For last quarter’s issue, Ray Luo wrote an article exploring the East West Players’ production of “The Joy Luck Club.” The theater company’s next production, titled “Ixnay,” opens this Wednesday at the David Henry Hwang Theater.

Written by Paul Kikuchi, “Ixnay” is a comedy that revolves around Raymond Kobayashi, a Japanese American who ends up at the Reincarnation Station upon his death. When he discovers that he is slated to remain a Japanese American in his next life, Raymond adamantly refuses to accept his fate. What follows is comical havoc as Raymond’s newfound stubbornness prevents other souls from returning to Earth.

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- posted by Emily Ho