Written by Jeanne Sakata
The Midwest Premiere
Directed by Jessica Kubzansky
Dates
January 13 - January 15, 2011
Venue
Jay Pritzker Pavilion Stage, Millennium Park, Chicago
Dawn’s Light: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi by Jeanne Sakata chronicles the true story of one Japanese American’s enduring fight for his constitutional rights. Gordon Hirabayashi was a happy-go-lucky twenty-four-year-old college student living in Seattle when Pearl Harbor was attacked in late 1941. The government’s decision to remove and imprison all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast – including American citizens without due process of law – turned Gordon, a Quaker, into a crusader. Dawn’s Light faithfully documents Gordon’s historic decision to heed his conscience and pursue his faith in the protections of the Constitution all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
Cast
Ryun Yu* as Gordon Hirabayashi
*A member of Actor's Equity Association.
Production Team
Producers
Malik Gillani
Jamil Khoury
Playwright
Jeanne Sakata
Director
Jessica Kubzansky**
Stage Manager
David A. Loranca*
Producer / Production Manager
Jerry O’Boyle
Costume Designer
Soojin Kim
Sound Designer
John Zalewski
Production Assistant
Matthew Karsten
**A member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society.