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In the Monkawa Boarding House in San Francisco's Fillmore District, Chester (Hiro Kanagawa) proudly reveals the television set he won in a department store raffle, as his friend Earl (Steven Anthony Jones, kneeling) and Benji (Ted Welch) assist. Chet's sister-in-law Lillian (Sala Iwamatsu)—who works at the boarding house—looks on in amazement at the television, a new advent in 1948.

Early (Steven Anthony Jones) promises Mary-Louise (Carrie Paff), a taxi-hall dancer and resident of the Monkaway Boarding House, that he will try to make their relationship work, despite needing to keep it a secret.

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Earl (Steven Anthony Jones) assists his friend Chet (Hiro Kanagawa) and Lillian (Sala Iwamatsu) in rigging up the antenna for the house's new television.

Lillian (Sala Iwamatsu) confesses to Chet (Hiro Kanagawa) that Chet's brother took her to see Chet play once in a jazz club. Chet's brother, Tadashi, was recently killed in WWII, and his five-year memorial service is just days away.

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Mr. Goto (Sab Shimono), a local businessman, chastises Chet (Hiro Kanagawa), who is now a pariah in the Japanese American community. Goto accuses Chet of being an ungrateful "No-No Boy" and tells him that his brother Tad's death made up for Chet's cowardice and shame in not serving in battle.

Chet (Hiro Kanagawa) invites his friend and tenant Earl (Steven Anthony Jones) and his sister-in-law and guest Leona (Harriet D. Foy) to a party he and Lillian (Sala Iwamatsu) are throwing in honor of the Boarding House's new television.

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At the television party, Goto (Sab Shimono, center) lectures Mr. Oji (Francis Jue), an unemployed accountant, on business lessons, as Earl (Steven Anthony Jones) and Olga (Delia MacDougall)—a Russian Jew and employee of the boarding house—observe.

Mr. Oji (Francis Jue) and Olga (Delia MacDougall) dance; their mutual outsider status in the boarding house leads to an unusual courtship.

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Mary-Louise (Carrie Paff) comes on to Chet (Hiro Kanagawa), her former lover when the two were in Chicago. Her new, secret relationship with Chet's friend Earl stands to drive all three of them apart.

The revolving After the War set: The Monkawa Boarding House—based on real architecture of the Fillmore District of the 1940s—designed by Donald Eastman.

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After the War playwright Philip Kan Gotanda
Photo by Ryan Montgomery

After the War playwright Philip Kan Gotanda
Photo by Ryan Montgomery

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After the War playwright Philip Kan Gotanda
Photo by Diane Takei

The 2006–07 season marks Carey Perloff's 15th year as artistic director.
Photo by Jock McDonald