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Arts Briefs | Idlewild produces deeper version of afternoon “Tea”
The all-female theatrical group Idlewild presents its only production this semester, the one-act play “Tea,” directed by Jasmine Brown ’10. It is staged in the Susan Stein Shiva Theater at 9 p.m. on May 1, 8 p.m. on May 2 and 3 p.m. on May 4. Velina Hasu Houston’s work, written in the late 1980s, tells the story of Japanese women taken to Kansas after World War II as brides of American soldiers. The first scene of “Tea” reveals a war bride shooting herself, and the remainder takes place mostly at the titular tea party of four war brides who were friends of the deceased.
Equal parts Six Feet Under and Desperate Housewives, the play reveals more of the dead war bride’s depressing backstory as it progresses—from her arrival at a small farming town to her unsatisfying marriage.
Idlewild, which formed in Fall 2007, sets out to give women and women’s perspectives a designated outlet.
—Jackson Reeves, Arts Editor
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