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See What I Wanna See
Nebraska Wesleyan University, May 2026, Classroom Workshop Presentation
See What I Wanna See is a musical by Michael John LaChiusa, based on three short stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa: 'Kesa and Morito' (1918), 'In a Grove' (1922, the inspiration for Akira Kurosawa's 1950 film Rashomon), and 'Dragon: the Old Potter's Tale' (1919). The musical premiered off-Broadway at the Public Theater in 2005. The story is told in two parts with two prologues, each involving the medieval lovers Kesa and Morito. The first act follows a murder in Central Park in 1951 from the various perspectives of four different characters. Act two centers on a priest, wavering in his faith, who creates a hoax about a miracle in Central Park in 2002. This is a classwork workshop presentation, not a public performance, intended for an adult NWU audience; the challenging material includes violence, sexual assault, and spiritual questioning.

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