Naomi Iizuka is the author of 'Polaroid Stories' (recipient of the 1998 PEN Center USA West Award for Drama). Her other plays include 'Language of Angels,' 'War of. Drama Book Shop PLAY OF THE WEEK August 2, 2010. Polaroid Stories by Naomi Iizuka 'I first picked up Polaroid Stories one afternoon last summer. I was searching for.

Naomi Iizuka Born ( 1965-04-22) April 22, 1965 (age 52), Education () () Naomi Iizuka (born April 22, 1965) is a. Iizuka's works often have a non-linear storyline and are influenced by her multicultural background. Iizuka's mother is an American attorney and her father is a banker.

Born in, Iizuka grew up in Japan,, the, and,. She has lived in and currently lives in. Iizuka attended the, has her in from in 1987, and spent one year at before eventually receiving her in from in 1992.

She has taught playwriting at the and the, and was a Professor of Dramatic Arts and Director of the Playwriting Program at until January 2008 when she took over as the head of MFA playwrighting at her alma mater, UCSD. Iizuka was commissioned to write Good Kids, as the first playwright to participate in the Big Ten Theatre Consortium's New Play Initiative, which was established to commission, produce, and publicize a series of new plays by female playwrights, each of which will contain several significant roles for college-aged women.

Contents • • • • • • Commissioning [ ] The Encyclopedia of Asian-American Literature cites Iizuka as 'One of the most commissioned playwrights in contemporary.' Iizuka approaches commissioning through prevalent social issues. She says the university is a particularly good pathway to develop her commissioned work because of the resources and diversity they can offer: 'I believe universities are the great untapped resource in American theatre. In terms of material resources: performance spaces, rehearsal rooms, shops and state-of-the-art equipment.

Also, in terms of human resources and the communities you find within universities. If we want to develop artist-driven work that’s keyed into the artist’s process, that’s not a one-size-fits-all process, universities can be a big part in solving that puzzle.' Iizuka was commissioned to write Good Kids by the Big Ten Theatre Consortium. The initiative is meant to support women and increase the number of roles for women on stage. Iizuka says, 'I wanted to write a play that spoke to issues that were very important to university students right now.

Summer Days Game. Having taught at a number of schools as a guest artist, and now teaching at University of California–San Diego, it seems like the issue of sexual assault—and more importantly, the attitudes and misconceptions that create a climate where sexual assault is prevalent—seemed timely.' As part of the Big Ten initiative, universities are performing Good Kids to tackle the issue of sexual assault on campus. Good Kids is about a drunk high school girl who is raped by a group of football players after a high school party. The play focuses on the rumors and social aftermath.

The natural question arises: who is to blame? Superbus Wow Mac there. 'I think the question that the play asks is how can this happen?” Iizuka says. 'If we take it as a starting point that college campuses are not filled with predators: What is it that creates a situation where this happens?' Through the process of creating Good Kids, Izuka collaborated with college students and solicited their input toward the issue of and how campuses should prevent and respond to this.

Betaal Pachisi Tv Serial. 'It’s something that they very much want to talk about, and do something about,' she says. 'There’s an enormous energy around the issue of sexual assault and what to do on campus. You don’t solve a problem like sexual assault with anything other than a deep shift in attitude, and a deep shift in attitude happens conversation by conversation, in dorm rooms, parties and rehearsal halls.' Good Kids was produced at the (October 2–12, 2014), (February 8–15, 2015), (February 6–14, 2015), (February 27-March 8, 2015), (February 27-March 7, 2015), (April 10–12, 15-18, 22-26, 2015),, (October 27, 2014), and has scheduled productions at many other schools outside the. Iizuka’s play Skin presented November 16–20, 2016 by Theatre Department at in Davidson, NC.

Content and Critical Response [ ] Iizuka’s background in inspires her 'fusing of classical styles and forms to modern and contemporary voices.' Evident in her adaptation of Hamlet: Blood on the Brain (2006), Press describes her work as reinforcing 'a sense that the play’s archetypal quality could be adapted to fit a society lacking resonance with either ancient or.non-academic spectators could accept that classics illuminate modern society.' Set in Oakland in the 1980s, the play is about a young man who gets out of prison to find his father murdered and his uncle in charge of his mother’s house. Through the, the play explores the theme of anger and violence in contemporary time, drawing strong parallels to Hamlet. Iizuka’s Polaroid Stories (1997) is a modern adaptation of the of and. Iizuka collapses classical literature and contemporary everyday life by making street kids the main characters of the play instead of mythical gods.