COME CHAT WITH AMY HILL
and come watch her in
TOKYO BOUND!

hosted by Judith Nihei

DATE:
Saturday, April 20th @ 4:30PM

LOCATION:
Noh Space
2840 Mariposa Street, San Francisco
(between Alabama & Florida Street)

TICKETS:
$7

For reservations or inquiries: (415)
440-5545/info@asianamericantheater.org
(please inquire about our group rates and student rates)
Also, please visit our website at www.asianamericantheater.org

This is your opportunity to chat with AMY HILL, the highly acclaimed actor/improviser/writer who first won national recognition in Wayne Wang's "Dim Sum." She also became a familiar face in San Francisco doing stand-up and improvisational comedy. Named as one of BUZZ MAGAZINE'S "100 Coolest People in L.A.", Amy Hill's multiple film and television credits include: Rising Sun, Next Friday, Seinfeld, Friends and regular roles as "Grandma" in the ABC series All American Girl, and as tabloid photographer "Suji" in NBC's The Naked Truth. Among her award-winning one-woman shows: Tokyo Bound played to sold-out houses and was critically acclaimed across the country, was part of the "Festival of New Voices" at the Public Theater in New York and was nominated for a '95 Cable Ace Award.

TOKYO BOUND IS NOW PLAYING IN SAN FRANCISCO from April 18-28, 2002, at Noh Space, 2840 Mariposa Street (Please see below for more details on the show).

JUDITH NIHEI Hosts the Chat:

Judith Nihei is a director, dramaturg, writer, and actor. From 1978 to 1988, Nihei was a member of the Asian American Theater Company of San Francisco, where she served as actor, director, writer and administrator, helping to develop both playwrights and the acting company. Her directorial credits include: F.O.B. and THE DANCE AND THE RAILROAD by David Henry Hwang, 12-1-A and AND THE SOUL SHALL DANCE, by Wakako Yamauchi, and BULLET-HEADED BIRDS by Philip Kan Gotanda. Nihei was also assistant director and company member of Not My Fault, the
theater's improvisational comedy wing which performed in clubs and on college campuses, as well as on mainstage. From 1993 to 1997, she was Artistic Director of The Northwest Asian American Theatre in Seattle.

COME WATCH AMY HILL IN TOKYO BOUND!!!

Asian American Theater Company
in association with
Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center presents:

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* T O K Y O B O U N D *
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Written and performed by AMY HILL
Produced by Pamela Wu


DATES:

1st Week:
Thurs. - Sat. April 18, 19, 20 at 8pm
Sun. April 21 at 2pm and 7pm

Opening Night Benefit with Amy Hill and
Hapa Issues Forum: Thurs April 18th at 8pm

2nd Week:
Thurs. - Sat. April 25, 26, 27 at 8pm
Sun. April 28 at 2pm and 7pm

LOCATION:

Noh Space
2840 Mariposa Street, San Francisco

TICKET INFO:

$15 Thursday and Sunday
$18 Friday and Saturday
$25 Opening Benefit

For reservations or inquiries call
(415) 440-5545

Also, please visit our website at
www.asianamericantheater.org



**THE PERFORMANCE**

San Francisco: Asian American Theater Company presents Tokyo Bound, a
touching autobiographical one-woman multi-media show that chronicles
and examines the experiences of a young Japanese-Finnish American who
journeys to her mother's homeland: Japan. Through a series of character
studies and humorous vignettes, she reveals the complexities of Japanese
women. During this one-hour production, the audience is introduced to,
among others, an obsessive-compulsive escalator attendant, a bitter
talk-show host, and a touchingly oblivious pop singer. This is a
personal odyssey for Amy Hill - a journey from insecurity and alienation to
understanding and acceptance.

"I wanted to take a risk," notes writer/performer Hill. "At the same
time that I'm recounting my own experiences in Tokyo, I wanted to explode the
stereotypes of Japanese women and investigate the ties we have with our
cultural past, both conscious and unconscious.

The Los Angeles Times says "Tokyo Bound" is "an enlightening personal
work" that "soars toward comical cultural collisions."

"Tokyo Bound" will be opening Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center's
(APICC) UNITED STATES OF ASIAN AMERICA FESTIVAL 2002!



ASIAN AMERICAN THEATER COMPANY

Asian American Theater Company, established in 1973, is one of the
nation's oldest theatrical organizations dedicated to the development and
presentation of work by, for and about Americans of Asian Pacific Islander (API)
descent. Our goal is to develop theater. Which nourishes our community,
encourages dialogue and understanding, and inspires new generations of APIs to tell their
stories. We produce plays and readings that are visionary, break traditions,
cross boundaries, and lead the audience to question their aesthetic and cultural
assumptions.

Foundation and Corporate Support:
Asian American Theater Company is generously
supported by funds from the San Francisco Hotel
Tax Fund Grants for the Arts, the California Civil
Liberties Public Education Fund, National
Endowment for the Arts, San Francisco Arts
Commission, San Francisco Arts Commission's Consortium
of Cultural Centers, the Zellerbach Family Fund, Pipevine, Inc., United
Way, Walter & Elise Haas Fund, Merrill Lynch

Questions? Email gwangung@u.washington.edu