Located in the Mission District of San Francisco, the unceded ancestral homeland of the Ramaytush Ohlone peoples, Theatre of Yugen (“Yugen”) has been dedicated to creating intercultural, multi-sensory works inspired by the 650 year-old Japanese theatre traditions of Noh and Kyogen. By drawing on the Japanese aesthetics of “yugen” (derived from the Japanese word “yu” meaning “deep, quiet, or other-worldly,” and “gen” meaning “subtle, profound, or obscured”), Yugen produces original works characterized by artistic hybridity and collaborates with artists of various genres to promote intercultural understanding through traditional Japanese theatre and its contemporary interpretations.