Cedar Grove Productions is an independent production company based in Los Angeles, CA., specializing in media and theatre arts representing the Asian Pacific American community. They often partner with Visual Communications (VC) as a non-profit sponsor for media projects. Image File history File links Metadata No higher resolution available. ... A genre [], (French: kind or sort from Greek: γένος (genos)) is a loose set of criteria for a category of literary composition; the term is also used for any other form of art or utterance. ... An Asian American is a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States. ... For the sequel to the computer game Entrepreneur, which has no article of its own, see The Corporate Machine. ... Tim Toyama was born in 1952 in Chicago, IL. He is a Sansei playwright and producer living in Los Angeles, CA. His plays have been produced at The Complex, in Los Angeles, and The Road Theatre Company, at the Lankershim Arts Center in North Hollywood, California. ... Chris Tashima is an American actor and director. ... Chris Donahue (John Christopher Donahue) is an award-winning American film and television producer. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... A division of a business entity is a portion of that business that operates under a different name. ... Look up slogan in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A website (alternatively, Web site or web site) is a collection of Web pages, images, videos and other digital assets that is hosted on one or several Web server(s), usually accessible via the Internet, cell phone or a LAN. A Web page is a document, typically written in HTML... An Asian American is a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States. ... Visual Communications (Southern California Asian American Studies Central Inc. ... A non-profit organization (often called non-profit org or simply non-profit or not-for-profit) can be seen as an organization that doesnt have a goal to make a profit. ...

MISSION STATEMENT:

To entertain, enrich and enlighten, through the sharing of Asian Pacific American art, culture and history, broadening perspectives of the American experience and empowering our community. By examining and preserving, through media and theatre arts, the rich culture and history of Asian Pacific Americans, we can come to an understanding and appreciation of our past, which informs and shapes our present and future. An Asian American is a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States. ...

Motion Picture Background

Founded in 1996 by playwright Tim Toyama, actor/director Chris Tashima, producer Chris Donahue and actor/director Tom Donaldson, Cedar Grove Productions first brought the heroic saga of Holocaust rescuer Chiune “Sempo” Sugihara to movie audiences with the Academy Award® winning dramatic short film, Visas and Virtue (1997). First formed to pay tribute to Mr. Sugihara by adapting Toyama’s original one-act to the big screen, the company takes its name from the literal translation of the courageous diplomat's name: sugi (Japanese: 杉) meaning cedar, and hara (Japanese: 原) meaning field or grove. The company "remains dedicated to developing and producing projects which boldly defy mainstream Hollywood by giving Asian Americans the close-up on screen, or the spotlight on stage." Tim Toyama was born in 1952 in Chicago, IL. He is a Sansei playwright and producer living in Los Angeles, CA. His plays have been produced at The Complex, in Los Angeles, and The Road Theatre Company, at the Lankershim Arts Center in North Hollywood, California. ... Chris Tashima is an American actor and director. ... Chris Donahue (John Christopher Donahue) is an award-winning American film and television producer. ... For other uses, see Holocaust (disambiguation) and Shoah (disambiguation). ... Chiune Sugihara (Japanese: 杉原千畝, Sugihara Chiune; January 1, 1900 – July 31, 1986) was a Japanese diplomat who helped thousands of Jews leave the Soviet Union while serving as the consul of the Empire of Japan to Lithuania. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... Visas and Virtue is a narrative short film inspired by the true story of Holocaust rescuer Chiune Sempo Sugihara, who is known as The Japanese Schindler. ... Tim Toyama was born in 1952 in Chicago, IL. He is a Sansei playwright and producer living in Los Angeles, CA. His plays have been produced at The Complex, in Los Angeles, and The Road Theatre Company, at the Lankershim Arts Center in North Hollywood, California. ... Binomial name Cryptomeria japonica (L. f. ...

Television

In 2006, Cedar Grove Productions received an Emmy nomination from the NATAS San Francisco/Northern California Chapter, for the half-hour PBS television special, Day of Independence, a fact-based story of a young Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) baseball player facing the tragic circumstances surrounding the internment of 110,000 Americans of Japanese Ancestry during World War II. Produced by Lisa Onodera, the program has been officially selected to over sixty film and video festivals across the country, and worldwide, having been shown in Japan, Korea, Indonesia, Chile, Italy and Canada, garnering twenty-five international awards. An Emmy Award. ... // National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences NATAS is an acronym for the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the organization which distributes the Daytime Emmy Awards in the United States. ... Not to be confused with Public Broadcasting Services in Malta. ... A television special is a television program, typically a short film or television movie, which interrupts or temporarily replaces programming normally scheduled for a given time slot. ... Day of Independence is a short film, broadcast as a half-hour PBS television special. ... The Nisei Japanese Americans (二世 pronounced , lit. ... Serving from 1999 to 2003, Army General Eric Shinseki of Hawaii became the first Asian American military chief of staff. ... Jerome War Relocation Center in Jerome, Arkansas Japanese people heading off to an internment camp. ... Lisa Onodera is an American independent film producer, of such noted films as Picture Bride, The Debut and Americanese. ...

Theatre

In 2006, Cedar Grove OnStage was formed, as a sister company focusing on live theatre. It joined a multicultural consortium called the "Cultural Roundtable" at THE NEW LATC. Cedar Grove OnStage develops, produces and presents new Asian American theatre works, with Cedar Grove Productions co-founders Toyama and Tashima serving as co-Artistic Directors. Productions are slated to begin in 2008 at the LATC venues in downtown Los Angeles. Other performance groups belonging to the Cultural Roundtable include the Latino Theater Company, Playwrights' Arena, Robey Theatre Company, Culture Clash, American Indian Dance Theatre and the UCLA School of Theater Film and Television. Multiculturalism or cultural pluralism is a policy, ideal, or reality that emphasizes the unique characteristics of different cultures in the world, especially as they relate to one another in immigrant receiving nations. ... An Asian American is a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States. ... Tim Toyama was born in 1952 in Chicago, IL. He is a Sansei playwright and producer living in Los Angeles, CA. His plays have been produced at The Complex, in Los Angeles, and The Road Theatre Company, at the Lankershim Arts Center in North Hollywood, California. ... Chris Tashima is an American actor and director. ... The artistic director of a theatre is responsible for choosing the material staged in a season, and the hiring of creative/production personnel (such as directors), as well as other theatre management tasks. ... Skyline of downtown Los Angeles Downtown Los Angeles is the central business district of Los Angeles, California, located close to the geographic center of the metropolitan area. ... The Latino Theater Company (LTC) is a theatre producing organization based in Los Angeles, California. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Culture Clash is an American performance troupe composed of the writer-comedians Richard Montoya, Ric Salinas, and Herbert Sigüenza. ... American Indian Dance Theatre is a professional performing arts company presenting the dances and songs of Native Americans in the United States and the First Nations of Canada. ... The UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television (TFT), located in Los Angeles, USA, is unique in that it combines all three (theater, film, and television) of these aspects into a single school. ...

Cedar Grove OnStage will present the world premiere of "Show Me Some Stuff," a play written by veteran performance artist Dan Kwong as its debut production at THE NEW LATC. Performance art is art where the actions of an individual or a group at a particular place and in a particular time, constitute the work. ... Dan Kwong is a veteran performance artist, writer, teacher and visual artist. ...

Educational Efforts

In 2000, Cedar Grove Productions organized and presented “The AJA Circle: Artists of Japanese Ancestry,” a day-long seminar where Japanese and Japanese American theatre artists came together to share cultural experiences — of the Japanese American community's history in the U.S. and the artistic community of Asian Americans working in Hollywood. Moderated by playwright/producer Soji Kashiwagi and Tashima, panelists included Nisei playwrights Hiroshi Kashiwagi and Wakako Yamauchi, as well as noted actors George Takei, Tamlyn Tomita, Clyde Kusatsu, Amy Hill, Marcus Toji and Greg Watanabe. Serving from 1999 to 2003, Army General Eric Shinseki of Hawaii became the first Asian American military chief of staff. ... An Asian American is a person of Asian ancestry or origin who was born in or is an immigrant to the United States. ... Chris Tashima is an American actor and director. ... The Nisei Japanese Americans (二世 pronounced , lit. ... Hiroshi Kashiwagi is a Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) poet, playwright and actor. ... There are very few or no other articles that link to this one. ... George Hosato Takei (IPA: ) (born April 20, 1937) is an American actor known for his role in the TV series Star Trek, in which he played the helmsman Hikaru Sulu on the USS Enterprise. ... Tamlyn Tomita (Born January 27, 1966, Okinawa) is a Japanese-born American actress who has appeared in many Hollywood films and television series. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Amy Hill (born May 9, 1953 in Deadwood, South Dakota) is a Japanese-Finnish-American actress well-known to many children for her roles of Mrs. ... Greg Watanabe is an American actor who played Issac on the MyNetworkTV serial Watch Over Me. ...

Community Recognition

Community organizations have recognized Cedar Grove Productions for cultural and artistic contributions. Honors include the Biennium Award from the Japanese American Citizens League, a Community Award given by the Japanese American Service Committee, of Chicago, a Special Recognition Award from the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center, a Visionary Award from East West Players, and a Humanitarian Award received from The “1939” Club, a Holocaust Survivors’ organization. Categories: Wikipedia cleanup | Stub ... Category: ... For other uses, see Holocaust (disambiguation) and Shoah (disambiguation). ...

External links

• www.cedargroveproductions.com
• Cedar Grove OnStage on MySpace
• article posted on Asian American Theatre Revue