A story about time, memory, diaspora, and the futures we dare to imagine, can we break the cycles we are born into, or are we destined to repeat them? On the Moon, Icarus dreams of soup. Across the ocean, Mikey dreams of war. At Purdue, Chrys dreams of a yellow house. In a future where […]
During World War II, student Gordon Hirabayashi fights the US government's orders to forcibly incarcerate people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast. Struggling to reconcile his country's betrayal with his passionate belief in the Constitution, he journeys toward greater understanding of America's triumphs - and confrontation with its failures. A 36-character solo play inspired […]
Step inside the creative process of the playwrights who lived it. Ever wonder how a headline becomes a play? Melis Aker pulls back the curtain on her writing process, showing participants how she transformed inspiration from real news stories into original theater, the exact process that became FISH. Lauren Yee takes you inside the making […]
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 […]
Baryo Brooklyn presents: BUFFALO'ED by Jeannie Barroga, followed by a dialog on Afro-Asian Histories. Presented in partnership with Hi-ARTS. Join us for a play reading of playwright Jeannie Barroga's BUFFALO'ED directed by Claro de los Reyes. Barroga's play theatrically interrogates the role of African American Buffalo Soldiers in the Philippines during the Philippine American War, […]
Producers Level Forward and Colt Coeur have announced a one-night-only benefit reading of Pulitzer Prize winner Martyna Majok’s Sanctuary City starring Lola Tung (“The Summer I Turned Pretty,” Hadestown), Daniel Bravo Hernández (Romeo and Juliet) and Kyle Beltran (“American Rust,” A Case for the Existence of God). The October 9 reading, to be directed by Caitlin Sullivan, […]
Juliet & Jul-Yingtai Written by Wisteria Deng, Directed by Sissi Chen “She carries it on her back first, but it strains her neck. Kicking it forward hurts her legs, and […]
Lainie Sakakura and Asian American and Pacific Islander Broadway veterans reflect on their history and the modern theater landscape. We are celebrating the Asian American and Pacific Islander Broadway veterans who have defied the odds to perform in five or more Broadway productions. Join moderator Lainie Sakakura for an insightful conversation with Albert Guerzon, Ann […]