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Mary Ohno and her Kabuki Academy performances in the past 20 years have reached well over 500 including solo concerts at a variety of locations in the States. Mary Ohno has appeared on a radio interview and television program.
Her contribution towards the Japanese American cultural exchange program is highly acclaimed by several Consulate General of Japan in the States of Washington, Texas, Florida, Vermont, Georgia, Massachusetts, and in Canada and South africa. All as a personal cultural gift from her. Her invitations to perform have taken her to Hawaii, Indiana, Oregon, Georgia, Florida, Vermont, Idaho, California, Wisconsin, Massachusetts, Maine, and Texas, where she is an "Honorary Citizen" and "Goodwill Ambasador" of Dallas and Houston as well as "Honorary Mayor" of La Villita (San Antonio).
Mary Ohno is the founder and Director of the Kabuki Academy Performance Troupe and is the artist who originated the concept of the illustrated performance. In 1996, at Berklee Performance Center of Berklee College of Music with Boston Conservatory, in Boston, Massachusetts, Mary Ohno made a brave attempt to solve with presentation of "Kabuki Revealed" with the specially assembled Kabuki Academy Performance Troupe of 12 professional Kabuki actor/dancers and musicians from Tokyo, the producer(Mary Ohno) created an ambitious performance with a lecture/demonstration format.
The Proclamation Mary Ohno received that day says "I, Thomas M. Menino, Mayor of the City of Boston, join with the faculty, students and friends of the Boston Conservatory in welcoming the Kabuki Academy Performance Troupe of Tokyo to Boston and do hereby proclaim Saturday, September 14, 1996 to be MARY MARIKO OHNO AND THE KABUKI ACADEMY DAY."
2007 "Kabuki Academy"
Performance Schedule
Please come and see us.
Sat. Jan.06, 2007 (1:00~)---Kabuki Academy New Years Recital ( Kawabe Memorial House in Seattle, WA) -Free-
Fri. Jan. 26 (11:00-12:00)---Celebrate Japanese New Year @ Beacon Senior Center, Tacoma, WA
Thu. Feb. 1 (6:00pm)---Film & Food Festival at Blue Mouse Movie Theater, before showing "The Hidden Blade"
Sat. Feb. 10 (3:00-3:30)--- New Year Celebration (Asian Pacific Cultural Center) @ Tacoma Dome, Tacoma, WA
Tue. Mar. 06 (9:30 - 10:40)---World Theatre New and Old, Introduction of Kabuki @ University of Puget Sound, Tacoma
Sun. Apr.8---Sakura Con 2007 2:30 - 3:30@ Convention Center in Seattle, WA Visit http://www.sakuracon.org/index.php
Sat. Apr.21----Cherry Blossom Festival(Fisher Pavilion, Seattle Center)Time unknown yet
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Performance schedule in 2007 will be
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