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A Special Appearance for Allegiance at the Pacific Media Expo
I'll be joining in on a panel about Allegiance at the Pacific Media Expo (PMX), an international convention of Asian artists and performers

November 9, 2011 George Takei Paul Nakauchi Lorenzo Thione Jay Kuo

On Friday, November 11th, I’m on a panel for “Allegiance” at the Pacific Media Expo (PMX), a convention of Asian artists and performers.

Joining me will be the producers and writers of the show, as well as actor Paul Nakauchi, who played my father in last summer’s NYC workshop of Allegiance.

Pacific Media Expo brings the cutting edge of Asian entertainment to America–the newest anime from Japan, the hottest bands from the Pacific Rim, the latest street fashion from Harajuku, or the most disturbing horror films from Asia.

The event’s already in high demand, and seats are going fast, so if you plan to attend, get your tickets now! And if you attend, you can win a photograph signed by yours truly! You’ll get a raffle ticket, and the winner will be announced at the end of the panel.

See you all in Los Angeles on Friday!

— GHT

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George Takei
as Old Sam Omura

February 18, 2011 That blog is so Takei!

OLD SAM OMURA lives alone, writing editorials from his apartment, hardened against the world. He has not spoken to his family or friends from his past for over fifty years, but he is haunted by a longing for things lost decades ago. A decorated veteran, Old Sam stands with the “old guard” of the Japanese American Citizens League, who condemned those who resisted the draft during World War II or showed any other sign of disloyalty to the United States. When his old tutor, Gloria, passes away, her spirit visits him and, through a series of tokens from their past, take

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Paul Nakauchi
as Tatsuo Omura

June 30, 2011

TATSUO OMURA is the patriarch of the Omura family and, with his wife, owns Omura General Grocery, which he has run for 20 years. When the Army forces them out of their home and store to the wastelands of Heart Mountain, Wyoming, Tatsuo watches as his authority and position are undermined and his family is torn apart by political strife. His principled answers to the “Loyalty Questionnaire” set a fateful series of events in motion that tear his family apart and cost him nearly all he has.

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Lorenzo Thione
Book Writer, Producer

February 17, 2011

Lorenzo Thione has been a part of the producing team of numerous productions on and off Broadway, which include Slava’s Snowshow (Tony Nomination), American Idiot (Tony Nomination), Elling, and Catch Me If You Can (Tony Nomination). As the producer for Allegiance, Thione brings a fresh and creative perspective to the challenges of theater production, drawing from his experience as startup entrepreneur and social media and marketing expert.

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Jay Kuo
Composer, Lyricist, Book Writer

June 23, 2011

Allegiance is Kuo’s fourth musical. His composing career began at Stanford, where he wrote and produced Upwardly Mobile, a story of five friends coming of age. Kuo’s second musical, Insignificant Others, played from 2006-2008 in San Francisco at New Conservatory Theatre Center, Zeum and Theatre 39 and won a Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for Best Original Script.

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George Takei
as Old Sam Omura

Paul Nakauchi
as Tatsuo Omura

Lorenzo Thione
Book Writer, Producer

Jay Kuo
Composer, Lyricist, Book Writer

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