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Drama Dance Drums

Select photos from Productions of Drama! Dance! Drums!

Tableau of actors onstage from The Medicine Peddler

Photo courtesy of Mel and Janell Huffman, Inc. from DDD 2012, The Medicine Peddler.

two performers dancing during rehearsal

Photo courtesy Toshimi Tanaka from rehearsal of Puppeteer.

Performer dancing on stage

Photo courtesy of Brian Albrecht. From DDD 2013

Two performers in the Castle Tower performance

Photo courtesy of Mel and Janell Huffman, Inc. from The Castle Tower, Kabuki Night 2017

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