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- Asian American theatre
The Company will celebrate its 35th Anniversary in 2012, and continues a cycle of Masterpiece productions: The cycle began in 2007 with THE JOY LUCK CLUB a play by Susan Kim, adapted from the novel by Amy Tan, directed and choreographed by Tisa Chang. THE JOY LUCK CLUB is a timeless story with universal relevance of four Mahjong playing mothers from different provinces in China, and their relationships with their American born daughters.
In 2008 Pan Asian presented the first professional theatrical production from Vietnam THE MISSING WOMAN, written and directed by Nguyen thi Minh Ngoc, Performed in Vietnamese and English it enabled diverse audiences to explore themes of social justice and human rights through the lens of traditional Vietnamese art forms. THE MISSING WOMAN is part of Pan Asian’s larger efforts towards international artistic collaboration.
SHOGUN MACBETH kicked off the 2008 season. Adapted by John R. Briggs from the play by William Shakespeare, this epic production infused with medieval history utilized traditional Japanese techniques of Noh, Kyogen and extraordinary Samurai sword fighting while retaining the complexity and challenges of Shakespeare’s language. Ernest Abuba who portrayed the title role 22 years ago directed this new innovative version.
In the fall of 2009 the company will produce IMELDA a tantalizing and powerful new musical based on the political but controversial figure Imelda Marcos. Pan Asian Rep and East West Players will collaborate to bring this important new work to New York City audiences.The show was directed by Tim Dang, book by Sachi Oyama, lyrics by Aaron Coleman, music by Nathan Wang, and choreographed by Reggie Lee
In spring 2010, Pan Asian produced the east coast premiere of CHING CHONG CHINAMAN, a comedy by Lauren Yee and directed by May Adrales that used the pejorative jinggle to examine commonly held assumptions about identity and culture. Pan Asian continued their relationship with Vietnamese audiences and artists during 2011's VIETNAM PROJECT II: Past and Present, which presented WE ARE, by Nguyen thi Minh Ngoc, about Vietnamese women who work or marry abroad, and MONSTER by derek Nguyen, about a Vietamese American detective in search of a missing child and his past. The company's 35th Anniversary season will include SHANGHAI LIL'S by Lilah Kan with music by Louis Stewart, Pan Asian's popular musical about the nightclub circuit in San Francisco's Chinatown shortly before Pearl Harbor; and RANGOON, a world premiere by Mayank Keshaviah about a family of Indian emiges pursuing the "American Dream".
As the company’s repertoire grows and as the global community is more vitally linked Pan Asian will forge the way to reach out to international and multicultural audiences.
- Tisa Chang
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