Following The 2pm Performance

June 8, 2024: Meet The Designers

Join 1st Stage in conversation with the design team of Postcards about bringing this world premiere to the stage.

June 9, 2024: Meet The Director

Join 1st Stage in conversation with Natsu Onoda Power, Adapter and Director of Postcards from Ihatov, about her vision and the importance of Kenji Miyazawa’s work in today’s world.

June 15, 2024: Meet The Actors

Join the actors for Postcards from Ihatov as they chat about their process, collaborative storytelling, and their journey in creating Postcards from Ihatov.

Design Team

Natsu Onoda Power

Director/Scenic Designer

Natsu Onoda Power, Director, Writer, Creator (she/her/hers) specializes in adapting non-dramatic texts into new works of visual theatre, but sometimes also directs plays. Original works (writing/ adapting/ directing) include Thumbelina at Imagination Stage; The Lathe of Heaven at Spooky Action Theater; Alice in Wonderland with National Players; Wind Me Up, Maria!: A Go-go Musical at Georgetown University; Astro Boy and the God of Comics at the Studio Theater and Company One Theater, Boston. Other directing credits include Provincetown Tennessee Williams Festival; Olney Theater Center; the Studio Theatre; Baltimore CenterStage; Mosaic Theater, Synetic Theater, and Theater J. She is the recipient of two Elliot Norton Awards (for Outstanding Direction and Production Design), two Helen Hayes Awards (Outstanding New Adaptation and Outstanding Set Design), as well as a DC Commission in the Arts Fellowship. Onoda Power holds a Ph.D. from Northwestern University, and is the author of God of Comics: Osamu Tezuka and the Creation of Post- World War II Manga (The University Press of Mississippi, 2009). She is a Professor of Theater and Performance Studies at Georgetown University.