Playwright: Sam Hamashima

Director: Gregory Keng Strasser 

Musical Guest: Lauryn Alexandria

News travels across the Pacific on Dec. 7 resulting in foolhardy claims of Japanese sympathizers. As calls for war perpetrate a nation, The Ishii Family undertakes radical assimilation to calm the local police and fearful neighbors. Mixing family testimony and cartoon studio-ghibli charm, AMERICAN SPIES (...) is a Queer Japanese American grandson's interpretation of the Japanese Americans’ response to national disaster and their struggle to prove their patriotism.

Cast includes: Sam Hamashima, Marina Kondo, Grace Hamashima, Ako, Jo Ellen Pellman, and Roger Yeh

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AMERICAN SPIES was recorded live in January 2023