![]() ![]() While the Rebecca Holderness-directed extravaganza features some uneven acting, it stays true to the Japanese roots of the story. Certainly Frank Galati saw this potential when he adapted the post-modern story for the stage in 2008.įirst premiering at Chicago’s acclaimed Steppenwolf Theatre Company, Galati’s adaptation of Kafka on the Shore is receiving its East Coast premiere at Washington’s small but ambitious Spooky Action Theater. Since it’s the journey and not the destination that matters, there is ample opportunity to theatricalize this metaphysical tale. In Murakami’s fantastical world – where we don’t always know where reality ends and fantasy begins – it’s not so much where one ends up that’s important, it’s the path one takes to get there. It’s a story we have all heard many a time before, but the way Murakami infuses ancient Japanese culture and traditions, and modern values and norms that transcend national boundaries into the story sets it apart from others. ![]() Foreground – Michael Wong as Kafka, Background – Dane Figueroa Edidi as Crow (Photo: Franc Rosario) ![]() That is the fundamental conception of Haruki Murakami’s acclaimed 2002 novel Kafka on the Shore, which was later translated into English in 2005. Two generations of Japanese men search for their destinies not knowing where their journeys, which span the time and space continuum, might lead them. ![]()
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