Chickencoop Chinaman, 1972 American Place Theater Written by Frank Chin Directed by Jack Gerber Cast: Randall Duk Kim, Joanna Pang, Sab Shimono, Sally Kirkland, Anthony Marciona, Calvin Jung, Merwin Goldsmith, Leonard Jackson Gold Watch, 1972, Inner City Cultural Center, Los… Continue Reading
And we come to the end… 31 Asian American Plays in 31 Days #31 VIETGONE by Kwee Gwen The waning days of the Vietnam War, refugees leaving their lives behind—it’s the stuff of sobering news stories, right?… Continue Reading
31 Asian American Plays in 31 Days: #30 FLIPZOIDS by Ralph B. Peña Set on a beach in Southern California, “Flipzoids” is a funny and highly moving story about three Filipino immigrants in America navigating through the shifting landscape of… Continue Reading
#29. EDITH CAN SHOOT THINGS AND HIT THEM by A. Rey Pamatmat Sixteen-year-old Kenny and his little sister Edith are all but abandoned on a remote farm in Middle America. But when Kenny’s friend Benji starts encroaching on their makeshift… Continue Reading
#28 QUEEN OF THE REMOTE CONTROL by Sujata Bhatt It’s 1999 and the seemingly boundless days of the dot.com bubble. Shilpa Shah, a bright, sarcastic 17 year-old, longs to smash the glassy screen of her Indian family’s upper middle class… Continue Reading
31 Asian American Plays in 31 Days: #27 YELLOWFACE by David Hwang The lines between truth and fiction blur with hilarious and moving results in David Henry Hwang’s unreliable memoir. Asian-American playwright DHH, fresh off his Tony Award… Continue Reading
31 Asian American Plays in 31 Days #26 YELLOW FEVER by Rick Shiomi Sam Shikaze, a smooth private-eye, narrates his own story about what happened when he was hired to find the missing Cherry Blossom Queen. He is soon trapped… Continue Reading
Stephen A. Schwarzman Center The Schwarzman Center, established thanks to a generous gift from Stephen A. Schwarzman, seeks an Executive Director who will set the standard for engagement across the entire Yale community and drive programming that successfully incorporates exceptional… Continue Reading
#25 LETTERS TO A STUDENT REVOLUTIONARY by Elizabeth Wong Bibi Lee is a typically jaded American rebel reluctantly on a “back to your roots” family vacation in China. Desperately, Bibi sets out to find fast food and familiar faces.… Continue Reading
#24 COWBOY V. SAMURAI by Michael Golamco Travis Park is a high school English teacher and the only Korean American man living in a dusty cowboy town known as Breakneck, Wyoming. And when a gorgeous, whip-smart Asian American woman moves… Continue Reading