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Tonseisha: The Man Who Abandoned the World
A young Japanese woman is haunted by the loss of two her father, whom she barely knew, and cult novelist Richard Brautigan, whom she's never met. Akiko plays out her father/Richard Brautigan fantasies with a new man nearly every night. Each one of her relationships begins in a bar and ends in a bedroom, and she's never satisfied. She's so lost...can she ever be found?
The Man Who Abandoned the World. A play written mostly in haiku verse.
"Erik Patterson's Tonseisha is the highlight of the triple bill, an odd story of how a Japanese woman’s obsession with the writer Richard Brautigan both enriches and destroys her life. Patterson’s writing is original, poetic and funny…”
--LA Weekly, Terry Morgan
"A strong theatrical heartbeat."
-- Backstage West, Brad Schreiber
The Man Who Abandoned the World. A play written mostly in haiku verse.
"Erik Patterson's Tonseisha is the highlight of the triple bill, an odd story of how a Japanese woman’s obsession with the writer Richard Brautigan both enriches and destroys her life. Patterson’s writing is original, poetic and funny…”
--LA Weekly, Terry Morgan
"A strong theatrical heartbeat."
-- Backstage West, Brad Schreiber
97 pages, Paperback
Published October 6, 2024
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