Edinburgh Fringe Festival (Edinburgh, Scotland)
Mysterious Skin
by Prince Gomolvilas
August 4 to 30, 2010

San Diego Asian American Repertory Theatre (San Diego, CA)
BFE
by Julia Cho
August 20 to September 19, 2010

See News story.

Pictured are: (L. to R.) Tyler Tanabe and Tracy Okubo in Kumu Kahua Theatre's production of "Ghosts in the Plague Year", by Dennis Carroll; based on a story by Dennis Carroll and Bob Okazako. The production will play at Kumu Kahua Theatre, 46 Merchant Street in downtown Honolulu, from August 26 - September *26, 2010.

Photo by Kaveh Kardan

Kumu Kahua Theatre (Honolulu, HI)
Ghosts in the Plague Year
by Dennis Caroll
August 26 to September 26, 2010

See News story.

NAACP Theatre Festival (Los Angeles, CA)
10-Minute Plays
Uncommon Threads
by Felix Racelis
August 29, 2010

TIME: 3:00 to 6:00 pm
PLACE: The new LATC, 514 S. Spring St. in downtown LA.

First Prize winner in the Fire Rose Productions Ten-Minute Play Contest, the play features Shirley Jordan and Alma Collins and is directed by Bill White.

Tickets are $10. To reserve tix and for info: (213) 489-0994.

Buran Theatre Company (Los Angeles, CA)
American Mythology, Vol 1
September 8 to 12, 2010

Now in its fifth year of producing, Buran Theatre Company has chosen five short plays from five emerging playwrights to stage its West Coast premiere of American Mythology, Vol. 1. Both comedic and profound, these new works cull through our collective family photo album and expose the distorted remembered histories of our loved ones.

Performances are Sept 8th (Wed), 9th (Thu), 10th (Fri), and 11th (Sat) at 8 pm, with a 6:30pm performance on the 12th (Sun). All performances are at studio/stage located at 520 N Western Avenue, Hollywood, CA, 90004.

The following five short plays presented as American Mythology, Vol. 1:

• An Afternoon with Auntie Phil by Louisa V. Hill
• Bonnie and Clementine, on Their Way to Visit the Grand Canyon, Explore the Limits of the Dramatic Form by Shannon Reed
• Eating French by Damon Chua
• Seat Saved by Tracey. E. Wood
• Lawrence Welk Visits a Colorado Coal Camp by Mars Mráz

Actors include:
Jenna Bleecker, Valerie Curiel, Brittany Sivley, Andi Porter, Lara Thomas Ducey, Matt Greer, Lizzie Czerner, Darren Maloney, Kacie Dienstbach, Anthony Marquez, Dennis Boyle, Ryan Klamen, Courtney Schweitzer, Steve Ducey, Brandon DeLany, Erin Jevons-Lee and Andrew York.

East West Players (Los Angeles, CA)
Mysterious Skin
by Prince Gomolvilas
September 9 to October 10, 2010

This searing drama follows the story of a boy who believes he was once abducted by aliens. All roads lead back to a childhood classmate, now a hustler, who holds the key to the terrifying and heart-breaking truth. (Mature audiences only.) Written by Prince Gomolvilas, based on the novel by Scott Heim, directed by Tim Dang.

See News story.

SIS Productions presents
Sex in Seattle 18: An Everyday Kind of Love
Photo by: Rick Wong (c)
Pictured left to right: May Nguyen & Moses Yim

SIS Productions (Seattle, WA)
Sex in Seattle 18: An Everyday Kind of Love
by Kathy Hsieh
September 10 to October 9, 2010

SIS Productions celebrates its 10th Anniversary with another new show! Romance is great, but is true love the grand sweeping gestures of passion we fantasize about? Or is it those everyday moments that bring people closer together over time? Join Tess, Jenna, Elizabeth and Chloe as they discover their own answers in the nation's longest-running quirky romantic comedy about contemporary Asian American women, their lives and their loves. Newcomers and long-time fans won't want to miss Sex in Seattle 18: An Everyday Kind of Love.

Ma-Yi Theatre (New York, NY)
Microcrisis
By Michael Lew
Directed by Ralph B. PEÑA
September 28 to October 24, 2010

Scenic Design by Clint Ramos
Costume Design by Theresa Squire
Lighting Design by Japhy Weideman
Sound Design by Shane Rettig

You've heard of "microcredit"? The Nobel Prize-winning concept of providing Third World entrepreneurs with small charitable loans to help alleviate global poverty? Microcrisis looks at what happens when a scheming investment banker exploits microcredit, lumps it into complex financial instruments, and ravages the global economy once again - and it all turns out hilarious.

September 28 - October 24, 2010
at HERE Arts Center, New York City

Mo'olelo (San Diego, CA)
Yellow Face
by David Henry Hwang
October 6 to 31, 2010

The Theatre @ Boston Court (Los Angeles, CA)
Portland Center Stage
National Asian American Theatre Company (New York, NY)
Futura
by Jordan Harrison
directed by Jessica Kubzansky
October 22 to November 13, 2010

Can a font change the future? On her first day back at the University, a rogue professor sets out to avenge her missing husband - and the lost art of ink on paper - by conducting a dangerous lesson on typography. When the Professor’s lecture jumps the rails, we peer into a near future where desperate people search for the tangible in an ever more virtual age. Futura is a shared world premiere with Portland Center Stage and The National Asian American Theatre Company.

TBG, 312 West 36th St, New York, NY.

Kumu Kahua Theatre (Honolulu, HI)
The Great Kaua‘i Train Robbery
A Kumu Kahua commission
by Lee Cataluna
October 28 to November 28, 2010

Kaua‘i, 1920: At a time when plantations used railways to transport workers’ pay, the stage was set for one of Hawai‘i’s most unusual robberies. This is the story of Hali, a man who will do anything to protect his beloved family—even if it means becoming a suspect in the crime. From the author of the smash hits Folks You Meet in Longs and Da Mayah comes this tender and moving drama, inspired by a true story, about how far we go for the people we love.

East West Players (Los Angeles, CA)
Crimes of the Heart
by Beth Henley
November 4 to December 5, 2010

Meet three delightfully dysfunctional sisters: Babe has just shot her husband, Meg is fresh from the loony bin, and Lenny celebrates her birthday alone by sticking a candle in a cookie. This Southern classic gets a unique Asian American twist in an unforgettable night of laughter and tears. (Rights Pending)

SIS Productions (Seattle, WA)
Insatiable 5!
November 4 to 8, 2010

The fifth annual Seattle Asian American Playwrights' Festival! With new works from Kathy Hsieh, Maggie Lee, May Nguyen and Roger Tang!

The Clockwork Professor
by Maggie Lee
Thursday, November 4, 2010 at 8pm
Sunday, November 7, 2010 at 2pm
Science Fiction Fantasy - a steampunk extravaganza

Directed by TBD.
Cast TBD

Lines in the Sand
by May Nguyen
Friday, November 5, 2010 at 8pm
Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 4pm
Superhero fiction

Directed by TBD.
Cast TBD

Shadowed Intent
by Roger Tang
Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 7:30pm
Sunday, November 7, 2010 at 4pm
Newly promoted Detective Kim Inamura must convict the Asian American Ted Bundy. But she must also navigate minefields of race, sex and politics in the press, the precinct, City Hall, and, mostly importantly, in herself.

Directed by Maria Batayola.
Cast Miko Premo and others

B4
by Kathy Hsieh
Sunday, November 7, 2010 at 7pm
Monday, November 8, 2010 at 7:30pm
Three couples. Three time periods. One NYC apartment. Japanese-American couple Grace and Jimmy are re-starting their lives after being interned during WWII. Walter Weissman and his wife Rachel struggle to find meaningful work during the blacklist of the 1950s. Christina and her brother Paul desperately search for her husband after he leaves for the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. B4 was selected as part of the International Centre for Women Playwrights’ Chicago Her-rah Festival 2007, and won Honorable Mention in New York’s 2007 New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest.

Directed by TBD.
Cast TBD

About the SIS Writers Group:
The SIS Writers Group was established in 2005 to encourage and promote Asian American playwrights to develop their work and actively engage in the craft of writing new plays.

GENsent (Geneseo, NY)
Strictly Dandia
by Sudha Bhuchar's and Kristine Landon-Smith
(originally produced by London's Tamasha Theatre)
December 2-4, 2010

Black Box Theatre
SUNY Geneseo
Geneseo, NY
Tickets $8
Directed by Randy Barbara Kaplan
Choreographed by Poonam Bhatt

Gen X and Gen Y collide, local style! Meet Ry, a failed artist frustrated by his life and relationships, and Cader, a wannabe filmmaker with some odd ideas about art. As Ry and Cader confront the creative process, pop culture, the generation gap and more, the theatre transforms into a living art gallery. Lee A. Tonouchi, the author of Living Pidgin and Gone Feeshing, brings his sharply-honed pidgin and offbeat sense of humor to this wry study of art and life in contemporary Hawai‘i. This play contains adult language and content.

East West Players (Los Angeles, CA)
Wrinkles
by Paul Kikuchi
February 10 to March 13, 2011

Unbeknownst to his daughter and grandson, 73 year-old Nisei Harry Fukutani is an internet sensation! But to view his work, you’d have to turn off the parental filter and have a valid credit card. A sticky comedy about sex, lies, and Tiger Balm.

Kumu Kahua Theatre (Honolulu, HI)
The Holiday of Rain
A Kumu Kahua commission
by Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl
March 24 to April 23, 2010

At the Sadie Thompson Inn in Samoa, guests can take part in an unusual experience: a reenactment of W. Somerset Maugham’s 1921 short story “Rain.” But thanks to a magician’s time warp, the real Maugham finds himself on the guest list. Swirling together fantasy, history, humor and drama, Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl, winner of the Hawai‘i Award for Literature and the author of The Conversion of Ka‘ahumanu and Ola N? Iwi, deconstructs one of the world’s most popular writers.

Infusion Theatre (Chicago, IL)
Soul Samurai
by Qui Nguyen
April 24 to June 5, 2011

GENseng (Geneseo, NY)
And the Soul Shall Dance
by Wakako Yamauchi
April 28 to 30, 2011

Directed by Randy Barbara Kaplan
Black Box Theatre
SUNY Geneseo
Geneseo, NY
Tickets $8

East West Players (Los Angeles, CA)
Krunk Fu Battle Battle
book by Qui Nguyen
lyrics by Beau Sia
vocal music by Marc Macalintal
May 12 to June 26, 2011

Under the guidance of Sir Master Cert, young Norman Lee battles the baddest b-boy crew at Sunset Park High for respect, honor, and the heart of sweet Cindy Chang. A hip-hop musical extravaganza! Book by Qui Nguyen, lyrics by Beau Sia, vocal music by Marc Macalintal, directed by Tim Dang.

Kumu Kahua Theatre (Honolulu, HI)
It’s All Relative
By Edward Sakamoto
May 26 to June 26, 2011

The Miyamotos look like a happy family, but in Edward Sakamoto’s dark comedy, nothing is what it seems. Beneath the surface you’ll find a collapsing marriage, resentment, regret, midlife crises, and three daughters who’ll do anything for their parents’ attention. One of our most popular playwrights and the author of Aloha Las Vegas and Stew Rice unveils a fresh, funny and challenging portrait of a local family adrift in the modern world.

Third National Asian American Theatre Conference and Festival
Los Angeles, CA
June 16 to 26, 2011