What we’re about
HOW EXCITING! We are creating a group to get together with theatre makers from LA - Hawaii + Japan.
Welcome to theatre creators group. We are a group of actors, writers and directors who believe in power of storytelling to bring diversity and equity to our world.
And to travel and have a lot of fun together.
Our primary conversation will be in English - but we are here to learn Nihongo (Japanese) & Olelo (Hawaiian), too!
The founders: The Decameron Project – Hollywood
Shortly after the start of the pandemic in 2020, Director/Producer Kaz Matamura began guiding a weekly gathering on Zoom with many of her creative associates and formed "The Decameron Project - Hollywood". Writers, actors, and directors have been collaborating on short plays and films, which find a home on the Decameron Project Hollywood’s YouTube Channel. Kaz’s simple yet profound idea was to help her creative friends stay active, productive and engaged during the very uncertain months, and eventually years, of the pandemic. (The group’s name pays homage to 14th-century Italian author Boccaccio’s famous collection of tales - 100 stories told by 10 young people who shelter in a villa outside Florence in an attempt to escape the Black Death.)
A key long term goal of the Decameron Project was to prepare for the eventual return to live performances onstage. The idea for a One Minute Play Festival takes inspiration from festivals such as the U.K.’s highly successful Gi60 which has subsequently expanded to New York and Texas. The Decameron Project issued a request for submissions and received hundreds of one minute plays from around the globe. A selection of 60 of these plays will be produced in the Decameron Project Hollywood’s Inaugural One Minute Play Festival Saturday, August 12, 2023 at the Victory Center Theater in Burbank.
