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Joel de la Fuente stars in HOLD THESE TRUTHS, Jeanne Sakata’s one-man show inspired by the true story of Gordon Hirabayashi, a Japanese American college student during WWII.  Agonizing over the forcible removal of all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast, Gordon journeys toward a greater understanding of America’s triumphs—and a confrontation with its failures.  Gordon Hirabayashi was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, in May of…See More

Joel de la Fuente stars in HOLD THESE TRUTHS, Jeanne Sakata’s one-man show inspired by the true story of Gordon Hirabayashi, a Japanese American college student during WWII.  Agonizing over the forcible removal of all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast, Gordon journeys toward a greater understanding of America’s triumphs—and a confrontation with its failures.  Gordon Hirabayashi was posthumously awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation’s highest civilian honor, in May of…See More