Staged by East West Players in 1977, Wakako Yamauchi's And the Soul Shall Dance became one of the company's most successful and critically acclaimed productions. The drama launched Yamauchi's career as a playwright and helped East West Players (EWP) develop a strong audience base in the Japanese American community in southern California. Set in the 1930s in California's Imperial Valley, the play opens with the Japanese American Murata family surveying the damage caused by the accidental burning of their bathhouse. When the father (referred to only as “Murata” in the play) suggests that they might simply use the tub standing in the midst of razed walls, his wife Hana protests, “Everyone in the country can see us!” Murata quickly dismisses her concerns: “Who? Who'll see us? You think everyone in the country waits to watch us take a bath?” (157). Hana's uneasiness nevertheless injects a fear of scrutiny into the first scene of the play and turns those in the audience into the voyeurs whom she fears.

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作为可疑证人的叙述者：改编和灵魂应为舞台起舞

1977年由东西方球员上演，山内若子的灵魂将跳舞成为该公司最成功和最受好评的作品之一。该剧开启了山内的剧作家生涯，并帮助 East West Players (EWP) 在南加州的日裔美国人社区建立了强大的观众群。该剧背景设定在 1930 年代加利福尼亚的帝王谷，开场是日裔美国人村田 (Murata) 一家调查因意外烧毁他们的澡堂而造成的损失。当父亲（剧中仅称为“村田”）建议他们可以直接使用站在被夷为平地的墙壁中的浴缸时，他的妻子花娜抗议道：“全国人都可以看到我们！” 村田很快打消了她的顾虑：“谁？谁来见我们？你以为全国人都等着看我们洗澡？” （157）。哈娜