Tony nominee Bryony Lavery's adaptation of Haruki Murakami’s meditation on human longing.
A young woman named Sumire, who aspires to become a writer, disappears under mysterious circumstances. Her best friend, an elementary school teacher known only as "K," sets out on a quest to find her. As K delves into the enigmatic circumstances surrounding Sumire's vanishing, he encounters a parallel universe, where a surreal love triangle takes shape.
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Four-time Tony-nominated playwright Bryony Lavery ('The Book of Dust – La Belle Sauvage') adapts Haruki Murakami’s novel.
