“I had been curious about the Irish side of my biracial family heritage,” says Ken Yoshikawa, author of From A Hole in the Ground , debuting Sept. 27 at Northwest Children’s Theater. “So I leapt at the chance to craft a story based in folklore.”

Such was the inception of From A Hole in the Ground , an original fairy tale written by Yoshikawa and inspired by the Irish folklore of their mixed heritage. Directed by Molly Griffith and produced by Portland’s Irish-centric Corrib Theatre, Yoshikawa’s whimsical tale follows two mischievous Irish fairies seeking to restore the balance of nature while a generational curse threatens to halt the turning of the seasons.

“I had been studying European tree religions and I came across a specific ritual that inspired my core characters, the Summer K

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