The Seattle Historical Theatre Project will present “Friends Across the Wires,” at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 18, at Vashon Center for the Arts. The play will be presented free of charge.

Earlier in the day, the play will be presented to students from McMurray Middle School.

The original play tells a story of the impacts of President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s Executive Order 9066, which forced the removal and incarceration of 120,000 Americans of Japanese descent who lived on the West Coast during World War II — a shameful chapter of American history that had a painful and direct impact on Vashon’s culture and history.

Written by award-winning playwright Lauri Ferri, “Friends Across the Wires” follows best friends Kiyoko and Peggy, students at Seattle’s Broadway High School, from the bombing of Pearl Harbor through the end of Kiyoko’s incarceration at the Minidoka Relocation Center, a concentration camp run by the U.S. Government in Idaho.

Extensively researched and built from personal interviews, primary sources, and other historical material, the play is designed to teach about this time in history while examining themes of friendship, injustice, and resilience.

The presentation of the play at Vashon Center for the Arts marks the final stop on a recent tour of the production to schools, libraries, community organizations and performance venues.

For more information, visit vashoncenterforthearts.org.