"a chamber piece that speaks in the rich language of silence to the neglected part of the soul"

The Water Station is a remarkably poetic non-verbal piece of theatre. It is a world where time slows down, and where a look or a gesture "speak" complex stories from daily life. In Ota Shogo's non-verbal masterpiece a series of travelers encounter a broken tap of running water, and sometimes each other, in the course of their journeys. According to Ota, "There are words here ... you just can't hear them."

productions
2004
TTRP
Singapore

Director Phillip B. Zarrilli
Ass. Director Klaus Seewald
Writer Ota Shogo
Costumedesign Hella Chan
Lightdesign Dorothy Png
Cast Maria Au (Macau), Felimon Blanco (the Philippines), Hung Pei Ching (Taiwan), Miyuki Kamimura (Japan), Adrianna Koralewska (Poland), Chris Lee Ban Loong (Singapore), Leung Hiu Tuen (Hong Kong), Noushad Mohamed Kunju (India), Xiao Jian (China), Andy Ng Wai Shek (Hong Kong), Walter Leung Yuen Kwong (Hong Kong), Themis Lin Pei Ann (Taiwan), Sau Jia Liang (Singapore), Klaus Seewald (Austria), Sim Pern Yiau (Singapore), Yeo Yann Yann (Malaysia), Jeungsook Yoo (Korea)


1998
Ronald E. Mitchell Theatre, Madison, Wisconsin
USA

Director Phillip B. Zarrilli
Writer Ota Shogo
Scenery Charles J. Trieloff II
Costumedesign Hyewon Park
Lightdesign Linda Essig
Cast Cyra Polizzi, Neil Donahue, Ryan Quinn, Jessica Gasper, Drew Vidal, Christina Yim, Nicholae Valdez, April Stamm, Kirstem Moore, Antigone Sander, Ric Segovia, Susan Nanning, Miles Hartley, Trent Mendez, Natasha Liu, Jenny Artz, David Ka Wal Au, Cornell McIntosh

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