A rarely seen event in this community - a traditional Japanese Tea
Ceremony - will be presented at 1 p.m. Friday, Oct. 6, in Illinois State
University's Center for the Performing Arts Theatre. Admission is free and
open to the public.
The ceremony will be presented by world renowned Zen artist Shozo Sato, who is in residence on campus to direct the School of Theatre and Crossroads Theatre production of "Othello's Passion: A Kabuki Play," which opens Nov. 8 in the CPA Theatre. Tickets to the play are available in the CPA box office or by calling (309) 438-2535.
Sato, a professor emeritus of the University of Illinois, is a Master of the Highest Titles of Japanese Tea Ceremony. Mastery in tea ceremony takes many years and is a continuing, life-long process, because practitioners must learn about types of tea as well as flower arranging, kimono, calligraphy and other aspects of the ceremony.
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