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2024 Programming
GARUDA’S WING
WRITTEN BY NAOMI IIZUKA
Directed by Margo Hall
Get ready for the mysterious new play by Naomi Iizuka, Garuda’s Wing, a mesmerizing blend of personal intimacy and international intrigue! Garuda’s Wing is a magical experience, a spellbinding trance that begins in Borneo and takes us back and forward in time. Hold on and follow the ghosts as we traverse a riveting tale of search, discovery, and even murder, both at an intimate, familial level and on a grand, global colonial scale. Iizuka showcases her unique talent to craft intimate human portraits while evoking layers of revolution and colonial effects!
RAINBOW ZEBRA PRODUCTIONS LLC
PRESENTS
READING SERIES AT THE MAGIC
JUNE 16 – DECEMBER 9, 2024
AT MAGIC THEATRE
TRANSLATED BY NAOMI IIZUKA
DIRECTED BY DR. KARINA GUITERREZ
Richard II is Shakespeare’s examination of the destructive powers of privilege. In the second half of the Iizuka Repertory - the company from the world premiere of Garuda's Wing will perform a new, lean production of Iizuka’s Play On version of Richard II shaped to this company. Not modernized, just new. This will be the first Shakespeare produced by the Magic Theatre in decades, but this is new!
We continue to require that all patrons wear a mask in the theatre during productions. You can still bring drinks in we just ask that masks are worn between sips. Thank you for helping us keep our cast, staff and audiences safe and healthy.
Spotlighted Artists
Ashley Smiley (She/Her), Playwright, is a full spectrum creator with a focus on the living written word, currently serving as the Theater Manager for the Bayview Opera House: Ruth Williams Memorial Theater in the Bayview/Hunters Point neighborhood in San Francisco’s newly minted African American Arts and Culture District.
Naomi Iizuka is a Japanese-born American playwright. Iizuka's works often have a non-linear storyline and are influenced by her multicultural background.