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Kim's Convenience by Ins Choi
Aurora Theatre Company Scenic Designer: Isabel and Moriah Curley-Clay Lighting Designer: Rochelle Riley Costume Designer: Alan Yeong Sound Designer: Jeremiah Long Props Designer: Kristin Talley Projection Designer: Daniel Pope Stage Manager: Victoria Broyles Supertitles Translator: Jihye Kim Costume Director: Alice Neff Asst. Costume Designer: Sydni Stephenson |
Mr. Kim dispenses fatherly wisdom, history lessons and potato chips from behind his convenience store counter. A Korean immigrant, he planned a better life and legacy in Toronto. When he receives an unexpected offer for his store situated in an up-and-coming neighborhood, he has a difficult decision. Take the money and give in to the developers that closed his wife’s beloved church or convince his daughter to follow in his footsteps. Amid these challenges, Mr. Kim navigates the needs of his customers and a strong-willed family. No matter what, humor finds its way onto every aisle of Kim’s Convenience. Photography: Casey Gardner Ford |
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Tea by Velina Hasu-Houston
Inner City Arts / HERO Theatre Scenic/Props Designer: Carlo Maghirang Lighting Designer: Azra King-Abadi Costume Designer: Maggie Dick Sound Designer: Dean Harada Stage Manager: Ashley Weaver Associate Costume Designer: Marvin Hidalgo Assistant Director: Audrey Forman Photography: Jenny Graham |
A powerful tale of women overcoming prejudice and hardship after leaving Japan post World War II for the "land of the free."
Company A Cast: Elaine Ackles, Olivia Cordell, Hiroko Imai, Tomoko Karina, Hua Lee Company B Cast: Yukari Black, Alix Yumi Cho, Ariel Kayoko Labasan, Sayaka Miyatani, Bolor Saruul "Musical and colourful and mythical and sad... I highly recommend this production… The story evolves much like a dance" The Los Angeles Times feature on HERO's production and TEA's continued relevance. |
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Hometown Boy* by Keiko Green
Actor's Express *World Premiere, Suzi Recommended Scenic Designers: Isabel and Moriah Curley-Clay Lighting Designer: Cody Evins Costume Designer: Jordan Jaked-Carrier Sound Designer: Jeremiah Davison Props Designer: Ashley Foreman Stage Violence/Intimacy Director: Kristin Storla Stage Manager: John Scott Ross Assistant Director: Tyshawn Gooden Assistant Sound Designer: Kate Hoang Assistant Stage Manager: Sherita Blake Photography: Casey Gardner Ford |
James hasn’t been back to his rural Georgia hometown in over a decade, but reluctantly returns to check in on his father, whose behavior has become worryingly erratic. And since the South has a way of holding onto secrets, he soon stumbles into a life he thought he had left behind as a child. That stench in the air isn’t just his father’s decaying house, but the rotten core of long-buried secrets teeming just under the surface and ready to explode.
Cast: Ryan Vo, Michelle Pokopac, Glenn Kubota, Chris Kayser, Allison Dayne, Daniel Parvis "An exhilarating voyage... it's impossible to look away." - Broadway World Atlanta |
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Mongrel* by Adam Tran
Know Theatre of Cincinnati *World Premiere Scenic & Lighting Designer: Andrew Hungerford Resident Costume Designer: Noelle Wedig–Johnston Costume Designer: Alix Frisch Sound Designer: Douglas Borntrager Props Designer & Scenic Charge: Kayla Williams Composer: Christopher Tin & Alex Williamson Stage Violence: Jonn Baca Vocal Coach: D’Arcy Smith Dialect Consultant: Chaslee Schweitzer Stage Manager: Emi Suarez Technical Director: Henry Bateman Photography: Daniel Winters |
In the 12th and 13th centuries, the Mongols swept across the world, led by a charismatic and powerful leader, crushing all resistance in their path, folding the conquered peoples into their empire.
Now, you the audience, with your town under siege, have the opportunity to plead your case before the Khan himself. But first you’ll need some advice from the Khan’s most trusted adviser. Cast: Adam Tran Location: Pyramid Hill Sculpture Park and Museum |
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Victory Fund(raiser)
Producers: Julie Ouellette and Jer Lelliott Hosts: Jer Lelliott and Donna Simone Johnson Director of Photography: Nardeep Khurmi Art Direction: Carlo Maghirang Performers: Vico Ortiz, Sydney Rogers (Miss Barbie-Q), and Roger Q. Mason |
Streaming fundraiser for Black, Brown, and Native American trans, non-binary, and Two Spirit politicians. Performers adapted original content ranging from monologues to strip teases to cabaret pieces, including an interview with CO Representative Brianna Titone. This performance raised over $10K. |
The Chinese Lady by Lloyd Suh
Artists at Play/Greenway Court *Ovation Award Recommended, West Coast Premiere Set and Property Design by Austin Kottkamp Costume Design by Hyun Soon Kim Lighting Design by Wesley Charles Chew Sound Design by Jesse Mandapat PSM by Brandon Cheng Photos by Mike Palma Cast: Amy She and Trieu Tran, with Hao Feng and Stephanie Wong "Rebecca Wear’s unhurried direction... is exactly the right one for this uncommon material" - Cultural Weekly
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Inspired by the true story of America’s first female Chinese immigrant, THE CHINESE LADY is a dark, poetic, yet whimsical portrait of America through the eyes of a young Chinese woman. Afong Moy is fourteen years old when she’s brought to the United States from Canton in 1834. Allegedly the first Chinese woman to set foot on U.S. soil, she has been bought and put on display for the American public as “The Chinese Lady.” For the next half a century, she performs for curious museumgoers, showing them how she eats, what she wears, and the highlight of the event: how she walks with bound feet. As the decades wear on, her celebrated sideshow comes to define and challenge her very sense of identity.
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Samsara by Lauren Yee
Couerage Theater Company Scenic Design by Amanda Knehans Lighting Design by Matt Johns Costume Design by Vicki Conrad Sound Design by Dean Harada Stage Managed by Courtney Rhodes and Edward Khris Fernandez Dramaturgy by Jhani Randhawa Assistant Directed by Josephine Osegueda Photos by John Klopping |
Katie and Craig are having a baby… with a surrogate… who lives in India. A whimsical take on modern day colonialism.
Cast: Aarón Alonso, Joe Calarco, Nardeep Khurmi, Katie Pelensky, and Pooja Shah "Capably executed by an on-point cast" - Stage Raw |
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Gang Sines* by Malique Guinn
UC Santa Barbara *World Premiere, Kennedy Center's Hip Hop Theatre Creator Award Choreography by Kelli Forman Set and Property Design by Luis Cornejo Costume Design by Keren Rosenthal Lighting Design by Dylan Wills Sound Design by Rebecca Wear and Paul Barnes Stage Managed by Josephine Osegueda Photos by David Bazemore Cast: Andrew Truong, Austin Jiang, Byron Torres, John Loren, Michelle Hester, Miicki Diaz, Navnoor Singh, Truly Polite, Yihuan (Victor) Guo |
Carle and his best friend Lincoln live in a world where only math is the key to the great things that await. He comes across the Moscow Enigma, the oldest known math problem in history, and sees it as his way to elevate his life. However, when his old bully transfers to his school, he becomes tasked with confronting old demons and fights against himself to not spiral out of control. This mathematic hip hop tale addresses accountability and fear while also creating a call for action to the tech world and lack of people of color within that space. |
Obedient Steel* by Chloe Brown
Produced by Tugboat Collective *World Premiere, Eugene O'Neill Theatre Finalist Set & Costume Design by Joseph Wolfslau Lighting Design by Isabella F. Byrd Sound Design by Eben Hoffer Props Design by Noah Mease Stage Management by Emily Rosenkrantz Dramaturgy by Nick Trotta Photos by Suzi Sadler Cast: Nathaniel Basch-Gould, E. James Ford, Craig Mungavin, Anastasia Olowin, Max Reinhardsen, Kate Thulin "Special note and attention should be paid to this talented core of actors... Director Rebecca Wear uses the space effectively and brings out both the comedic and tragic elements of this fine script" - New York Theatre Review |
The brightest minds in the world are having a party and working on a top-secret weapon. But then, something goes heart-stoppingly wrong. This is a play about Brilliance, about Progress, about the guinea pig you really didn’t mean to hurt that is now lying dead on the table. This is a play about You.
"Both highly entertaining and highly disconcerting... The brazenly funny script, performed skillfully by the cast, further implicates the audience in this dangerous project. Not only are we in the top-secret lab, but now we are laughing cavalierly along." - Stage Buddy |
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If the Saints Arrive in Germany* by Eric Marlin
Produced by The Healthy Oysters Collective *World Premiere Set & Props Design by Melissa Bondar Costume Design by Genevieve V. Beller Lighting Design by Leo Malkin and Emily Sound Design by Rich Johnson Composition & Music Direction by Nick Myers Choreography by Sarah Lusche Dramaturgy by Chelsea Bernard Production Stage Management by Sarah Haber Assistant Stage Management by Lindsay Harris Photos by Eliot Olsen Cast: Heather Cadarettte, Melissa Harlow, Molly O’Keefe, Sarah Robotham, Sarah Lusche, Josephine Wheelwright |
Sixteen-century Germany. Europe is in the midst of the Protestant Reformation. The nuns of the Convent of St. Cecilia are preparing for the performance of a choral mass to honor the Feast of Corpus Christi. At the same moment, a group of Lutheran iconoclasts have arrived in town to smash the convent to pieces. And yet the woman refuse to flee. The resulting catastrophe provokes an intimate and comic investigation of personal faith. Location: Metro Baptist Church sanctuary, Midtown NY |