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June 2008
- Silk Road announces new play initiative (posted 6/26/08)
- East West announces new play readings (posted 6/26/08)
- Change of date
New Works of Merit Playwriting Contest is accepting scripts through July 15, 2008 for new works that:
1) Enhance self-realization
2) Support peace and social justice
3) Foster new understanding of minority issues that focus on racial, ethnic and gender discrimination both in the United States and abroad
4) Empower youth to build healthy inner foundations
5) Educate to gain further insight into healthy social/emotional living
6) Shed new light on religious, spiritual, and cultural differences and issues
7) Build respect for cultural expression and identity in a world that is experiencing rapid globalization
8) Explore the widening gap between the values this country was founded on and the values we present to the world today
For Guidelines and Application Form: www.PlaywritingContest.cjb.net - Vancouver's VACT presents The Odd Couple (posted 6/24/08)
- Kumu Kahua takes hit show to American Samoa (posted 6/24/08)
- Sacramento's InterACT presents CARNIVAL DE L'AMOUR, musical theatre with dinner (posted 6/24/08).
- 2 g announce staff additions (posted 6/24/08)
two new additions to the 2g team: Company Manager Lisa Chan and Marketing Manager Dora Kwong. Both have worked in various capacities for 2g over the years. - Kumu Kahua auditioning for Da Maya (posted 6/13/08)
- Lodestone presents Suddenly, Last Summer (posted 6/13/08)
- Bindlestiff Studio (SF) auditioning for Stories High 2008 (posted 6/13/08)
- Asian American Theatre Conference coverage
Day 1 (revised with session notes)
Day 2
Day 3
There are addition pictures available on Facebook. - SIS Productions (Seattle) announces 2008-09 news (posted 6/9/08)
- Mo'Olelo in San Diego presents Night Sky (posted 6/9/08)
- Seattle's Pratidhwani presents new show (posted 6/2/08)
May 2008
- Asian American theatre artists win at the 2008 Obies:
PLAYWRITING
David Henry Hwang, Yellow Face
PERFORMANCE
Francis Jue Yellow Face
DESIGN
Takeshi Kata (set) and Keith Parham (lighting) Adding Machine - Bruce Lee musical set for Broadway (posted 5/26/08)
- Kumu Kahua holds annual Bash in June (posted 05/26/08)
- Yangtze Rep presents Forbidden City West (post 05/26/08)
- Kumu Kahua offers summer acting classes (posted 05/26/08)
Pork Filled Players presents zombies, Shakespeare and martial arts! (posted 4/6/08)- 2nd Asian American Theatre Conference announced (posted 4/20/08)
- Lodestone Theatre announces FINAL season (posted 5/4/08)
- East West announces 2008-09 season (posted 5/7/09)
- Thumping Claw 2008 debuts May 22 (posted 5/4/08)
- Shunya seeks one act submissions (deadline 5/31/08) (posted 5/4/08)
- Mo'olelo named resident theatre company at La Jolla (posted 5/4/08)
- Pan Asian offers master classes in kabuki dance (posted 5/4/08)
- Mu presents Q&A (posted 5/4/08)
- Annenberg Foundation awards Kumu Kahua grant (posted 5/4/08)
April 2008
- East West announces 2008 Breakout Artists (posted 4/20/08)
- Lodestone announces 2008-09 season (posted 4/12/08)
- East West presents Pippin (posted 4/12/08)
- Ariel Group seeks actors (posted 4/12/08)
- Casting Call, for Seven.11 Convenience Theatre 2008 New York (posted 4/12/08)
- Lodestone premieres Trapezoid (posted 4/7/08)
- Kumu Kahua presents Hostage Wife (posted 4/6/08)
- Minneapolis' Mu honors two in first annual Award for Achievement in Asian American Performing Arts (posted 4/6/08)
March 2008
- East West announces national Asian American playwriting contest (deadline June 30) (posted 3/21/08)
- Auditions: NY, Yangtze Repertory Theatre for Forbidden City West, March 26 to 31 (posted 3/21/08)
- New Works of Merit Playwriting contest for 2008 (posted 3/21/08)
- East West honors Inaba and Houston at 42nd Anniversary Visionary dinner (posted 3/21/08)
- Minneapolis' Mu wins Sally Award (posted 3/21/08)
- Philadelphia's Asian Arts Initiative offers two creative courses (posted 3/21/08)
- East West Playwrighting Institute now accepting applications (posted 3/21/08)
- Chicago's Pintig CIRCA presents Short Acts (posted 3/10/08)
- Forbidden City star passes away (posted 3/10/08)
- Call for Asian plays for Yellow Earth! London! Deadline April 27 (Posted 3/10/08)
- Kumu Kahua has two Humanities events for Romance of Magno Rubio (posted 3/10/08)
February 2008
- Call for artists from Asian Women's Giving Circle (posted 2/29/08)
- Pan Asian (NYC) offers master class for stage combat (posted 2/17/08)
- Kumu Kahua raising funds to send show to Samoa (posted 2/15/08)
- Call for actors (Honolulu, HI) (posted 2/10/08)
- Call for Productions! For New York's DUTF (posted 2/5/08)
- Kumu Kahua presents Romance of Magno Rubio (posted 2/5/08)
January 2008
- Emily Project opens for single night run, Feb. 9 (posted 1/31/08)
- Honolulu's Kumu Kahua offering classes (posted 1/26/08)
- CAPE seeking new Asian American writers (posted 1/26/08)
- East West presents world premiere of Voices from Okinawa (posted 1/26/08)
- Vancouver's VACT holds fundraiser January 26 (posted 1/9/08)
- 2G seeks actors, staff in New York (posted 1/9/08)
- Chinese American Stories presented in Los Angeles (posted 1/7/08)
December 2007
- Doris Dukes Fdn. grant supports National Asian American Theatre Project (posted 12/24/07)
- Asian Arts Initiative seeks Program Manager in Philly (posted 12/20/07)
- Note!
Pratidhwani - A Seattle area based non-profit organization of South Asian performing artists has launched a new initiative to encourage and empower aspiring writers working on South Asian themes under its Drama Wing. More details available at http://seattledesinet.com/drupal/writersforum (posted 12/13/07) - Mu Presents new works (posted 12/7/07)
- Call for actors in New York - Cowboy Vampire Theatre (posted 12/7/07)
- Auditions in Hawaii
Director Kati Kuroda is seeking 5 actors for Kumu Kahua Theatre’s production of Lonnie Carter’s drama The Romance of Magno Rubio, opening in March 2008. Roles are available for 5 Filipino males between their 20’s to early 40’s. Auditions will be held at The Academy of Film & Television, 1174 Waimanu Street, Suite A (behind Tahiti Imports) on Saturday, December 15 from noon to 2pm, and Sunday, December 16 from 6pm to 9pm. The entrance into the Academy is at the end of the walkway on the Ewa side of Tahiti Imports. For a map, visit www.AmericanFilmActor.com and click on the “Map” link. Auditioners should come early and stay for the whole time. Scripts are available for loan with a $10 cash deposit at Kumu Kahua Theatre. Call 536-4222 for more information. (posted 12/7/07) - East West presents Reincarnations (posted 12/7/07)
- Call for Proposals! For the next Asian American Theatre Conference! Due Dec. 15! (posted 12/2/07)
November 2007
- Call for actors, Tampa, FL, December 1 audition (posted 11/16/07)
- Deadline November 12 Casting Notice for East West Players (posted 11/10/07)
- Call for plays! Thumping Claw series! (posted 11/10/07)
- Call for plays! 2g! (posted 11/10/07)
- Note!
Los Angeles-based Cold Tofu Improv is fighting to be named My Fox LA's "Best Comedy Improv Group." Cold Tofu was founded in 1981 and was the nation's first Asian American improv group. Click on the following link and VOTING FOR COLD TOFU! (posted 11/10/07)
October 2007
- PFP Celebrates 10th Season with Lard & Order: Pork Filled Intent
(posted 9/14/07) - Casting call, remake The Day the Earth Stood Still (Asian male 70+) (posted 10/31/07)
- Meritage Press releases Stage Presence, on Filipino American theatre artists (posted 10/22/07).
- Call for entries 2007-08 Audio Drama Script Competition
Deadline: Nov. 15 (postmark)
The National Audio Theatre Festivals seek entries for the 2007-08 Audio Drama Script Competition. Audio theatre is a unique and collaborative medium. Like any good theatre, audio (or radio) theatre always begins with a well-written, perceptive, entertaining script. Use of sound and appropriateness to the medium is considered. Maximum length for this contest is 30 minutes. Prizes: $800 split between 2 - 4 authors and free workshop production participation. Prize winners and honorable mentions will be published in the annual NATF Scriptbook. For submission rules, http://www.natf.org/script2008_rules.html. - Desipina calls for submissions for 6th Seven.11 Convenience Theatre (posted 10/12/07)
- East West presents Dawn's Light: The Journey of Gordon Hirabayashi (posted 10/12/07)
- Pan Asian offers Winter Workshop (posted 10/5/07)
- Kumu Kahua presents Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl’s Ola N? Iwi (posted 10/6/07)
- Note: Jennifer Liu has left her position as Artistic Director/Executive Producer of Chicago's Stir-Friday Night. There is no immediate word of a successor. (posted 10/6/07)
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign seeks head of theatre department (posted 10/6/07)
- Small Pond presents Always Family: An Asian American Tale (posted 10/6/07)
September 2007
- Pan Asian (NYC) presents workshop (posted 9/26/07)
- Two East West productions snag Ovation Award nominees (posted 9/26/07)
- New MacAthur Genius grant to Shen Wei (posted 9/26/07)
- Kuma Kahua presents Ola (posted 9/26/07)
- Innocent When You Dream feature (posted 9/26/07)
- Chicago's dueEast presents Trial by Water (posted 9/20/07)
- Kumu Kahua sets auditions for Pele (posted 9/20/07)
- Seattle's SIS Productions announces Insatiable: Seattle's 2nd Asian American Playwright's Festival (posted 9/10/07)
- Faculty position at USF (posted 9/1/07)
