in 2015 with actor Makoto Hirano. In 2016, Portland Center Stage presented Hold These Truths in the Ellen Bye Studio with Ryun Yu, who originated the role of Gordon Hirabayashi in the 2007 world premiere (under the title Dawn's Light) at East West Players in Los Angeles. Other productions were mounted in New York City and in Boston in December 2017, in San Diego in November 2019, and in San Francisco in 2021 at the San Francisco Playhouse.In 2022 People's Light in Malvern PA again presented "Hold These Truths" starring Steven Eng (www.people'slight.org>hold-these-truths) In May of 2022, the first Canadian production of Hold These Truths was staged in the Second Playing Space at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, directed by Melanie Dreyer-Lude and starring Kevin Takahide Lee as Hirabayashi. See also List of civil rights leaders References External links History Link Gordon K. Hirabayashi papers, 1934–2012, hosted by Archives West University of Washington essay On the court case Short biography (pdf) Sociology papers Segal, Lewis. "Theater Review: One man's losing battle against racism: 'Dawn's Light' addresses racism in times of war, but current events undercut its impact", Los Angeles Times, 9 November 2007. Retrieved on 30 April 2010. Chung, Philip W. "Gordon Hirabayashi's Story Sees the Light of Dawn", AsianWeek, San Francisco, 3 November 2007. Retrieved on 30 April 2010. Gordon Hirabayashi Recreation Site History Materials relating to the case of Gordon K. Hirabayashi, 1943, The Bancroft Library 1918 births 2012 deaths American expatriate academics American expatriates in Canada American human rights activists American sociologists Canadian Quakers Converts to Quakerism Japanese-American civil rights activists Japanese-American internees American people of Japanese descent University of Washington alumni University of Alberta faculty American Quakers Scientists from Seattle American Christian pacifists People from Auburn, Washington Presidential Medal of Freedom recipients