Playwrights’ Arena presented a public reading of “Alien Being,” a new play by Ken Narasaki (“No No Boy,” “Innocent When You Dream”), on Monday at Atwater Village Theater in Los Angeles with a cast of stage and screen veterans. This story of two strangers who collide in this world and get knocked into outer space explores relationships, mortality and the meaning of life. From left: Alberto Isaac (director), David Johann Kim, Greg Watanabe, Narasaki, Emily Kuroda, Ping Wu, Keiko Agena and Haruye Ioka. (J.K. YAMAMOTO/Rafu Shimpo)