{"id":93,"date":"2014-12-06T22:19:18","date_gmt":"2014-12-06T22:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lalunaproductions.org\/?page_id=93"},"modified":"2015-02-18T02:44:41","modified_gmt":"2015-02-18T02:44:41","slug":"sakura","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lalunaproductions.org\/?page_id=93","title":{"rendered":"About SAKURA &#8211; THE BANDIT PRINCESS"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lalunaproductions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/kati-horizontal.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-90\" src=\"https:\/\/lalunaproductions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/kati-horizontal-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"kati-horizontal\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lalunaproductions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/kati-horizontal-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lalunaproductions.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/kati-horizontal-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>SAKURA, the second play in Kikue Tashiro&#8217;s  LEGENDS OF THE BANDIT PRINCESS trilogy, again concentrates on innovative theatre forms fusing Japanese texts\/stagecraft with Western theatre.<\/p>\n<p>SAKURA was created as a one-woman show for actor Kati Kuroda. <\/p>\n<p>SAKURA is the daughter of HANA and Chief Bandit Fujiura.  Little Sakura, grows up in the countryside, protected from knowing her parentage by her guardian, Genta (Fujiura&#8217;s right hand man). When summoned to court in Kyoto, she sheds her tomboy ways to become a fierce, powerful young woman, fighting for the cause of justice. <\/p>\n<p>SAKURA had its first inception in 1994 at the Circle Rep Lab\/NYC and then continued on the Mainstage with Laurence Fishburne&#8217;s RIFF RAFF at Circle in the Square Downtown.<\/p>\n<p>At the Edinburgh Festival, SAKURA was acclaimed as &#8220;a classic of the American stage,&#8221; by Bonnie Lee of THE SCOTSMAN (8\/12\/01)\u00a0and awarded 5 Stars.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SAKURA, the second play in Kikue Tashiro&rsquo;s LEGENDS OF THE BANDIT PRINCESS trilogy, again concentrates on innovative theatre forms fusing Japanese texts\/stagecraft with Western theatre. SAKURA was created as a one-woman show for actor Kati Kuroda. 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