One Act Lee, C. The Body and Soul of a Chinese Woman Stella Adler Theatre, It tells the story of Amy Wu, a recently divorced, young traditional folk dancer from China who struggles to reconcile her sensuality and intellectual nature while dealing with a traditional Asian American aunt and an ex-husband who wants to come back into her life.
The Fan Tan King refers to Peter Fong, a gambling czar and businessman; Peter has a wife, who pines for a simpler life and more children to join her only son. His authority is challenged by his rival, Sam Fat, who wants control of Chinatown. There are a dozen colorful supporting characters who epitomize the diverse Chinatown community. This musical is good old-fashioned fun for the whole family while illuminating important aspects of Asian American history.
Carry the Tiger to the Mountain is an epic dramatization of the true life story o the victim's mother, Lily Chin, and her journey from postwar picture bride to civil rights activist in search of justice for her son. The Legacy Codes Theatreworks, Inspired by the stunning saga of nuclear physicist Wen Ho Lee, this fascinating new drama is as hot as today's headlines.
Underscored by a brilliant fusion of Chinese, jazz, and hip-hop music, it weaves our era's mystifying codes of law, culture, computers, and romance into a masterful family drama, the tantalizing tale of a Taiwanese-born scientist accused of compromising America's national security. Utilizing forms of Tai Chi, Wu Shu, Kung Fu, Chinese opera movement as well as the five Falun Gong exercises, this world premiere dramatizes the story of a lone woman defying a repressive government in a beautifully unique and provocative way. Mixed Messages EWP, Mixed Messages explores the journey of a "mixed" woman Japanese, Chinese and British who discovers that her cranial features are extremely similar to that of the 9, year-old women fossil found in the La Brea Tar Pits in The realization sparks emotional duels pitting science against culture, ethnicity against heritage, and the individual against institutions in defining those of "mixed" backgrounds.
Petersburg The Public, Passage Theater Mu, The story follows a daughter's return to her homeland to visit her father, who is near death.
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But before the old man can be released from this world, he must clear up secrets and business with his daughter. It's a mythic version of the need to reconcile and remember the past, Kim said. Clay, a washed-up professional wrestler, kidnaps his estranged wife Evalana and their child, and heads for the border in his Galaxy He hopes to re-invent himself in Mexico as a champion wrestler, and thereby save his failing family from certain doom.
An unexpected rest stop in the middle of the desert throws a monkey wrench in his plans, when Evalana finds herself with an opportunity to escape -- but not before Clay articulates his love for her and their child one last time, revealing the full beauty and ferocity of his soul unlike ever before. Will she go, or stay? Or will something more mysterious happen in the darkest heart and hour of this magical vision of the post-American Dream? Glow III Mu Performing Arts, At a time when soldiers lessen the effects of post traumatic stress disorder by the practice of first maiming animals, and McDonalds offers a popular Spirit Burger, a shape-shifting cast of Everyday People attempt to navigate their troubled lives through futuristic dysfunction.
Ethics, Philosophy, Pop-psychology, Race, Socio-economics and Religion all serve as launching pads into the absurd. It broods fiery and unsettling like one too many shots of bourbon. Its voice is harsh and one gets the impression that the author does not want to step lightly over the graves of artists. Ladies and Gentlemen East West, A heavyweight contender gets the opportunity of a lifetime, but must choose between the two men she loves. Should she stay or should she go? Lee, JC Luce Lincoln Center Theatre, When a teacher makes an alarming discovery about Luce, an all-star high school student, Luce's parents are forced to reckon with their idealized image of their son, adopted years ago from a war-torn African country.
Crane Ferocious Lotus, When Sadako stumbles into a cabin in the mountains in the dead of winter, she meets Bradley, a young, hermitic artist who once created a great work but has since descended into mediocrity. He now risks being dropped by his pushy agent if he doesn't produce another masterpiece. After taking in this mysterious woman, Bradley soon discovers that Sadako has her own secret talent that could potentially save him.
But at what cost? But what you see isn't always what you get. Underneath all the ethnic stereotypes, the girls endure some pretty dysfunctional home lives. They long to escape from their oppressing families and see the scholarship to Harvard as a means of freeing themselves. And through all their struggles, Linda, Eve, Michelle and Liat learn that good friends always stand together.
Because whatever may ail them at home, when they're together and in school, they will always be the Superfriends of Flushing Queens. From Berdoo to Bonneville EWP, Chino Kim, a talented but unheralded custom motorcycle builder, has a Harley Davidson sized chip on his shoulder that he can't seem to cut, grind, or weld away. After seven years of uncompromising dedication to his aesthetic vision, a personal tragedy and the fear of lifelong anonymity force him to reconsider his hardline stance.
Constance visits Beijing in hopes to meet her only granddaughter, Merica, for the first time. Ming Quan,Merica's other grandmother will the meeting to take place if certain conditions are met. Topper Fight ACT, brownsville song b-side for tray Bay Area Playwrights Festival, In a Brooklyn neighborhood housing project, time moves in scattered rhythms, pivoting unpredictably between before and after. But after one phone call, the small-town streets and characters that once shaped her come rushing back and threaten to never let her go.
Tokyo Fish Story Theatrworks, Generations, gender, and tradition collide as a Sushi Master struggles to preserve ancient artistry in a society obsessed with change. A failing artist in desperate pursuit of a new way of seeing, haunted by his past, and hoping to remake his future in the color and light of the south. At what point in an endless cycle of failures does faith and persistence become delusion and foolishness?
A meditation on love, art, and not being popular. Three tenants of a lonely old house, all with lingering pasts determined never to let go, will discover the answer in this modern ghost story Also known as Kindred Spirits. Seamus Pemberton, otherwise known as the Clockwork Professor, is a humble inventor, a quiet, eccentric man of science. But now, buried secrets and forbidden technology from the past threaten to destroy everything he holds dear, perhaps even rocking the very foundations of the city of New Providence.
From underground laboratories to royal airships to dimension-hopping portals, come join the Clockwork Professor on this whirlwind adventure of fantastical science fiction with a steampunk twist! Two brothers set off from the city of New Providence for the Western Territories on the transcontinental train, the Tumbleweed Zephyr.
But a simple journey by rail soon leads to adventure, romance, and long-lost echoes from the past, like a lonely train whistle through the deep desert sky. All aboard for a sci-fi Old West yarn with shiny brass steampunk trim! For generations, the Yao family has been the ruling crime syndicate of the city. But now, Wilhelmina and her two siblings must do whatever it takes to win at a high stakes game of power and betrayal as the family empire threatens to crumble around them.
Ante up for a hand of sci-fi noir in the seedy underbelly of the steampunk-inspired world of New Providence. If you can't trust family, who can you trust? In The Roots Run Deep , Iris searches for her lost sister, who disappeared after the discovery of a strange mask tied to the dark secrets of their unknown ancestors. Anatomy of Hmong Girl: A Memoir Told in Body Parts Mu Performing Arts, The Hmong believe that when someone is born their placentas are buried underneath their homes, so when someone dies, they can find their way back home.
What happens when you don't know where your placenta is? Part memoir, part political statement, this peice focuses on how Hmong Americans have been continuously dissected and how we attempt to flesh out and re-assemble our real voices and experiences. Set against the backdrop of a nightclub, four people explore the fun, the fear, and the fantasy of divorce as they drink, flirt, fight, and try to make sense of lives in transition.
The Moon Embraces the Song Mu, When a k-drama addict with a secret meets a Korean heir who has been banished to the Midwest, fantasy collides with reality in this romantic comedy about fate, cultural clashes, and the art of losing one's virginity.
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What happens to people if they forget where they're from? He's the heir to a Korean manufacturing giant banished to the new Midwest office. Will she find a man before the magic hour of her 30th birthday? Will he buck tradition and embrace his musical dreams? Fantasy collides with reality in this romantic comedy about fate, cultural clashes, and the art of losing one's virginity.
Dandelion Gir l Theater Mu, When a bully tells 8 year-old Payton she's nothing more than a dandelion a weed, ordinary, and yellow on top of that , she turns to her dad for help. Dad share his own experience growing up in the United States as a first generation refugee. Back in the day--the eighties--Dad taught himself martial arts by watching and practicing Kung Fu. But Payton doesn't care for Kung Fu and must learn how to face bullies without fists. Lee, Robert Heading East East West, libretto A funny, slightly off beat musical about a family retracing its footsteps from to the present.
Lee, Soo-Jin Peaches University of Houson, This play explores the relationship between two Korean American best friends, Ji Hae and Robert, as they discuss interracial dating, growing up Asian in America, and finding love in their 20s. The play chronicles one summer weekend they spend together, starting with a wedding and ending in a peach orchard that changes their lives.
Tigers, Dragons and Other Wise Tails! Animal tales blend the beauty, wisdom, and fun of ancient Asian culture in this original musical play created to celebrate Asian Pacific Heritage Month.
A Korean immigrant family, through an unexpected act from their Reverend, is forced to deal with the elephant in their room. The Men My Mother Loved Pipeline Playwrights, A vacation to Korea turns a mother-daughter exploration into a fantastical exploration of why it's worth reuniting with ex-boyfriends.
When the father commits a terrible act, however, information comes flying out of the woodwork. As a family dynasty unravels, a nation and culture re-build. One is terrifically straight, the other is terrifically gay. After a devastating love affair gone wrong, Dolores rebounds into the arms of a traditional Irish Catholic man who has less than modern ideas of how to raise a family. Choices have to be made - what do you do when the consequences of your choice are less than beautiful?
Worth Mark Taper, America's gone bankrupt, Enron-style. The rights to the fantasy are up for sale. A family fracas comprised of a father, a daughter, a rich widow and a best friend ensues. In the gamble of life, when you've lost everything you built your dreams on, how much more does it cost to lose yourself? Served Korean buffet style, striptease and karoake not included.
Later, the "action" will move to the castle of Lord Byron in the Swiss Alps. Poetry, it seems, is borne of an admixture of thought, anxiety and booze. Pullman, WA PS, Pullman, WA is a play about what to do if you're unhappy and everyone around you is kind of an asshole, including yourself. We're Gonna Die Untitled Feminist Play Straight White Men The play follows a middle-class father and his three sons as they celebrate Christmas together while each facing his own issues.
After years of estrangement, they convene at the home of their mother for her funeral, only to discover that the past never truly dies. Jess and Sally are Back in Town explores the complex, often humorous, relationship between two adopted Korean sisters as they sift through relics of family, heritage, assimilation, choices, and their own strained lives. In this satirical exploration of fate, DNA, arrival stories and the families that love them, playwright Katie Leo represents every adoptee ever born and gives all her characters exactly what they want.
Leong, Page attraction Cornerstone, Explore what draws people to place, to one another, and what pulls them apart, at the intersection of an urban global village experiment- at Traction Avenue. Dive in to our neighborhood's kaleidoscopic spirit, its magic, history and mystery. Lew, Andy Welcome to the Wongs NWAAT, Welcome to the Wongs is a hilarious story of a family dinner spinning out of control and the interesting twists and mishaps in the lives of three generations of Chinese in America. The story is told from the point-of-view of a young Chinese American boy who is constantly bombarded with inter-generational family politics and traditional culture while questioning his own ideas about relationships, culture and family.
With a cast that will have you laughing and crying in your seats, this is a workshop presentation not to be missed! So she dons a fake moustache and pursues her husband, exposing a secret world of shady characters and shadier facial hair. Personal dreams collide with political conscience, testing the limits of mentorship, friendship, and love. Bury the Iron Horse 2g, "This is it, bitches: This is where their parents fell in love and started a salmon cannery. This is where Dad took them on hikes and Mom skinned salmon. This is where Dad left them. She doesn't know who she is or her place in the world.
So she drops everything to go on a cross-country bike trip from Boston to Santa Barbara. Along the way she befriends a crew of fellow adventurers, from the lesbian couple who've decided to get a marriage license in every state to the mysterious Man with the Van who transports their belongings. Set in iconic towns from the deep North down to the deep South and the highways between , Bike America captures the restlessness of a Millennial generation that will go to any length to find a place that always seems just out of reach.
The attraction is chemical, but the combination is potentially deadly. A love letter to the theater where the highs and lows of romance echo the highs and lows of a life on the stage.
The play uses the most famous disabled character of all time as a means for re-examining more contemporary tropes about the handicapped, via the tale of Richard junior class secretary and his quest to become senior class president of Roseland High. Tiger Style Alliance Theatre, Star students and squabbling siblings Albert and Jennifer Chen used to represent the pinnacle of adolescent achievement.
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When it comes to adulthood, they're epic failures. Albert's just been passed up for promotion and Jennifer's been dumped by her loser boyfriend. So they do what any reasonable egghead brother and sister would do and go on an Asian Freedom Tour! Travelling from California to China, Tiger Style! But soon she learns the reality of her duties A darker, more faithful version of Lewis Carroll's classic tale that reimagines the experience of Wonderland, and ends with an unexpected new twist As the yellow fever epidemic ravages the streets of New Orleans, no one thinks of the orphans known as the Forgotten--except for Lizzie Landry.
But when the epidemic entangles Lizzie's fate with those of the Forgotten, they all must band together In the fairy tale criminal justice system, the characters from fairy tales and nursery rhymes are represented by two separate yet equally ridiculous groups Brief Interviews with Internet Cats.
In the near future, an American soldier sits in a combat zone, trapped by a land mine.
As he waits to see what will happen to him, scenes from his past, present, and future unfold around him The Wizard of Oz. Full of ensemble possibilities, this imaginative adaptation captures the heart of L. Frank Baum's classic tale The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon one-act. Two narrators attempt to recreate all of the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm in a wild, fast-paced extravaganza The Shape of the Grave. The Troubles raging through Northern Ireland cost sixteen-year-old Colleen half her family, and she sees only one way to give her loss meaning: It seems so simple, but the IRA's reception isn't what Colleen expects For superheroes, saving the world is tough, but the time spent away from work is tougher.
The Hulk has to do taxes, and Batman goes stir-crazy without enough criminals to take down The Most Massive Woman Wins. Challenging, brutal and hilarious, four women of various shapes and sizes sitting in the waiting room of a liposuction clinic explore their perceptions of body image Being a teenager is hard, and nobody wants to talk about it. Confronting the daily challenges of growing up, this series of monologues and scenes offers a look at a multitude of issues Dramedy 30 - 45 minutes 5 either actors possible: