Ma-Yi Theater Company and The Public Theater are set to bring the intense world of sumo wrestling to the stage with the New York premiere of Lisa Sanaye Dring’s “Sumo” this month. Directed by Obie Award winner Ralph B. Peña,
the play delves into the
lives of six wrestlers navigating tradition, ambition, and personal demons within an elite sumo training facility in Tokyo. The cast features Kris Bona, Red Concepción, Michael Hisamoto, Ahmad Kamal, Earl T. Kim, David Shih, Scott Keiji Takeda, Paco Tolson and Viet Vo, with live taiko drumming by Shih-Wei Wu.