Justice

About 10 months following Journey to the Ocean, we learned that one of the performers from the Adhikaar community who had been trafficked and exploited in NY won her case against her former employers.  We are so proud of her for speaking out and fighting for justice!  Read more about it here.

Journey to the Ocean

What a gift it was! I was charged with the seemingly impossible task of creating a play in collaboration with a 10 community members of a social justice organization who had no prior theatre experience, with varying working levels of English, and the play had to be “artistically excellent.” I think at about [...]

New! Journey to the Ocean

Though it’s not technically billed as a knife project, writer/director Aya Ogawa and designer Jeanette Yew are collaborating with Queens-based Nepali advocacy group Adhikaar to create a new piece commissioned by The Foundry Theatre.

artifact performance video

Finally ripped it — from Performance Mix Festival, February 2009, Joyce Soho.
Enjoy!

Artifact @ Performance Mix Festival from Aya Ogawa on Vimeo.

oph3lia nominated for New York Innovative Theater Award

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Artifact in progress

Here’s a clip from a run-through at our last ARTIFACT rehearsal.

artifact rehearsal run thru from Aya Ogawa on Vimeo.

knife inc presents excerpt of ARTIFACT

Feb 24 & 25 @ 8PM

what’s next for knife inc.?

I’m so glad you asked.

oph3lia has closed

“extraordinary, astonishing, near-perfect masterpiece.” — Culturebot
“Compelling…Harrowing…Great theater.” — The New York Times
“A smart, beautiful, and touching production that is unpretentious and fun… Do not miss this show, and once you see it, tell everyone you know.” — NYtheatre.com
“airy…lovely…graceful… must not unwatch’d go.” — Time Out New York
“…a brilliant exploration of suspension–in time, in space, [...]

what they do before the show

Before the show the actors come together in a tight huddle

and count to twenty.  One person for each number, and if two people say the same number, it’s back to one.