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Hiroshima: city of death and destruction . . . survival and rebirth.
Ota
(an adaptation of
the Seven Streams
of the River Ota)

Written by: Robert Lepage
Adapted and directed by: Stephanie Saunders
Produced by: Theatre Ephemera

Preview: Wed, September 19
Opens Thurs. September 20 and runs to Sun September 30.
Performances: Tues-Sat at 8pm. Sun Mat. 2:30 pm.
Tickets $20 regular, students, and seniors $16. Preview $16 and $12
Sun PWYC

OTA is the first adaptation of Robert Lepage and Ex Machina's The Seven Streams of the River Ota. Directed and adapted by Stephanie Saunders, OTA is comprised of three of the original "seven streams".
The play begins in the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. An American soldier is sent to document the devastation and meets a woman who is a victim of the explosion. The two discover themselves and each other in the midst of one of the most appalling events of the Twentieth Century. The play weaves stories of the Holocaust and post-war America into the tale of the two lovers. OTA is about re-birth, forgiveness and the meeting of East and West.

			Hiroshima: city of death and destruction . . . survival and rebirth. *Ota* (an adaptation of the Seven Streams of the River Ota)
	Written by: Robert Lepage Adapted and directed by: Stephanie Saunders Produced by: Theatre Ephemera
	Preview: Wed, September 19 Opens Thurs. September 20 and runs to Sun September 30. Performances: Tues-Sat at 8pm. Sun Mat. 2:30 pm. Tickets $20 regular, students, and seniors $16. Preview $16 and $12 Sun PWYC

	OTA is the first adaptation of Robert Lepage and Ex Machina's The Seven Streams of the River Ota. Directed and adapted by Stephanie Saunders, OTA is comprised of three of the original "seven streams". The play begins in the aftermath of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. An American soldier is sent to document the devastation and meets a woman who is a victim of the explosion. The two discover themselves and each other in the midst of one of the most appalling events of the Twentieth Century. The play weaves stories of the Holocaust and post-war America into the tale of the two lovers. OTA is about re-birth, forgiveness and the meeting of East and West.