{"product_id":"book-krvd","title":"Zeni, Dean of the Diamond","description":"Kenichi Zenimura – known as “Zeni” – loved baseball. As a young man in the 1920s he developed a Nisei baseball league in Fresno, California, and later organized barnstorming tours that brought the likes of Babe Ruth to the West Coast and Japan. And despite being sent to a Japanese-American internment camp in Arizona during World War II, he knew that somehow, baseball would be the key to improving the lives of his fellow detainees.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This play is sponsored by the California Civil Liberties Public Education Program, a state-funded grant project of the California State Library.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Recorded at The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood, in October 2024.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Directed by Anna Lyse Erikson\u003cbr\u003e Producing Director: Susan Albert Loewenberg\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast recording, starring:\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Keiko Agena as Kiyoko Zenimura\u003cbr\u003e Michael Sun Lee as Kenichi Zenimura (Zeni)\u003cbr\u003e John Miyasaki as Hiro Tanaka and others\u003cbr\u003e Rob Nagle as Coach Hank and others\u003cbr\u003e Thomas Winter as Harvey Zenimura\u003cbr\u003e Additional voices by Tristan Chung, C.J. Cruz, Genki Hall, Derrick Kemp, Rosie Narasaki, Tristan Pravong, and Paul Yen.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Senior Producer: Anna Lyse Erikson\u003cbr\u003e Prepared for audio by Mark Holden\u003cbr\u003e Recording Engineer and Editor: Neil Wogenson\u003cbr\u003e Mixing Engineer: Charles Carroll\u003cbr\u003e Designed by Mark Holden and Charles Carroll for The Invisible Studios, West Hollywood\u003cbr\u003e Senior Radio Producer: Ronn Lipkin\u003cbr\u003e Foley Artist: Stacey Martinez\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Special thanks to Bill Staples, Jr., and the Nisei Baseball Research Project for sharing their research and expertise to inspire and accurately depict the historical events of this project.","brand":"L.A. Theatre Works","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49646010695984,"sku":"BDkrvd","price":6.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/696702-krvd-Square.jpg?v=1742640367","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-krvd","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}