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Philip kan gotanda bio


Philip Kan Gotanda (born December 17, 1951) is an American playwright and filmmaker and a third generation Japanese American....

Premiered at the Presidio Theatre

June 24 - June 26, 2022

  • Legacy Playwrights Initiative Spotlight

    “Todd London interviews 2020-21 Legacy Playwrights Initiative Award winner Philip Kan Gotanda.

    The Legacy Playwrights Initiative honors playwrights for their sustained influence on the American theater and gives renewed attention to their body of work.

    The Initiative has five main components: 1) Two monetary Legacy Playwright Awards; 2) Advocacy and financial incentives for professional theatre production for the awarded playwrights; 3) New publication efforts and the reissuing of previously published plays; 4) Work to build awareness and opportunity within the theater field and in American universities; 5) Filmed interviews highlighting the careers of these Legacy Playwrights.”

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  • Bay Area artists on affirmative action: ‘When I tell my story, race matters’

    As the Supreme Court outlaws affirmative action at colleges, Bay Area actors, composers, dire