
Production photos by Joan Marcus, Wilson Chin, and Graham Dickie. Opening night photos by Simon Luethi.
Swipe to the end for BTS pics (There were certain pics of
@red_concepcion that the world is not ready for. But we all know what they are). Wearing a hanbok for the first time during our opening night was so special to me!
This Korean-Lebanese kid wants to say 감사합니다 and مبروك to all.