This Lingering Life

Inspired by 9 Japanese Noh plays from the 14th century, This Lingering Life features 28 characters in 24 scenes performed by an ensemble of 9 actors of diverse ethnicities. There are also several gender-crossing roles in the play: for example, the young warrior is played by a woman, and his mother is played by a male actor.

In this new theatrical work, time is compressed like an accordion pulling and pushing together the past with the present. Like the Noh plays that inspired it, This Lingering Life looks at the human conditions through the Buddhist concept of Karma: we all exist in a complex web of relationships, determined by emotions and actions from previous lives.