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No-No Boy Audiobook

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Read By: Ken Narasaki, Kurt Kanazawa, Emily Kuroda, John Miyasaki, Sharon Omi, Joy Osmanski, Sab Shimono, Greg Watanabe, Paul Yen Publisher: L.A. Theatre Works Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 1.00 hours at 1.5x Speed 0.75 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: August 2021 Format: Audio Theater Audiobook ISBN: 9781682661499

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

3

Longest Chapter Length:

88:22 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

01:18 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

30:21 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

3

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Publisher Description

Ken Narasaki's adaptation of the novel by Japanese American author John Okada is set during the aftermath of the US government’s incarceration of 120,000 people of Japanese descent during World War II and the resettlement of Japanese Americans to the West Coast. In the play, Ichiro returns to Seattle, where he struggles to transition into post-war life.

Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in January 2021.

No-No Boy is sponsored in part by the California Civil Liberties Program from the California State Library. Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson. Producing director: Susan Albert Loewenberg.

Featuring:

Kurt Kanazawa as Taro

Emily Kuroda as Mrs. Kanno and Mrs. Kumasaka

John Miyasaki as Freddie and others

Ken Narasaki as Kenji, Kumasaka-san, and others

Sharon Omi as Ma

Joy Osmanski as Emi, 2A

Sab Shimono as Pa

Greg Watanabe as Ichiro

Paul Yen as Eto, Jun, and others

Senior producer: Anna Lyse Erikson. Prepared for audio by Mark Holden. Sound design by Mark Holden and Neil Wogenson. Recording engineers: Charles Carroll and Neil Wogenson. Mixed by Charles Carroll and Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood. Senior radio producer: Ronn Lipkin. Foley artist: Jeff Gardner. Editor: Neil Wogenson.

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“Greg Watanabe, Kurt Kanazawa, and Joy Osmanski give riveting, emotional performances in this L.A. Theatre Works adaptation…Watanabe's voice deftly captures the pain and confusion of a young man of color who finds that he has no job prospects, his delusional mother believes Japan won the war, and the girl he loved is already married. Still, like so many American tales, there is the sound of hope. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”

— AudioFile

Quotes

  • “An extraordinary and essential play...No-No Boy has been adapted into a tight, intense script by playwright and actor Ken Narasaki from the 1957 novel of the same name by John Okada.”

    — DC Metro Theater Arts

Awards

  • Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award
  • Finalist for the Audie Award for Best Narration in Audio Drama

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About the Narrators

Julia Whelan is a novelist, screenwriter, lifelong actor, and multiple award-winning audiobook narrator. She graduated with a degree in English and creative writing from Middlebury College and Oxford University. She is a former child actor who has appeared in multiple films and television shows.

Joy Osmanski, theater, television, and film actress, is an award-winning audiobook narrator who has won three AudioFile Earphones Awards. She graduated from Principia College with a degree in creative writing and received her MFA from UC San Diego.

Greg Watanabe is a voice talent and audiobook narrator.