Illinois Holocaust Museum and Education Center | Live Performance: Question 27, Question 28: Staging Loyalty, Identity, and Resistance

May 4, 2025 | 2:30pm CDT
9603 Woods Drive, Skokie, IL 60077

In partnership with renowned theater producer and director David Y. Chack, Illinois Holocaust Museum presents a live performance of Question 27, Question 28, a compelling play by Chay Yew.

Staged, in an abridged version, in conjunction with the exhibition Resilience: A Sansei Sense of Legacy, this powerful production draws from real interviews and oral histories to explore the impact of Executive Order 9066 and the government-issued “loyalty questionnaire” that deeply affected Japanese American citizens imprisoned during World War II.

Told through the voices of women, the play weaves together stories of dignity, resilience, and the fight for justice. This performance invites audiences to reflect on civil liberties and national identity while confronting one of the most painful chapters in American history.

Free to the public. Reservations required https://www.ilholocaustmuseum.org/events/live-performance-question-27-question-28-staging-loyalty-identity-and-resistance/

Community partners include JASC – Japanese American Service Committee Chicago, and Chicago Japanese American Historical Society.

Photo credits: San Francisco, Calif., Apr. 1942 – residents of Japanese ancestry registering for evacuation and housing, later, in War Relocation Authority centers for duration of the war. Photo of Shizuko Ina and others by Dorothea Lange, 1942. https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ppmsca.72649