Our Mission
The Asian American Theater Project is dedicated to cultivating a space that empowers artists and audiences to engage with issues affecting the API community (including, but not limited to, discussions of identity, race, and representation), facilitate discussions of these issues within the larger Stanford community, and participate in the imagination and creation of a more equitable, just world through the language of theater. Our mission is to:
- increase the representation of Asians/Asian Americans in theater arts by creating a safe and open community
- provide space for diverse artists to create challenging art for and about our communities
- decentralize mainstream narratives in favor of validating and evaluating multi-dimensional Asian/Asian American perspectives and experiences
- celebrate the works of Asian/Asian American playwrights
- explore other theater works through an Asian American lens