Forgiveness

I've always maintained that one of​ our responsibilities as theatre artists is to “reveal to heal.” The title of this play​ ​reveals what this story is all about​. In this case, the parallel stories of a Japanese Canadian family interned during the Second World War and a young Canadian solider held hostage as a POW in Asia. 

As a director, to assist in translating the words and history of the characters within Forgiveness, while revealing their poetic and powerful journeys towards healing, was a true gift. I was deeply honored to have been asked to direct Hiro Kanagawa’s epic adaptation of Mark Sakamoto’s breathtaking memoir at this moment in history​ ​in which a paradigm shift of diverse storytelling is taking place on our stages.