Junpei still loves his best friend's wife. When the Earthquake Man haunts her young daughter, the timid writer searches for the courage they need. He tells the story of Katagiri, a simple man recruited by a talking frog to do battle against the giant monster burrowed beneath Tokyo! These threads weave together in a tender and fantastic exploration of life after a disaster by bestselling Japanese novelist Haruki Murakami, inspired by the 1995 earthquake in Kobe.




Special Benefit Performance - May 8th
100% of proceeds will go to the American Red Cross to support disaster relief efforts. Your assistance will enable the Red Cross to provide shelter, food, emotional support and other aid to those affected by the earthquake in Japan and tsunami throughout the Pacific.

press release
promotional illustration (by Whittney Streeter and David Pisa)
production image #1 (Brant Miller, Kurt Kwan)
production image #2 (Brant Miller, Kurt Kwan)
production image #3 (Katie Bradley, Brant Miller, Kurt Kwan, Eric Sharp)
production image #4 (Katie Bradley, Eric Sharp)
production image #5 (Katie Bradley, Eric Sharp, Cory Grossman - above)
Photos taken by Dan Norman

This activity funded, in part, by the
Minnesota arts and cultural heritage
fund as appropriated by the Minnesota
State Legislature with money from the
vote of the people of Minnesota on
November 4, 2008.