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SUMMARY:King of the Yees
DESCRIPTION:For nearly twenty years\, Larry Yee has been the heart and soul of the Yee Fung Toy Family Association\, a fraternal organization in San Francisco’s iconic Chinatown. But to his daughter Lauren\, a playwright living in New York\, the association is an obsolete relic of a vanishing world. When Larry suddenly disappears\, Lauren sets off on a wild quest to find him\, embarking on a surreal\, magical journey through the history and myths of her own lineage. KING OF THE YEES is a hilarious and heartfelt “kind of true” story by Signature resident artist Lauren Yee\, who turns her incisive comedic eye on what we inherit and what it means to truly be a Yee.  \n \nAbout the Playwright \n \nLAUREN YEE is proud to be a Signature Theatre resident playwright. She is an award-winning playwright\, screenwriter\, and librettist based in New York City. Prior to the pandemic\, Lauren was named by American Theatre as the second-most-produced playwright of that upcoming season. Recent plays include Cambodian Rock Band with music by Dengue Fever (South Coast Rep\, Oregon Shakespeare Festival\, La Jolla Playhouse\, Signature Theatre\, East West Players)\, The Great Leap (Denver Center\, Seattle Rep\, Atlantic Theatre\, Steppenwolf\, American Conservatory Theatre)\, King of the Yees (Goodman Theatre\, Center Theatre Group)\, and Mother Russia (Seattle Rep\, Signature Theatre\, upcoming at Hampstead Theatre\, South Coast Rep\, Trinity Rep). She is writing the book for the musical adaptation of Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time\, with music and lyrics by Heather Christian. Honors include the Doris Duke Artists Award\, Whiting Award\, Steinberg/ATCA Award\, American Academy of Arts and Letters literature award\, Horton Foote Prize\, Kesselring Prize\, Primus Prize\, a Hodder Fellowship at Princeton\, and the #1 and #2 plays on the 2017 Kilroys List. TV: ”Pachinko” (Apple)\, “Soundtrack” (Netflix)\, “Interior Chinatown” (Hulu)\, “Billions” (Showtime)\, “Clipped” (FX). She’s previously developed pilots for Netflix and Apple and is currently developing TV and feature projects for Netflix and Universal. BA: Yale\, MFA: UCSD. laurenyee.com
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LOCATION:Signature Theatre\, 480 W 42nd St.\, New York\, NY\, 10036\, United States
CATEGORIES:Theater
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SUMMARY:Kate Rigg with Slanty Eyed Mama
DESCRIPTION:Slanty Eyed Mama is two good asian girls gone bad-assed. Award-winning Lyricist and singer Kate Rigg (Lady-K) and electric violinist Lyris Hung met while studying at the Juilliard School and began collaborating on creating a fresh American Asian sound combining rock spoken word and comedy. They have been invited twice to the Smithsonian Institute\, headlined the PBS Special “Race is the Place”. They have also headlined at LA Grand Performances\, The Perth International Festival\, The Vancouver Comedy Festival\, and many more. They have also been feeatured on Comedy Central\, LOGO TV\, CBC TV\, CTV and Asian Cinevision. \n\n\nLa mama galleria Schedule  •  FREE EVENTS\n\n\nSunday\, November 1\n1:30-4:30 pm\nat La Mama Galleria on Great Jones St. \nSpeak Up! Speak Out! Speak Up! (Ages 14-22)\nThis FREE workshop unlocks the power of your imagination through guided exercises and improvised musical accompaniment. We will show you how to think about poetry\, create theatricalized moments from bare-bones ideas\, and strengthen your ability to turn your own stories and feelings into powerful spoken word.  Led by powerhouse Spoken word creators Kate Rigg and  Lyris Hung of “Slanty Eyed Mama” \n\nWednesday\, November 4 \n\n\n7-9:30pm\nat La Mama Galleria on Great Jones St. \nSPOKEN WORD POETRY AND PERFORMANCE BOOT CAMP FOR ARTISTS\nThe powerhouse rock comedy spoken word duo Slanty Eyed Mama invites you to a FREE poetry bootcamp designed for artists who want to be part of an immersive creativity lab. Through guided exercises\, we will create original group and solo spoken word pieces with some musical accompaniment and theatrical choral work. Open to 25 observer who wish to peep inside the creative discovery process and witness the spontaneous bursts of art that emerge. \n\nSaturday\, November 7 \n\n\n1pm-2pm open rehearsal hour\n4pm-6pm Work in Progress performance / interactive idea lab\nat La Mama Galleria on Great Jones St. \nSLANTY EYED MAMA: How to Save Yourself From Stupid Ideas the World Made Up About You And Become an Absolute Legend\nA strictly limited opportunity to see La Mama ETC NYSCA artists-in-residence Slanty Eyed Mama work on their new spoken word/ rock/ comedy show. Expect irreverent lyrical spoken word\, searing electric violin riffs\, in-the-moment freestyle flights of poetry based on audience suggestions\, and surprising personal narrative. Open rehearsal hours invite people to come in and witness the creative process in an intimate setting\, as Slanty Eyed Mama continues to write new music and rhyme\, work through improvisation\, and fine-tune existing materials. Followed by the work-in-progress performance and reading with audience discussion afterward.
URL:https://potluckasianamerica.org/event/kate-rigg-with-slanty-eyed-mama/
LOCATION:La Mama\, 47 Great Jones St.\, New York\, NY\, 10012\, United States
CATEGORIES:Performance,Workshop
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SUMMARY:Lunch and Learn: "Defiant to the Last" Screening and Discussion
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a Lunch and Learn film screening and filmmaker discussion of Defiant to the Last: Resistance at Tule Lake\, which tells the story of the Tule Lake Segregation Center where dissident Japanese Americans were demonized and punished for speaking out against the false wartime incarceration. \nIn 1943\, Tule Lake was converted into the only maximum-security Segregation Center where the Army deployed a 1\,000 person battalion to oversee the imprisoned men\, women\, and young children. Tanks rolled in\, six guard towers were increased to 28\, and an eight-foot high double “man-proof” fence was constructed to prevent escape from this remote concentration camp located in the isolated northeastern corner of California. Tule Lake became a repressive\, high-security prison filled with the dissatisfied. \nFor over 80 years\, the iconic Tule Lake jail was a structure that remained a mystery. Why did the government build a jail inside the concentration camp? Piecing together government photos and reports\, a chilling story of human and civil rights violations at the Tule Lake Segregation Center was revealed. Inmates were threatened and coerced into giving up birthright US citizenship\, separated from their families\, and removed to Department of Justice camps in Bismarck\, ND and Santa Fe\, NM. Thousands were deported for daring to protest and resist the unjust WWII incarceration. \nToday\, history is repeating. Once again\, the government is using repressive tactics to round up aliens and US citizens\, disregarding their constitutional rights and due process\, and imprisoning them with the goal of deporting them. Defiant to the Last honors those who challenged injustice and reminds us how fragile civil liberties can be\, in any era.
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