ASIAN ACTING in Orange County

Rude Guerrilla Theater Company is pleased to announce the World Premiere of playwright Aurelio Locsin's Asian Acting: An Evening of One- Act Plays, as the first show of our eighth season. Asian Acting is a wild assortment of plays, monologues and puppetry: a Japanese-American woman sits down for a last cup of tea before going to Manzanar; a Filipino man fights in court for the right to marry outside of his race; a timid mother stands up to the bigots in her neighborhood; China defuses the Cuban Missile Crisis; a vicious predator shares a few bloody thoughts; "American Express" visits the Thai sex industry; a Filipino fable comes magically to life and a pregnant woman fights assassins to save the life of her unborn child.

Directed by RGTC Company Members Scott Barber, Sharyn Case, Steven Parker, Jody J. Reeves, Erika Tai and Guest Director Sara Guerrero, the production opens Friday, January 7 and runs for a total of ten performances thru Saturday, January 22 at The Empire Theater, 200 N. Broadway, in Santa Ana. Show times are Friday and Saturday nights at 8:00 pm and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Two Thursday night shows are scheduled for January 13 & 20th at 8:00 pm. Audience question-and-answer talk-backs will be Saturday, January 15 and Saturday, January 22 following the performances. $20 Opening Night Gala tickets include champagne and munchies. For all other performances, tickets are $15 general admission, $12 for students and seniors.

RGTC company member, Aurelio Locsin, comes from a long line of Filipino writers: his father, grandfather, and uncle were all journalists, and his grandmother completed a much-praised translation from Spanish to English of Noli Mi Tangere, the seminal Filipino novel. His mostly Filipino ancestry is enriched with DNA from mainland China on his father's side and from Germany and the Republic of Texas on his mother's side.

In his teens, Aurelio and his family fled the Marcos dictatorship by moving to Seattle. With a compatible degree from the University of Washington, he began his professional writing career as a technical writer with detours into magazine articles and a game book on the Aztecs.

In 1997, bored with the world of computer manuals, he turned to acting and graduated from the South Coast Repertory Professional Conservatory. He joined Rude Guerrilla Theater Company in 2000. Among his more memorable acting gigs outside of Rude Guerrilla are a year of Improv with the Berubians and a month at the 2000 Edinburgh International Fringe Festival.

His contributions to the Asian community in Orange County include the founding of a now defunct Asian AIDS Response program in the 80s, and helping to form Asian Pacific Crossroads, a gay Asian support group that has been meeting monthly for over 12 years. He lives in Placentia with his partner, Anthony, and five computers.

"RGTC is better than most about casting color-blind," says playwright Locsin, "but the last Asia-themed play we did at Rude Guerrilla was a production of Rashomon in 1999, where I played a small role but was the only Asian. While the non-Asian actors did a fine job, they also played the roles decked out in "yellow" face. Nobody even blinked an eye. Imagine the audience response if A Raisin in the Sun was performed with white actors in blackface."

The cast of sixteen includes Rude Guerrilla Theater Company members Peter Balgoyen, Keith Bennett, David Cramer and Erika Tai. Returning to the Empire Theater is Jon Apostol, Wendy Felicia Braun, Jalin Hsu, Jenny Lee, Marc Macalintal, Yuki Matsuzaki, Trina Mendiola, Naoko Okamato and Stephen Oyoung make their Rude Guerrilla debut with this show.

If you'd like more information, would like to make a donation or just want to read the plays before you see them, go to http://members.dslextreme.com/~rgasian

If you'd like to arrange an interview with the playwright, cast or one of the directors, would like reservations or complimentary press passes, please call 714-547-4688 or send us an email at Rudegrrlla@Aol.com

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	Rude Guerrilla opens World Premiere of "Asian Acting" Friday, January 7! Rude Guerrilla Theater Company is pleased to announce the World Premiere of playwright Aurelio Locsin's Asian Acting: An Evening of One- Act Plays, as the first show of our eighth season. Asian Acting is a wild assortment of plays, monologues and puppetry: a Japanese-American woman sits down for a last cup of tea before going to Manzanar; a Filipino man fights in court for the right to marry outside of his race; a timid mother stands up to the bigots in her neighborhood; China defuses the Cuban Missile Crisis; a vicious predator shares a few bloody thoughts; "American Express" visits the Thai sex industry; a Filipino fable comes magically to life and a pregnant woman fights assassins to save the life of her unborn child. Directed by RGTC Company Members Scott Barber, Sharyn Case, Steven Parker, Jody J. Reeves, Erika Tai and Guest Director Sara Guerrero, the production opens Friday, January 7 and runs for a total of ten performances thru Saturday, January 22 at The Empire Theater, 200 N. Broadway, in Santa Ana. Show times are Friday and Saturday nights at 8:00 pm and Sundays at 2:30 p.m. Two Thursday night shows are scheduled for January 13 & 20th at 8:00 pm. Audience question-and-answer talk-backs will be Saturday, January 15 and Saturday, January 22 following the performances. $20 Opening Night Gala tickets include champagne and munchies. For all other performances, tickets are $15 general admission, $12 for students and seniors. RGTC company member, Aurelio Locsin, comes from a long line of Filipino writers: his father, grandfather, and uncle were all journalists, and his grandmother completed a much-praised translation from Spanish to English of Noli Mi Tangere, the seminal Filipino novel. His mostly Filipino ancestry is enriched with DNA from mainland China on his father's side and from Germany and the Republic of Texas on his mother's side. In his teens, Aurelio and his family fled the Marcos dictatorship by moving to Seattle. With a compatible degree from the University of Washington, he began his professional writing career as a technical writer with detours into magazine articles and a game book on the Aztecs. In 1997, bored with the world of computer manuals, he turned to acting and graduated from the South Coast Repertory Professional Conservatory. He joined Rude Guerrilla Theater Company in 2000. Among his more memorable acting gigs outside of Rude Guerrilla are a year of Improv with the Berubians and a month at the 2000 Edinburgh International Fringe Festival. His contributions to the Asian community in Orange County include the founding of a now defunct Asian AIDS Response program in the 80s, and helping to form Asian Pacific Crossroads, a gay Asian support group that has been meeting monthly for over 12 years. He lives in Placentia with his partner, Anthony, and five computers. "RGTC is better than most about casting color-blind," says playwright Locsin, "but the last Asia-themed play we did at Rude Guerrilla was a production of Rashomon in 1999, where I played a small role but was the only Asian. While the non-Asian actors did a fine job, they also played the roles decked out in "yellow" face. Nobody even blinked an eye. Imagine the audience response if A Raisin in the Sun was performed with white actors in blackface." The cast of sixteen includes Rude Guerrilla Theater Company members Peter Balgoyen, Keith Bennett, David Cramer and Erika Tai. Returning to the Empire Theater is Jon Apostol, Wendy Felicia Braun, Jalin Hsu, Jenny Lee, Marc Macalintal, Yuki Matsuzaki, Trina Mendiola, Naoko Okamato and Stephen Oyoung make their Rude Guerrilla debut with this show. If you'd like more information, would like to make a donation or just want to read the plays before you see them, go to http://members.dslextreme.com/~rgasian If you'd like to arrange an interview with the playwright, cast or one of the directors, would like reservations or complimentary press passes, please call 714-547-4688 or send us an email at Rudegrrlla@Aol.com Home \| News \| Calendar \| Directory \| Library \| Plays Copyright 2005, Roger W. Tang Questions? Email

Rude Guerrilla opens World Premiere of "Asian Acting" Friday, January 7!