December 2013

  • Los Angeles: East West seeks two for positions:
    Development Manager
    and
    Audience Services Coordinator
    Deadline for both is December 20, 2013 (posted 12/16/13)
  • Scripts sought!
    A-Squared Theatre is seeking submissions of 10 minute one act plays, scenes, or monologues inspired by any aspect of "Asian Mom-ness" for the third installment of My Asian Mom. Tentatively called My Asian Mom 2.0.1.4, this is a follow up to the company¹s 2012 hit production, My Asian Mom, which ran for ten weeks, then followed with the all new works in the second installment in 2013 to large Asian and non Asian American audiences in Chicago, IL.
    Please email submissions to mamscript@gmail.com and list on the subject line, MAM 2014 Submission.
    Pieces longer than 10 minutes will not be considered. Submission deadline is January 31, 2014.
    A-Squared Theatre Workshop is a Chicago based collective that creates an artistic environment of risk taking and growth for Asian American theater artists by dynamically bringing Asian American stories to the stage for general theater-going audiences. A-Squared is a 501c3, non-profit organization and formed in 2006. (posted 12/16/13)
  • Honolulu, HI: Kumu Kahua holds audition workshop (posted 12/16/13)
  • Los Angeles, CA: Cold Tofu Artistic Director leaves (posted 12/16/13)
  • Nominations sought for Theatre of Yugen award (posted 12/3/13)
  • Tickets now on sale for David Henry Hwang's Kung Fu; all tickets for this Bruce Lee musical $25 during original run of show (posted 12/3/13)

November 2013

  • Scripts sought!
    CIRCA PINTIG looking for One-Acts!
    Chicago, IL - CIRCAPINTIG, a not-for-profit Filipino American community theater organization is looking for One-Act original plays for its production of MIGRANT DIARIES in March. Looking for 30-45 minute plays, comedic and dramatic that work around themes of migration and Filipino/Asian American identity. Small honorarium is provided.
    Send scripts to: Louie Pascasio at pascasio428@gmail.com.
  • Tidbit!
    Meet the new Literary Manager for East West Players!
    Snehal Desai was the inaugural recipient of the Drama League¹s Classical Directing Fellowship. He has worked on the development of over 60 new plays and been affiliated with the literary departments at the Royal Shakespeare Company (London), the Alliance Theatre (Atlanta), and Ensemble Studio Theatre (NYC).
    As a Director, Snehal has worked on new works at theaters across the country including: the Old Globe, La Mama, the Old Vic, Ars Nova, Pan Asian Rep, the Lark, PS 122, and Dad¹s Garage. He is a former resident director with Theater Emory where he also served as Artistic Director of their Playwrights Lab. Snehal is a recipient of the Tanne Award, the Paul and Daisy Soros Fellowship, and a member of the Lincoln Center Director¹s Lab. He received a BA in Theater Studies from Emory University and a MFA from the Yale School of Drama. (posted 11/26/13)
  • Louisville, KY: Asian American playwright Kimber Lee named to 38th Humana Festival lineup (posted 11/18/13)
  • Honolulu, HI: Kumu Kahua presents Brian Shaughnessy's The Squeaky Wheel / Homage to Amy(posted 11/18/13)
  • Tidbit!
    At the gala 45th Annual Equity Jeff Awards held at Drury Lane Oakbrook on Monday, November 4, 2013, top award for New Work-Play went to Rajiv Joseph’s THE LAKE EFFECT, a drama of an Indian American family in crisis, produced by Silk Road Rising in April, 2013.

October 2013

September 2013

August 2013

  • Shaking my head over this one....
    Neither the Edinburgh Fringe Festival nor certain Yale alumni are covering themselves in glory on this one...Bejing Cake is a product at the Festival purporting to satirize American perceptions of China, but when you have everyone running around in 18th Century dress, and then have actors speak NOT in Mandarin or Cantonese, but made up sing songy gibberish.....well, it seems to me that you're perpetuating stereotyping, not tearing it down...but let blogger Erin Quill say it in so much better terms....(linked 8/20/13)
  • Tidbit!
    Playwright Jiehae Park has been awarded a 2013 Princess Grace Award in Theater! In total, the Princess Grace Foundation is awarding more than $1 million to artists in theater, dance performance, choreography, and film. The award continues the legacy of princess Grace (Kelly) of Monaco, who helped emerging artists pursue their artistic goals during her lifetime.
  • Seattle, WA: Pratidhwani presents The Banyan Tree (posted 8/16/13)
  • Tidbit: VACT announces new Artistic Director
    For the past year Donna Yammamoto has been working as a VACT board member and spearheading a very successful fundraising campaign. Donna has enjoyed working closely with Joyce Lam and her associates Annie Jang and Andrea Yu, developing future creative opportunities for the company. She brings to VACT a love of theatre and a shared mission to promote more Asian artists to the stage. Donna has over twenty five years experience as an accomplished actor of stage, film and television and is the recipient of a Jessie Richardson Theatre Award. (posted 8/16/13)
  • Minneapolis, MN: Mu Performing Arts hosts conversation on controversy around Miss Saigon (posted 8/16/13)
  • Honolulu, HI: Kumu Kahua opens 43rd season with Will The Real Charlie Chan Please Stand Up? (posted 8/16/13)
  • Los Angeles, CA: East West offers Fall 2013 Conservatory classes (posted 8/16/13)
  • History of LA Asian American theatres.

July 2013

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