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Vengeance Can Wait

Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy  /  2w, 2m

Andy Bragen, Yukiko Motoya, Kyoko Yoshida

Yukiko Motoya
Translation by Kyoko Yoshida and Andy Bragen

Written by Yukiko Motoya, one of Japan's leading contemporary female playwrights, Vengeance Can Wait is a kinky comedy about love, submission, and sweet revenge.

Vengeance Can Wait

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  • Cast Size
    Cast Size
    2w, 2m
  • Duration
    Duration
    90 minutes
  • Audience
    Target Audience
    Adult

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Summary
Vengeance Can Wait navigates Japanese sub-culture as it charts a different kind of love story. A couple has the ideal domestic relationship: he spends his days planning the perfect revenge, while she awaits her perfect punishment. Dark, twisted, and touching, the couple comes to understand the "kinks" in their relationship - and embrace them.
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  • Time Period Contemporary
  • Features Contemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
  • Additional Features No Intermission
  • Duration 90 minutes
  • Cautions
    • Intense Adult Themes

Media

"Motoya, a young Japanese writer influenced by anime and manga, has fashioned an edgy little farce." – Alexis Soloski, The Village Voice Theater

Music

  • Musical Style N/A (Not a musical)
  • Vocal DemandsN/A (Not a musical)

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Authors

Andy Bragen

Andy Bragen

Andy Bragen, a lifelong resident of Manhattan’s Lower East Side, was a 2009-2010 Workspace Resident with the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council.  Other honors include the Clubbed Thumb Biennial Commission, a Tennessee Williams Fellowship from Sewanee, and a Jerome Fellowship.  ...

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Yukiko Motoya

Yukiko Motoya
Yukiko Motoya (1979–) belonged to the drama club in high school and left her home in Ishikawa Prefecture to attend drama college in Tokyo. She started writing plays and fiction at the age of 19 while supporting herself with odd jobs. In 2000 she set up the Motoya Yukiko Thea ...
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Kyoko Yoshida

Kyoko Yoshida
Kyoko Yoshida has served the performing arts field for over 30 years as a presenter, producer and consultant, with a focus on artistic and cultural exchange between the U.S. and Japan. Yoshida is the founder and director of the U.S./Japan Cultural Trade Network (CTN), which w ...
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