Tea
by Velina Hasu Houston

Tea Book Cover
Tea Cover

Highlights

90 mins Unit Set/Multiple Settings British

Synopsis

THE STORY: Four women come together to clean the house of a fifth after her tragic suicide upsets the balance of life in their small Japanese immigrant community in the middle of the Kansas heartland.

The spirit of the dead woman returns as a ghost

Press Reviews

"This is a play too marvelous to grasp in one viewing. A cornucopia of theatrical delights, there is so much to please the eye and the ear. The play is a fascinating mix of insightful exploration and simple poetic imagery.” —Drama-Logue. “A play written with a very deft poetic touch…[Houston] has taken her consciousness as woman and as Japanese American, filtered them through the lessons of history and the experience of parents and others, and brilliantly illuminated [a] much broader sociopolitical canvas.” —Los Angeles Times. “A fresh, imaginative and fascinating play…Houston has, with TEA, cast light on a shadowy chapter of modern U.S. history, and she has done so with anger, affection, honesty, and wisdom. TEA is a wonderful piece of work.” —San Diego Union-Tribune. “TEA is more than a play; it is an amazing experience that will leave you changed, wiser, and with a new understanding. It is what great theater is all about.” —Trentonian. ”The fates of five…Japanese women transp"

— Seattle Times

Publication

Year 2007
Binding Paperback
Pages 72
Place New York
Language English
ISBN-13 9780822221036
ISBN-10 0822221039
LCCN 2008541811
LCC MLCS 2008/44583 (P)

Tea is a British play written by Velina Hasu Houston and published by Dramatists Play Service in New York (2007).

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