What happens when the wild and wonderful ideas of elementary school students meet the playful world of Kyogen?

Come find out at this special staged reading of Finding a Friend, an original Kyogen-inspired work developed by Fenner Merlick and Lluís Valls in collaboration with the 4th- and 5th-grade students of Clarendon Alternative Elementary School’s Japanese Bilingual Bicultural Program.

Presented as part of Theatre of Yugen’s Crazy for Words educational program, the project celebrates imagination, laughter, and collaborative storytelling inspired by the 650-year-old Japanese comic theatre tradition.

The 2024–2026 cycle of this educational program is supported by the San Francisco Arts Commission, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, and generous individual donations. Please consider donating to support our efforts to continue offering this program to public schools free of charge.