Asian Pacific Friends of the Theatre hosts an
Artist Reception with Playwrights
JULIA CHO and ELIZABETH WONG
moderated by Prince Gomolvilas
Thursday, October 22
6:30 — No Host Reception
7 pm — Buffet Dinner
7:30 — Artist Discussion and Q&A
Taipan Restaurant at the Wells Fargo Building
330 S. Hope St., Second Floor
Downtown Los Angeles, CA 90017
(3 hours free parking with validation)
$12 pre-sale
$15 at the door
RSVP by October 16
Mail checks payable to “APAFT”
The Phan Law Group
Attn: Katie Tokushige
6080 Center Dr., Suite 610
Los Angeles, CA 90045
For more information or to be added to the mailing list, e-mail APAFT.rsvp@gmail.com.
JULIA CHO’s plays include The Language Archive, The Piano Teacher, Durango, The Winchester House, BFE, The Architecture of Loss and 99 Histories. Her work has been produced at The Vineyard Theatre, The Public Theater, South Coast Repertory, Long Wharf Theater, Playwrights Horizons, New York Theatre Workshop, East West Players, Theatre@Boston Court and Silk Road Theatre Project among others. Honors include the Barrie Stavis Award, the Claire Tow Award for Emerging Artists and the L. Arnold Weissberger Award. Durango was also named one of the Top 10 Plays of 2006 by Entertainment Weekly and one of the Best of 2007 by the L.A. Times. An alumna of the Juilliard School and NYU’s Graduate Dramatic Writing Program, Julia is also a member of New Dramatists.
ELIZABETH WONG is a playwright and director. Wong is a recipient of the Tanne Foundation Award for artistic achievement. She has been acclaimed for her unique blend of comedy and social commentary. Her award-winning Letters to a Student Revolutionary, about the friendship between two women, premiered OffBroadway and recently was produced at the Center for the Preservation of Democracy in Los Angeles to benefit Amnesty International, commemoratng the 20th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre. Her other plays include, Dating and Mating in Modern Times is a series of celebratory comic monologues about hookups in the 21st. China Doll pays tribute to the legendary Anna May Wong, America’s first Chinese-American movie star, and was produced Off-Broadway by Pan Asian Rep. Kimchee and Chitlins is a serious comedy about the news media and race relations in America. Wong has received commissions from major regional theaters, for both adult-themed plays and plays for young audiences. Her commissions include: Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts for a libretto from her adaptation of Oscar Wilde’s The Happy Prince, Honolulu Theatre for Youth for her libretto, The Magical Bird. She was a Disney Writing Fellow and a staff writer for the ground-breaking ABC sitcom All-American Girl starring Margaret Cho. She was a guest artist at the New York State Writers’ Institute, and she was the inaugural artist in residence at the Ecole Cantonale d’art du Valle, Sierre, Switzerland. She’s currently working a play about ancestry The DNA Trail, with seven other writers, including Shishir Kurup, Philip Gotanda and David Henry Hwang. Her website is www.elizabethwong.net
East West Players will start offering a new class for actors who need to learn about the business of the Industry.
Matt Yang King has worked with East West Players since 2000. A graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of the Arts, Matt studied at Circle in the Square, with the Living Theater, and with Sanford Meisner. A working actor for the last 12 years, Matt has worked under just about every contract from Broadway to Hollywood. He brings a business of acting focus, covering the gamut from how to get the job, to getting yourself noticed, to defining a character and changing it over time. The class will focus on scene work, camera work, and improvisational skills.
Visit his IMDB: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1175836/
Playwright Kenneth Lin blogs about PO BOY TANGO, East West Players and why Asians don’t go to the theatre.
Thankfully East West Player’s audiences are about 50% Asian/Asian American!
http://www.endofscene.com/end-of-scene.asp?title=Po+Boy+Tango+at+East+West+Players+and+the+fight+against+archetypal+humans&nid=795
For those who have been wondering, here’s the cast of East West Players’ upcoming production of PO BOY TANGO.
CeCe Antoinette – Gloria B.
Dennis Dun – Richie Po
Jeanne Sakata – Po Mama
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Reprise Theatre Company hosts a symposium exploring the successes and controversies surrounding THE KING AND I, FLOWER DRUM SONG and SOUTH PACIFIC. The evening, presented in association with East West Players, will be moderated by Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang and will include musical performances by Jose Llana and Jennifer Paz. ********** Order Tickets On-Line: Here Or by Phone at 310-954-1595 ********* Want to get David Henry Hwang’s impression of Richard Rodgers? Want to see how he feels about having East West Players’ home named after him?
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A HIT! ~ Entertaining expertise ~ All three actors are estimable, batting lines and reactions between each other like Wimbledon champs. ~ Isaac leaves no beat unstruck and keeps the tone edgy. ~Capable work of director Alberto Isaac ~ Laudable trio of actors. ~ The light-fingered EWP production has no trouble locating the humor. ~ Chau’s honey-toned zingers & Yu’s emotionally nuanced deadpan almost steals the show. ~ Reza is undeniably an adept stylist.
– David C. Nichols, Los Angeles Times
GO! ~ Scintillating ~ Brilliance ~ Crisp & Smart ~ White is hilariously passive-aggressive ~ ~ Chau is cheerfully upbeat ~ Yu is the show-stopper.
Witty ~ Simple Complexity ~ Invokes Laughter ~ Chau and White are money ~ The play appeals to both the higher spheres of mental superiority as well as the basic urges of physical domination. ~ The play contains value that money can’t purchase.
- Jordan Ikeda, The Rafu shimpo
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More Information on ART & Tickets Available Here!
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Alan E. Muraoka (Set Designer) Theatrical projects have included the critically acclaimed productions for the Long Beach Opera of Ricky Ian Gordon’s ORPHEUS AND EURIDICE staged in an Olympic swimming pool, THE DIARY OF ANNE FRANK staged in an underground parking garage. For the Old Globe Theatre in San Diego, WHO’S AFRAID OF VIRGINIA WOOLF, TRYING and VINCENT IN BRIXTON. Initially an assistant set designer on the Broadway productions of ON YOUR TOES, THE TAP DANCE KID, SMILE and JERRY’S GIRLS. Alan also works as a production designer for film, credits including BaadAsssss and Edmond. Alan earned his BA from Yale University and MFA from New York University.
