The Yoko Ono Project

To order a copy of the script, contact:

The Playwrights Union of Canada
54 Wolseley Street, 2nd Floor
Toronto, Ontario M5T 1AS
Canada
(416) 703-0201 cdplays@interlog.com

Photos and Reviews of the January 2000 production

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"All my work is a form of wishing."
"I thought art was a verb rather than a noun."
-- Yoko Ono

Three very different Asian-Canadian women fall into the world of Yoko Ono: her music, art, Instruction Poems and words. These women will never be the same again.

A cheeky multimedia performance art comedy, THE YOKO ONO PROJECT unravels and investigates the demonization of one of the most intriguing and controversial artists in North American pop culture.

Characters/Stage Play by Jean Yoon
With Instruction Poems, other texts, images and music by Yoko Ono

Multimedia performance art comedy.
4 sexy Asian women, 1 sexy Asian man, 1 white guy.
Runs 90 mins without intermission.
Requires media projections & choreography.
Permission is also required from Yoko Ono c/o Studio One.

Chapbook editions of the script are now available through the Playwrights Union of Canada Press for $8.75 CDN. To order contact:

The Playwrights Union of Canada
54 Wolseley Street, 2nd Floor
Toronto, Ontario M5T 1AS
Canada

(416) 703-0201

email: cdplays@interlog.com

Bruce Beaton and Keira Loughran

THE YOKO ONO PROJECT was presented by Loud Mouth Asian Babes and Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto: January 13 - February 6, 2000.

Photos and Reviews of the LMAB/TPM production

Chasing Yoko

Since 1994, Jean Yoon tried to secure permission from Yoko’s Studio One in New York. The Yoko Ono Project incorporates Yoko’s words, music, images and ideas – permission was absolutely necessary to proceed. In March of 1999, she said yes. Yoko said yes. Here’s the story of Chasing Yoko...

Yoko on THE YOKO ONO PROJECT:

"I was thrilled about it and tickled about it. And I heard about it that it was very good and bless them for it."

This from an interview with Yoko Ono by Jody Denburg, April 15, 2000 in Austin Texas.

THE YOKO ONO PROJECT receives a Dora Nomination

On Thursday May 18, 2000, THE YOKO ONO PROJECT was honoured with a Dora nomination for Outstanding New Play in the General Theatre Category for 1999/2000 season.

Other works nominated in the same category are:

Alien Creature, by Linda Griffiths
Belle, by Florence Gibson
For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again, by Michel Tremblay, translated by Linda Gaboriau
Music for Contortionists, by Morwyn Brebner

The annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards celebrating excellence in Toronto Theatre will be presented June 26, 2000.

For more information on the Annual Dora Mavor Moore Awards please visit the Toronto Theatre Alliance.

Photo of Yoko Ono:
Iain Macmillan
Photos of (clockwise from bottom) Jean Yoon, Susan Lee, Denise Fujiwara, M.J. Kang: Howard Chang

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Loud Mouth Asian Babes Sliding for Home & Borders Kyopo Trilogy Jean Yoon THE YOKO ONO PROJECT: January 2000 production