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New Eyes Asian Theater Festival 2019
June 21, 2019 @ 7:30 pm - June 22, 2019 @ 6:30 pm
FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.
This series of staged readings of new works from Asian American playwrights is an artistic incubator for thoughts and ideas looking to be born onto the stage.
THE SERIES
FRIDAY, JUNE 21 AT 6:30 PM
Half The Sky
book & lyrics by ISABELLA DAWIS
music by TIDTAYA SINUTOKE (ฑิตยา สินุธก)
SYNOPSIS
A Thai American woman sets out to fulfill her dream of summiting Mount Everest. With the company of a precocious teenage Sherpa and other hopeful mountaineers from around the world, she is constantly tested by the demands of the climb. As she comes face to face with the mountain’s frozen history, the borders between countries and cultures, past and present, and waking and dreaming begin to blur.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 22 AT 2:00 PM
Spirit Trust
by KATIE KA VANG
SYNOPSIS
A lost spirit tries to find its way home.
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SATURDAY, JUNE 22 AT 5:30 PM
This is Not a True Story
by PRESTON CHOI
SYNOPSIS
The heroine of Madame Butterfly completes her tragic suicide, only to wake up trapped in a never ending loop of her story. Then Miss Saigon is born thrusting another heroine into the deadly cycle, until a mysterious office woman throws the world out of balance. This Is Not A True Story unravels the history of Orientalist art, theatre, and the danger of fiction becoming reality.