C O N T A C T I N F O R M A T I O N A N D P H O T O G R A P H S For inquiries about Dr. Houston's work, please contact her agents: THEATRE Ms. Mary Harden Harden-Curtis Associates 850 Seventh Avenue, Suite 903 New York, New York 10019 (212) 977-8502 Facsimile: (212) 977-8420 maryharden@hardencurtis.com FILM AND TELEVISION Ms. Merrily Kane The Merrily Kane Agency 857 South Bundy Avenue Brentwood, California 90049 (310) 820-0020 To contact Dr. Houston by post: Velina Hasu Houston, Ph.D. School of Theatre University of Southern California 1029 Childs Way, MC 0791 Los Angeles, California 90089-0791 Facsimile: (213) 740-8888. Houston, Santa Monica Beach, Santa Monica, California, 2008.  She holds Bulfinch's Mythology, one of her favorite books, as part of a State of Kansas literacy campaign. 1995. "Kokoro." New York. Yasako Yamashita confronts her mother in spirit form. The playwright's parents during dating years in Tokyo, circa 1950. Use with permission only. © Velina Hasu Houston The playwright's mother as a teenager in Matsuyama, Japan. Use only with permission. © Velina Hasu Houston. Velina Hasu Houston. Photo by Peter Martin. The playwright's mother, late teens. Used only with permission. © Velina Hasu Houston. "Tea" ladies, Japan, circa 1947. Property of Chiyoko Denham.