Zeni, Dean of the Diamond (Part 2)

This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.Kenichi Zenimura – known as “Zeni” – loved baseball. As a young man in the 1920s he developed a Nisei baseball league in Fresno, California, and later organized barnstorming tours that brought the likes of Babe Ruth to the West Coast and Japan. And despite being sent to a Japanese-American internment camp in Arizona during World War II, he knew that somehow, baseball would be the key to improving the lives of his fellow detainees.Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in October 2024.Directed by Anna Lyse EriksonProducing Director: Susan Albert LoewenbergAn L.A. Theatre Works Full-Cast Performance Featuring:Keiko Agena as Kiyoko ZenimuraDerrick Kemp as Willy, DoctorJohn Miyasaki as Hiro TanakaRob Nagle as Coach Hanley R. Slagle (Coach Hank)Michael Sun Lee as Kenichi Zenimura (Zeni)Thomas Winter as Harvey ZenimuraAdditional voices by:Tristan ChungCJ CruzGenki HallRosie NarasakiTristan PravongPaul YenSenior Producer: Anna Lyse EriksonPrepared for Audio by Mark Holden for The Invisible Studios, West HollywoodRecording Engineer and Editor: Neil WogensenMixing Engineer: Charles CarrollDesigned by Mark Holden and Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West HollywoodSenior Radio Producer: Ronn LipkinFoley Artist: Stacey MartinezSpecial thanks to Bill Staples, Jr., and the Nisei Baseball Research Project for sharing their research and expertise to inspire and accurately depict the historical events of this project.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.