2020-2021 Season: apocalypse dreaming
The 2020-21 AATP Season is guided by the theme of "apocalypse dreaming," inspired by an interview between community organizers adrienne maree brown and Aja Taylor. The phrase "apocalypse dreaming" is about rethinking apocalyptic moments less as endings and more as opportunities to begin imagining a more just world.
2020-2021 Board Members: AnQi Yu (Artistic Committee Head), Audrey Xu, Becky Liang (Financial Officer), Cathy Yang, Chloe Chow, Clara Luu, Diana Khong, Evelyn Kuo, Georgia Limcaoco, Griffin Somaratne, Gwen Le, Hayn Kim, Hope Yoon, Katie Yoon (Production Committee Head), Maia Nguyen, Michelle Cai (Community Committee Head), Miranda Liu, Olivia Popp, Regina Ta, Ryan Yu, Sarah Lee, Shana Hadi, Smiti Mittal, Victoria Chiek, Emma Wang, Kathryn Zheng, Thomas Yang, Ethan Wang, Kyle Wang, Ayanna Minnihan, Junah Jang, Rachel Wang, Aditi Narayanan
2020-2021 Board Members: AnQi Yu (Artistic Committee Head), Audrey Xu, Becky Liang (Financial Officer), Cathy Yang, Chloe Chow, Clara Luu, Diana Khong, Evelyn Kuo, Georgia Limcaoco, Griffin Somaratne, Gwen Le, Hayn Kim, Hope Yoon, Katie Yoon (Production Committee Head), Maia Nguyen, Michelle Cai (Community Committee Head), Miranda Liu, Olivia Popp, Regina Ta, Ryan Yu, Sarah Lee, Shana Hadi, Smiti Mittal, Victoria Chiek, Emma Wang, Kathryn Zheng, Thomas Yang, Ethan Wang, Kyle Wang, Ayanna Minnihan, Junah Jang, Rachel Wang, Aditi Narayanan
*This page will be updated throughout the year with photos & show descriptions!
FALL: SPEAKER EVENTS & WORKSHOPS
In the fall, we will host a variety of speaker events and workshops to provide accessible opportunities for the larger Stanford community to engage with theater.
AATP & RAM’S HEAD PRESENTS: A Conversation with Tony Award Winner, Three-Time Obie-Award Winner, and Stanford Alum David Henry Hwang
Hear David Henry Hwang talk about his career from Stanford student to world renowned playwright of M. Butterfly, Yellowface, and Chinglish. David Henry Hwang will speak to the representation of Asian Americans in theater over the course of his 30 year career and how his work responds to these changes. There will be a 15 minute talk followed by student Q&A moderated by Jess Fry and Chloe Chow. Please RSVP to the event via EventBrite (http://tinyurl.com/dhhtalk) and presubmit your questions for David here (https://forms.gle/gMZ916hg9Xg5EXrT8). |
AATP PRESENTS: Asian American Alumni in Theater
Join us for a panel discussion with recent Stanford alumni Caro Asercion '18, Michela Rodriguez '18, and Saya Jenks '16 about their experiences working in theater and the arts! The event will begin with a student moderated discussion and end with an audience Q&A. RSVP at http://bit.ly/aatpalumni. Zoom link will be sent to all registered attendees before the event. Anyone and everyone are welcome to join! |
WINTER: SPEAKER EVENT & NEW WORKS FESTIVAL
Staged Reading Series of Student-Written Plays
In the winter, we hosted a panel with filmmakers of the Asian diaspora and our second annual New Works Festival offered students the opportunity to workshop their own written pieces and feature them in a staged reading. The festival was adapted to an online format. We hope to allow Asian American/POC students the chance to directly share original work that radically re-imagines the futures of our communities.
AATP PRESENTS: Filmmakers of the Asian Diaspora Panel
Join us in a film screening and Q&A with indie filmmakers of the Asian diaspora Carol Nguyen, Ligaiya Romero, and Jess X. Snow to discuss their films “No Crying at the Dinner Table”, “Maia Cruz Palileo: Becoming the Moon”, and “Safe Among Stars”, as well as Asian diasporic media, documentary filmmaking, and liberation via film and storytelling! Please RSVP to the event on Friday, January 29 (Screening at 5 PM PST, Q&A at 5:30) at tinyurl.com/aatpfilmpanel! AATP PRESENTS: New Works Festival
The Stanford Asian American Theater Project's annual New Works Festival is moving online for 2021! This year, we are proud to present three spectacular plays by Minh-Anh Day, Kathryn Zheng, and Tiger Zhou. Over this winter quarter, these three students have developed their works with the guidance of visiting acclaimed playwrights. The goal of this festival is to decentralize mainstream narratives in favor of validating and evaluating the experiences of any person who wants to live in a world that is not defined by white, cisheterosexual, able-bodied patriarchy, etc. PERFORMANCE DATES March 5 and 6 @ 6:30 p.m. PST - Singularity by Minh-Anh Day March 12 and 13 @ 6 p.m. PST - The Worst Kept Secret in Washington by Kathryn Zheng and Untitled by Tiger Zhou Get your free tickets here: www.eventbrite.com/e/new-works-festival-2021-tickets-142671132197 CREW Artistic Directors: Kyle Wang and Junah Jang Stage Manager: Clara Luu Assistant Stage Manager: Ethan Wang Producers: Chloe Chow and Morgan Gwilym Tso Special thanks to Young Jean Lee, Jeffrey Lo, and Kari Barclay. PLAYS Singularity by Minh-Anh Day Description: Struggling to secure investments for a start-up that promises eternal life in the cloud, a young founder rekindles his connection with an old college friend, whose latest breakthrough research gives him the credibility he needs. But when his AI assistant lies during a pitch meeting with big-time investors, he becomes entangled in a string of deceptions as his company scrambles to deliver on the promises they made before their time and money run out.
The Worst Kept Secret in Washington by Kathryn Zheng Description: A college student interviews a politician for a student film and, in the process, begins to better understand her own relationships with others.
Untitled by Tiger Zhou Description: Two young adults, one a recluse and the other a TBI survivor, form a friendship that has unexpected consequences. CONTENT WARNING: substance use and strong language
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SPRING: QUESTION 27, QUESTION 28 BY CHAY YEW & FILM SCREENING
AATP Presents: Question 27, Question 28 by Chay Yew
Question 27, Question 28 by Chay Yew is a documentary play that centers the voices of various Japanese American women during Japanese incarceration in World War II. All of the lines come from real interviews, transcripts, and testimonials. Tickets for Question 27, Question 28 will be free, but we encourage attendees to donate to Red Canary Song, a grassroots collective of Asian and Migrant sex workers. As recent events have, tragically, shown, violence against Asian elders and Asian women is part of America’s long history of violence against Asian-Americans which includes Japanese incarceration. In light of the Atlanta shootings especially, the work by organizations such as Red Canary Song is more important than ever. You can direct donations here. PERFORMANCE DATE AND TIMES All times are listed in Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Thursday, May 20, @ 6:00 p.m. PDT Friday, May 21 @ 6:00 p.m. PDT Saturday, May 22 @ 2:00 p.m. PDT (matinee) CAST Alexa Hui '21 Binh Nguyen '22 Justine Kaneda '22 Regan Lavin '23 TEAM Directors: Chloe Chow '23 and Sarah Lee '22 Producer: Kyle Wang '22 Stage Manager: Ethan Wang '23 Assistant Director: Evelyn Kuo '23 Assistant Stage Manager: Ayanna Minnihan '24 Artistic Director: Starr Jiang '21 Dramaturg: Rachel Wang Costume Designer: Tiger Zhou '21 Graphic Designers: Diana Khong '22 and Gwen Phagnasay Le '22 Composer: Camilla Wickman '23 Instrumentalists: Grace Cheng (flue), Iris Xia (clarinet), Bobby Wood (clarinet), and the Cello Vida Quartet (from San Antonio, TX) AATP Presents: A screening of the award-winning film 95 and 6 to Go and Q&A with director Kimi Takesue!
This event passed on Friday, April 9th, 2021. 95 AND 6 TO GO Synopsis: In 95 and 6 to Go, a resilient widower's memories become intertwined with the fictional screenplay his granddaughter is writing, revealing the fine line between life and art, rumination and imagination. Filmmaker Kimi Takesue captures the cadence of daily life for Grandpa Tom, a retired postal worker born to Japanese immigrants to Hawai'i in the 1910s. Amidst the solitude of his home routines - coupon clipping, rigging an improvised barbecue, lighting firecrackers on the New Year - we glimpse an unexpectedly rich inner life. As his granddaughter queries his history of love and loss, a stalled film project becomes a collaborative inquiry into mortality and how one constructs a personal narrative with memories that span almost a century. Shot over six years in Honolulu, this intimate meditation on absence and family expands the vernacular of the "home movie" to consider how history is accumulated in the everyday and how sparks of humor and creativity can animate an ordinary life. Kimi Takesue Bio: Kimi Takesue is an award-winning filmmaker in documentary, narrative, and experimental genres. You can read more about her work here. |