Museum Brings Play To Moab

This Performance has been Canceled


The Museum of Moab in association with Plan-B Theatre will be bringing the theatrical production Block 8 to Moab on April 30th. Tickets are available at the Museum and the preformance will be at Star Hall. All proceeds will go be donated to the Museum of Moab.

Ten Japanese internment camps were in operation on American soil during World War II. One of them, Topaz, was located sixteen miles outside of Delta, Utah. How could such a thing happen? In a post-9/11 world, could it happen again?

Ken is a young internee grappling with whether to enlist in the military to prove his loyalty to the United States. Ada is a Caucasian librarian whose son is fighting in the Pacific. Their unlikely friendship offers insight into the paranoia, distrust and xenophobia that led to the existence of Japanese internment camps.

Funded in part by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Block 8 refers to the Internment Camp blocks in Topaz Utah. During World War II thousands of Japanese American were held in these camps through out the west. In Utah Topaz was the largest camp and perhaps the most active. Moab to shares a part in this story. Dalton Wells CCC camp some 15 miles north of Moab Served for a short time as Citizen Isolation Center during the winter 1943. However the few Japanese Americans held there were shortly transferred to Leupp, AZ where improved facilities could be had.

The play explores the condtions and interactions among both the internees and the guards and civilians involved with the Topaz facility.

Plan-B Theatre has produced numerous plays and productions. Last Year they brought Exposed a readers theatre discussing the plight of the Downwinders.

The Museum of Moab is excited to bring Block 8 to our community.