“As a young girl, I never got to see a Cinderella moment where the girl looked like me. This is the most important part of the story for me is being able to represent our community. It’s creating a space for Asian-Americans to tell their story and have a moment.”
Read MoreLet’s be clear about this: Your fear does not justify your racism and xenophobia. Your jokes and performative panic about the coronavirus are not funny. They are deeply pointless and trivialize something that should be taken seriously. And they are creating an environment of fear, panic and disinformation that’s more dangerous than the disease itself.
Read MoreAs much as peerless is a cautionary story about the risks and rewards of modern teenage ambition, it also peels back the layers of our society for a look at the complex ways in which how individuals of all different identities are perceived can shape the paths they take through the world.
Read MoreBoth Equity (AEA) or non-Equity for a cast of 5 adult actors (Age 18+) for Spring 2020 and beyond as a part of Theater Mu’s revamped education and outreach program. The play will travel to schools, community centers, and Mu family events going forward. Actors will be paid a stipend for the rehearsal/development period and on a per-performance basis.
Read MorePolitical forces have drastically shifted racial stereotypes of Asian Americans from a threat to whiteness to a model minority Commonly mistaken as a “positive” stereotype, the model minority myth upholds systemic white supremacy by dismissing historical and contemporary realities of both anti-Asian racism and racism against other POC.
Read MoreOnce we amended the Constitution and passed laws to protect people of color from being treated differently in ways that were harmful to them, the government had trouble enacting programs that treat people of color differently in ways that might be beneficial. Our name for this paradox is affirmative action.
Read MoreA federal judge on Tuesday rejected claims that Harvard had intentionally discriminated against Asian-American applicants, in a closely watched case that presented one of the biggest legal challenges to affirmative action in years.
Read MoreAwkwafina on Sunday night became the first Asian-American woman to win a Golden Globe Award for best actress, winning in the musical or comedy category for her role in “The Farewell.”
Read MoreFrom the outside, the 2010s in Twin Cities theater haven’t seen any changes as visible as the Guthrie’s 2006 move to its big blue riverfront home. The view from theaters’ seats, though, has changed significantly—a result of even more dramatic shifts behind the scenes.
Read MoreTheater Mu presents Jiehae Park’s peerless, a witty, lightning-quick, dark comedy about the cut-throat world of high school during college admissions. The production will be the Twin Cities directorial debut of Theater Mu’s new Artistic Director, Lily Tung Crystal. Long-time Mu artist, Katie Bradley, will assistant direct. Leading the cast are Francesa and Isabella Dawis, sisters born in Minneapolis who are happy to call Mu their artistic home.
Read MoreSeeking: Both Equity (AEA) and non-Equity. Six actor/musicians make up the cast and perform a mix of contemporary Dengue Fever hits and classic Cambodian oldies.
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Read MoreLulu Wang (“The Farewell”) and Bong Joon Ho (“Parasite”) are both in the hunt for Best Director at the Oscars, and both of their candidacies would be historic. If they both make the cut, it would be the first time in history that two Asian filmmakers are nominated for the award at the same time.
Read MoreTheater Mu and the Jungle Theater today announced Lily Tung Crystal will step in as director of their upcoming co-production of Lauren Yee’s Cambodian Rock Band. Joshua Kahan Brody was originally set to direct the award-winning, part-theater/part-rock-concert show.
Read More“She wanted me to be like”—and here Ricamora slants his eyes, sticks out his front teeth, and chortles, “Oh ho ho ho.” As a college graduate without any formal theatre training, he got his introduction to acting via that Anything Goes. He says now it felt “icky, but I wanted to be able to keep doing the show and I fucking did it. And still to this day I feel terrible that I did it.”
Read MoreJoy, a Filipino American student at the University of California, Berkeley, wishes on a shooting star for supportive white parents when she feels pushed to the limit. “A lot of people don’t understand the weight or the debt we have to our parents. They don’t understand why it’s hard for us to live our own lives,” says playwright Joy Regullano
Read MoreHer popularity with artistic directors is evident in the Twin Cities, where four of her plays are being produced over an 18-month span — a rarity for any living playwright.
Read MoreI was drawn to Fast Company for so many reasons: the strong female leads, its underdog narrative, the comically dysfunctional-yet-relatable family dynamics, and its incredible sense of adventure. This play is part of an exciting generation of stories from Asian American writers who portray us as heroes, lovers, and villains with real depth and substance and complexity.
Read MoreEvery successful con is based on leveraging relationships. Establishing trust, exploiting vulnerabilities, and understanding the nature of human interaction. Carla Ching has deftly set this story inside an even more complex structure: a comically dysfunctional Asian American family.
Read MorePeople are just tired of narratives that perpetuate the fetishism of Asian women. The fetishization of Asian women in Western culture has roots dating to at least the early 1800s, when Victorian men became captivated by geishas while visiting port cities in Japan. The idea of Asian women as purely sexual objects was further bolstered in stories like the 1887 French novel “Madame Chrysanthème,” known for its adaptation into popular opera “Madame Butterfly.”
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