Plays written by Natsu Onoda Power
ASTRO BOY
T-PARTY
WIND ME UP, MARIA!
LATHE OF HEAVEN
ALICE IN WONDERLAND
THUMBELINA
Synopses:
ASTRO BOY (8M/W) – Astro Boy and the God of Comics, a boldly graphical, retro-sci-fi think piece chronicling the Japanese manga and anime character Astro Boy and its creator Osamu Tezuka. He’s known as the “Walt Disney of Japan” and admired as “the God of Manga” for having an inventive role in the creation of modern Japanese manga comics and anime.
The T Party (5M, 3W) – Based on real and local stories, The T Party is an immersive theatrical event that transgresses, transforms, and transcends gender norms. Through an exhilarating series of scenes, songs, videos, and at least one dance party, it is an experience like no other!
Wind Me Up, Maria! (6M, 5W) – Maria, a DC native and a rising senior at Georgetown, has a dilemma — it is the summer and she has not landed a job or an internship; and yet, all she wants to do is to write and perform Go-Go music. When she finally finds employment as a live-in tutor at a wealthy Georgetown household, she begins teaching the children about Go-Go. With its non-stop party groove fueled by congas, cowbells, timbales, and call and response interactions with the audience, Go-Go is the signature sound of DC.
LATHE OF HEAVEN (2M, 1W) – In a future world racked by violence and environmental catastrophes, George Orr wakes up one day to discover that his dreams have the ability to alter reality. He seeks help from Dr. William Haber, a psychiatrist who immediately grasps the power George wields. Soon George must preserve reality itself as Dr. Haber becomes adept at manipulating George’s dreams for his own purposes.
Bio:
Natsu Onoda Power is an associate professor in Georgetown’s Program in Theater and Performance Studies, where she has taught since 2005, including one class supported through the Berkley Center’s Doyle Seminars project. As a playwright, her recent credits include The T Party, A Trip to the Moon, and Astro Boy and the God of Comics, for which she won the 2015 Elliot Norton Award for Outstanding Director in Small Theatre. Directing credits include David Henry Hwang’s Yellow Face and Young Jean Lee’s Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven. Her set design has been seen at Company One, Imagination Stage, Forum Theatre, Synetic Theatre, and the Hub Theatre, among others. At Georgetown she has adapted/directed War with the Newts, On the Origin of Species, The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Madness and Civilization, and others. She is the author of God of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and the Creation of Post World War II Manga (2009). Onoda Power holds a Ph.D. in performance studies from Northwestern University.