BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:624@handson.org DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250315T130000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250315T130000 DTSTAMP:20250205T185403Z URL:https://www.handson.org/events/sumo-2/ SUMMARY:Sumo DESCRIPTION:This performance will be a Traditional Chinese Open Captioned P erformance.\nOrder tickets through TDF.org. You must be a member to order.  \;\n\nNew York Premiere\nSUMOBy Lisa Sanaye Dring \; \;A co-p roduction of Ma-Yi Theater Company and La Jolla Playhouse \; \;Dir ected by Ralph B. Peña \;\nEntrenched in an elite sumo training facil ity in Tokyo\, six men practice\, eat\, love\, play\, and ultimately fight . Step into the sacred world of sumo wrestling\, with the New York premier e of Lisa Sanaye Dring’s mesmerizing new drama\, SUMO. Akio arrives as an angry\, ambitious 18-year-old with a lot to learn. Expecting validatio n\, dominance\, and fame\, and desperate to move up the ranks\, he slams h eadlong into his fellow wrestlers. With sponsorship money at stake\, their bodies on the line\, and their futures at risk\, the wrestlers struggle t o carve themselves—and one another—into the men they dream of being.  SUMO is a thrilling new play set in an elite and rarely explored world. Obie Award winner Ralph B. Peña directs this powerhouse drama. SUMO&nb sp\;features live taiko drumming by \;Shih-Wei Wu. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.handson.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/ 01/image.jpeg CATEGORIES:The Public Theater LOCATION:The Public Theater\, 425 Lafayette Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\ , United States X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=425 Lafayette Street\, New York\, NY\, 10003\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=The Public Th eater:geo:0,0 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250309T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR