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Inspired by the true story of University of Washington student Gordon Hirabayashi, the acclaimed play Hold These Truths follows his principled resistance to the U.S. government’s decision to forcibly remove and incarcerate people of Japanese ancestry during World War II.

Written by award-winning actor and playwright Jeanne Sakata, the celebrated solo work Hold These Truths premiered in New York in 2012 and has since been produced dozens of times nationwide, earning rave reviews from The New Yorker, The New York Times, and other AP critics.

For this event, award-winning stage and screen actor Joel de la Fuente will present a table reading of the play, reprising his role as Gordon Hirabayashi and 36 other characters. De la Fuente spent 10 years touring Hold These Truths to critical acclaim while also starring as Chief Inspector Kido in Amazon Prime’s most-watched series of its era, The Man in the High Castle, and as Dr. Johann Pryce in Netflix’s Emmy Award–winning Hemlock Grove.