“Snow Falling on Cedars” continues at Bainbridge Performing Arts at 7:30 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, and 3 p.m. Sundays, through March 29.
A pay-what-you-can preview is 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 12, and the opening night reception is 6:30 p.m. Friday, March 13.
Against the backdrop of an America torn by World War II, cultures and communities clash when a Japanese American islander is accused of murder. This hauntingly lyrical saga — adapted from David Guterson’s acclaimed story of mystery, love and identity — deftly shifts from courtroom to strawberry fields to bloody battlefront, digging for hard truths buried in a forgotten history.
Set in 1954 in a Puget Sound community divided among fishermen and farmers, whites and Japanese, “Snow Falling on Cedars” is at once a courtroom drama, a mystery, a love story, and, in flashbacks, a social history freighted with the angry residue of World War II and the exclusion of Japanese Americans.
Tickets are $27 for adults, $22 for seniors, and $19 for students, youth, military and teachers, and may be purchased online at www.bainbridgeperformingarts.org, by phone at 206-842-8569 or in person at BPA, 200 Madison Ave. North. Box office hours are 1 to 4 p.m. Wednesday through Friday, and one hour prior to each performance.
