Prayers Studio staged Robert’s play Foresight in Tokyo this past January and had a return engagement at their Kagurazaka Atelier with performances April 30th through May 9th.
I wrote Foresight especially for Prayers Studio actors. It is a play with multiple dimension that tell a story on several levels. On one level, it is the interaction of a loving family who are forced to confront the world as it is. On another level, it is a story of relationships. On another, the darker side of politics. On still another, the phenomenon of human intuition, and how it might play out in life. The play is both serious and amusing, and, hopefully, very entertaining. — Robert Fritz
Watch the recording of a live performance below.
How Foresight Came to Be
After the last day of shooting our film POEM, the cast and I celebrated at a local bar. The film we had just made went on to win over 50 awards from film festivals around the world, and every actor would win best-acting awards for their performances in the film. The cast of POEM was from Prayers Studio, one of the most trailblazing theater groups in Japan. That evening at the bar, the idea of me writing a play for the theater group was born. Playwriting is different from screenwriting. It is much more literate, it is a wonderful form of expression, and with the quality of actors in Prayers Studio, the prospect of writing for this theater group was exciting and intriguing. — Robert Fritz
Robert talking to the cast from the US after a performance in January:
About the Playwright :
Robert Fritz is a composer, filmmaker, organizational consultant, and author of numerous books including the international bestseller The Path of Least Resistance, Your Life as Art, The Managerial Moment of Truth, and Identity.
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