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The work was funded by a \u003Ca href=\"https://www.library.ucla.edu/about/news/ucla-library-to-preserve-rare-audiovisual-recordings-from-the-east-west-players-theater-company\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2024 Council of Libraries and Information Resources (CLIR) Recordings at Risk grant\u003C/a> and led by the Library’s Preservation & Conservation Department. 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It was a revelation and an important learning process for me as a writer to see how theater is made, how the director and actors and stage management work together to make the stage come to life. That the play is preserved as part of the legacy of the East West Players I hope honors the creative work and the experimental energy of those early years.\"\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp dir=\"ltr\">“The East West Players gave so many young Asian American playwrights and actors their first and perhaps only chance at presenting their work on stage, featuring foundational work of a particular time and community in Los Angeles,” added Yamashita. “Materials in this collection will certainly show East West's willingness to take a chance on someone unknowing and unknown.”\u003C/p>\n\u003Cfigure class=\"image--right image--half\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://static.library.ucla.edu/craftassetsprod/FTVA/ewp2.jpg\" alt=\"Half-inch open reel video tape\" />\u003Cfigcaption>Example of a half-inch open reel video tape that lost recording during the cleaning process\u003C/figcaption>\u003C/figure>\n\u003Cfigure class=\"image--right image--half\">\u003Cimg src=\"https://static.library.ucla.edu/craftassetsprod/FTVA/ewp3.png\" alt=\"EWP outdoor performance\" />\u003Cfigcaption>Screen cap of EWP outdoor performance. 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