Ninagawa Company Kafka on the Shore Based on the Book by Haruki Murakami Adapted for the Stage by Frank Galati
Lincoln Center Festival lead support is provided by American Express July 23 –26 David H. Koch Theater Ninagawa Company Kafka on the Shore Based on the book by Haruki Murakami Adapted for the stage by Frank Galati Directed by Yukio Ninagawa Translated by Shunsuke Hiratsuka Set Designer Tsukasa Nakagoshi Costume Designer Ayako Maeda Lighting Designer Motoi Hattori Sound Designer Katsuji Takahashi Hair and Make-up Designers Yoko Kawamura , Yuko Chiba Original Music Umitaro Abe Chief Assistant Director Sonsho Inoue Assistant Director Naoko Okouchi Stage Manager Shinichi Akashi Technical Manager Kiyotaka Kobayashi Production Manager Yuichiro Kanai Approximate performance time: 3 hours, including one intermission Major support for Lincoln Center Festival 2015 is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. This performance is made possible in part by the Josie Robertson Fund for Lincoln Center. Lincoln Center Festival 2015 is made possible in part with public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, New York State Council on the Arts, and the National Endowment for the Arts. The Lincoln Center Festival 2015 presentation of Kafka on the Shore is made possible in part by generous support from the LuEsther T. Mertz Charitable Trust. Additional support provided by Mitsui & Co. (U.S.A.), Inc., Marubeni America Corporation, Mitsubishi Corporation (Americas), Sumitomo Corporation of Americas, ITOCHU International Inc., Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America, Inc., and Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal U.S.A., Inc. Co-produced by Saitama Arts Foundation, Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc., and HoriPro, Inc. LINCOLN CENTER FESTIVAL 2015 KAFKA ON THE SHORE Greeting from HoriPro Inc. HoriPro Inc., along with our partners Saitama Arts Foundation and Tokyo Broadcasting System Television Inc., is delighted that we have once again been invited to the Lincoln Center Festival , this time to celebrate the 80th birthday of director, Yukio Ninagawa, who we consider to be one of the most prolific directors in Japanese theater history.
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