Show Plot The Teahouse of the August Moon

Authors: John Patrick, adapted from the 1951 novel by Vern Sneider

Time Period: 1946, shortly after the end of World War II during the post-war American occupation of the Japanese islands

Summary:

The Teahouse of the August Moon is a 1953 comedic stage play that satirizes U.S. military efforts to "democratize" occupied foreign villages, following a captain who gets won over by local Okinawan culture instead.