SIS Productions announces 2008-09 news
In this issue:
* SIS Productions Featured at Shaping Our Voice and Vision: The 2nd National Asian American Theater Conference
* The Theory of Everything opens SIS' 2009 Season
* Closing Weekend for ReAct's production of Lisa Kron's "Well"
* Save the Dates for "Sex in Seattle" Episode 16 and the Rest of the Season
SIS PRODUCTIONS IN MINNEAPOLIS JUNE 5 - 7, 2008:
"Sex in Seattle" will be featured at Shaping Our Voice and Vision: The 2nd National Asian American Theater Conference. Writer/Creator Kathy Hsieh was selected as one of only eight writer/performers nation-wide to showcase her work at the national conference. Excerpts from Sex in Seattle, Episode 11: The Ultimate Dating Challenge" will open the conference's opening night showcase at Mixed Blood Theatre. Seattle actors Jose Abaoag, Kathy Hsieh, Serin Ngai & Richard Sloniker will appear in the showcase. Miko Premo directs with sound design by Roger Tang.
Hsieh was also selected for one of ten play reading slots at the conference. The only writer to be featured in both the writer/performance showcase and the play reading series, Hsieh's script Doin' It Again" (Episode 8 of "Sex in Seattle") will be directed and read by professional Minneapolis artists at The Guthrie.
The national conference brings together Asian American theatre companies and artists. This year's conference focuses on the artistic voices that shape the landscape of Asian American theatre. Featured
keynote speakers include award-winning playwrights David Henry Hwang and Chay Yew. Attendees include the Artistic Directors of all themajor Asian American Theatre Companies along with supporters such as Ben Cameron.
SIS Literary Manager Roger Tang who is also the head of Pork Filled Players will lead a session at the conference entitled "What Happened to Our Funny Bone?" with panelists Tim Dang, Prince Gomolvilas, Michael Golamco, and Ewan Chung.
For more information about the conference, visit their website at: http://aatheaterconference.org/
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SIS PRESENTS THE NORTHWEST PREMIERE OF THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING:
SIS is thrilled to announce that Prince Gomolvilas' award-winning play The Theory of Everything will open their 2009 season as part of their Theatre Residency at Richard Hugo House.
"A refreshing look at Asian-American issues of race, gender and identity, layered with deeper questions of life and death. Gomolvilas's writing is tight, intelligent and funny. . . likeable characters and sharply written dialogue . . . a play worth seeing for its humor and humanity."
- The Business Times, Singapore
Seven Asian Americans gather atop a Las Vegas wedding chapel every week to watch for UFO's and end up discovering their own unidentified internal issues. This vibrant and moving comedy, which explores the politics of race, identity and faith, won the International Herald Tribune/SRT Playwriting Competition, the Julie Harris Playwright Award, and the PEN Center USA West Literary Award for Drama.
Stay tuned for dates and details!
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SIS Productions in residence at Richard Hugo House presents the
Repertory Actors Theatre production of
"Well" by Lisa Kron
directed by David Hsieh & ShawnJ West
Last chance to catch this moving comic play!
Friday, May 30 at 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 31 at 8 p.m.
Sunday, June 1 at 2 and 7 p.m.
"A drama of depth, infectious humor and great humanity. Riveting." -
The San Francisco Chronicle
The hilarious new play by acclaimed writer and performer Lisa Kron, "Well" is her fantastic and funny semi-autobiographical exploration into health, family, activism and community. All Lisa wants to do is put on a nice, orderly little play about her family, growing up, and how she got cured of her illness. But her mother keeps interrupting, offering snacks to the audience and interjecting her own versions of Lisa's story.
Featuring SIS regulars Roberta Furst, ShawnJ West and Gordon Hendrickson.
"'Well' is the smartest, most soulful show I've seen in Seattle this year."
- Seattle Weekly
http://www.seattleweekly.com/2008-05-14/arts/familial-bruising.php
"'Well,' a fascinating, funny and poignant play"
- Seattle P-I
http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/theater/362135_theater08.html
"a cheeky, fourth-wall-smashing seriocomedy about the collision of art
and life." - Seattle Times
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thearts/2004393546_zart05well.html
For more information or to make reservations, please go to The Repertory Actors Theatre's website at www.reacttheatre.org
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SIS' 2008 SEASON CONTINUES:
SEX IN SEATTLE, EPISODE 16:
Don't miss the next brand-new episode of "Sex in Seattle" coming September 19! The show will run September 19 - October 18 playing Fridays and Saturdays at 8 p.m. and 10:30 p.m. Mark your calendars and be sure to catch up on the continuing adventures of Tess, Jenna, Elizabeth and
Chloe - Seattle's own Asian American gal pals!
IXNAY READING:
SIS presents readings of Ixnay by Paul Kikuchi on September 21, 28 & October 12 at 4pm at Richard Hugo House. Raymond Kobayashi awaits his next life at the Reincarnation Station, only to find out he's being sent back again as an Asian American. A comedy about a usually polite Asian causing major havoc when he ixnays his next life. This will be a sneak preview of the new script before its world premiere production at East West Players in Los Angeles in 2009.
MMMMM . . . A SAMPLER OF 6 INSATIABLE PLAYS:
The SIS Writers Group will present short excerpts from new scripts by local Asian American playwrights on Sunday, October 5 at 4pm at Richard Hugo House.
INSATIABLE! SEATTLE'S 3RD ANNUAL ASIAN AMERICAN PLAYWRIGHTS FESTIVAL:
Don't miss this day-long festival of new script readings by local Asian American playwrights on Saturday, November 15, 2008 at Prima Vera Arts Center.
