Article List of playwright

Tomohiro Maekawa

Tomohiro Maekawa and Six Translators: How do Maekawa’s Plays Read on the International Stage?

Apr. 01, 2024
Ryo Ikeda

Approaching a new type of theater that reciprocates with reality Ryo Ikeda of the digital-native generation

Mar. 31, 2023
Misaki Setoyama

Seeking out the voices of the person’s concerned, Misaki Setoyama’s unwavering capacity to listen

Jan. 30, 2023
Satoko Ichihara

Satoko Ichihara’s Reality Judged by a Unique Physiological Sensibility

May. 25, 2020
Ryunosuke Kimura

Ryunosuke Kimura’s new approach Envisioning a fictional city, Shakespeare Tokyo

Mar. 30, 2020
Yudai Kamisato

The Experiments of Yudai Kamisato What is Theater as Messenger?

Dec. 13, 2019
Takuya Yokoyama

Dramaturgy of Quarreling The language power of Takuya Yokoyama

Nov. 22, 2018
Tengai Amano

Tengai Amano, an artist of the fantastic Commanding a nostalgia for the universe

Sep. 28, 2018
Mitsunori Fukuhara

The Power of Mitsunori Fukuhara, Changing reality with comic imagination

Jan. 31, 2018
Yutaka Kuramochi

The vision of Yutaka Kuramochi A fascination with people and the world

May. 31, 2017
Worry Kinoshita

From Non-verbal Performance to 2.5-D Stages The Challenge of Worry Kinoshita

Sep. 01, 2016
Moegi Nogi

Theater as a battle fought in words The world of Moegi Nogi

Mar. 07, 2016
Junnosuke Tada

Creating performances in a live mode like a DJ, the world of Junnosuke Tada

May. 19, 2015
Roba Shimori

The resolve of Roba Shimori Confronting reality head-on

Mar. 07, 2015
Suguru Yamamoto

A new type of e-mail/texting generation theater Actors interact with projected words

Feb. 06, 2015
Soh Kitamura

Theater as the Play of Life The World of Soh Kitamura

May. 09, 2014
Ikue Osada

Portraying the strength of people struggling to live on the brink

Feb. 26, 2014
Miwa Yanagi

From contemporary art to theater, the artistic quest of Miwa Yanagi

Sep. 02, 2013
Kenji Higashi

Kenji Higashi and his plays driven by group performance and the power of fantasy

May. 07, 2013
Seiji Nozoe

Seiji Nozoe’s small-theater adventure, a world moved by quiet “mutterings”

Aug. 21, 2012
Takahiro Fujita

Revealing the inner world of young women With scenes repeated as refrains

Dec. 08, 2011
Hideto Iwai

Stay-at-home reclusiveness is the central theme, the mixed up plots and humor in Hideto Iwai’s plays

Sep. 06, 2011
Shu Matsui

Affirmation of the passive life, the realism of Shu Matsui

Jun. 02, 2011
Yukio Shiba

Playing theater like playing house The new approach of Yukio Shiba

Apr. 30, 2010
Toshiki Okada

Insights from international activities—The latest interview with Toshiki Okada

Mar. 26, 2010
Keralino Sandorovich

Serious postmodern comedy Keralino Sandorovich

Feb. 02, 2010
Seigo Hatasawa

The theater world of Seigo Hatasawa, with its unique focus on “communities” and “schools”

Apr. 28, 2009
Tomohiro Maekawa

Weaving a thread of the supernatural into the daily lives of the young generation The world of playwright Tomohiro Maekawa and his theater company Ikiume

Dec. 24, 2008
Chong Wishing

Portraying the tough but humor-filled lives of an ethnic minority An interview with the Japan-resident Korean writer Chong Wishing

Dec. 28, 2007
Hisashi Inoue

Playwright Hisashi Inoue puts a prayer for peace in his play Chichi to Kuraseba (The Face of Jizo), now translated into eight languages

Nov. 08, 2007