ConFest Virtual Series Episode Six: “Revolutionary Acts: Lasting Impact of CAATA CONFESTs,” hosted by kt shorb (Producing Artistic Director, Generic Ensemble Company, Austin, TX). Click here to watch the episode on HowlRound TV. Click here to watch the episode on CAATA’s Facebook page. Click here to learn more about the CAATA ConFest’s Virtual Series.
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ConFest Virtual Series: Episode Five
ConFest Virtual Series Episode Five: “From the Source, Seeds for a Myriad of Worlds,” hosted by Roger Tang (Executive Director, Pork Filled Productions, Seattle, WA). Click here to watch the episode on HowlRound TV. Click here to watch the episode on CAATA’s Facebook page. Click here to learn more about the CAATA ConFest’s Virtual Series.
ConFest Virtual Series: Episode Four
“Nomadic Imagination: Transnational Homelands & Cultural Return,” hosted by Andrea Assaf (Executive Director, Art2Action, NYC and Tampa, FL; and Steering Committee Member, MENA Theater Makers Alliance) and Jamil Khoury, (Co-Executive Artistic Director, Silk Road Rising, Chicago, IL). Click here to watch the episode on HowlRound TV. Click here to watch the episode on CAATA’s Facebook […]
ConFest Virtual Series: Episode Three
Episode Three of CAATA ConFest’s Virtual Series (Indigenous Peoples Day): “Artists on the Frontlines: Creativity & Change During Covid-19,” hosted by Leilani Chan (Founding Artistic Director, TeAda Productions, Los Angeles, CA). Click here to watch the episode on HowlRound TV. Click here to watch the episode on CAATA’s Facebook page. Click here to learn more about […]
ConFest Virtual Series: Episode Two
Episode Two of CAATA ConFest’s Virtual Series: “Modeling Solidarity: Theatre As Political Action,” hosted by Leslie Ishii (Artistic Director, Perseverance Theater, Juneau, AK, and Moses Goods (Founder & Artistic Director, ʻInamona Theatre Company, Honolulu, Hawai’i). Click here to watch the episode on HowlRound TV. Click here to watch the episode on CAATA’s Facebook page. Click here to […]
ConFest Virtual Series: Episode One
Click here to watch on CAATA’s Facebook video page. The 90-minute premiere episode, also titled “Kuʻu ʻĀina, Kuʻu Piko, Kuʻu Kahua: Return to the Source,” will be hosted by CAATA ConFest Co-Chairs CAATA ConFest Co-Chairs Leilani Chan (Founding Artistic Director, TeAda Productions) and Tammy Haili‘ōpua Baker (Associate Professor, Department of Theatre and Dance, University of Hawai‘i […]
International Drag Bingo with Cocoa Chandelier!
*Presented as part of ConFest 2018: Revolutionary Acts, running in Chicago from August 11-19.* TeAda Productions, Tradewind Arts, and aetherplough present an evening of international Drag Bingo hosted by Cocoa Chandelier with special guests from across the country along side hometown Chicago talent. Join your ConFest colleagues for a thrilling late night at Fiesta Mexicana, right down the […]
Expanding the American Story as a Revolutionary Act, Part III
Closing Plenary A Conversation with David Henry Hwang Playwright & Chairman, American Theatre Wing Moderated by Jamil Khoury Chief Programming Officer & Founding Artistic Director, Silk Road Rising David Henry Hwang, celebrated Asian American playwright and Chairman of the American Theatre Wing, brings a wealth of experience to the revolutionary act of expanding the American […]
Storytelling as a Revolutionary Act, Part II
The 2018 CAATA ConFest Mid-Week Plenary, August 16th, 2018, Chicago, Illinois This Mid-week Plenary features Rajiv Joseph, playwright, and Laura Penn, Executive Director of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Union (SDC) with a panel of distinguished Asian/Pacific Islander Stage Directors. The Plenary was opened by CAATA Board Members, Leslie Ishii and Meena Natarajan. Current CAATA […]
Language Revitalization as a Revolutionary Act, Part I
KEYNOTE: TAMMY HAILI‘ŌPUA BAKER Artistic Director, Ka Hālau Hanakeaka Associate Professor, Department of Theatre & Dance, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Discussion to follow with Moses Goods, Founder and Artistic Director, ʻInamona Theatre Company and Ensemble; Christopher K. Morgan, Dancer/Performer, Executive Artistic Director, Dance Place; Sami LA Akuna aka Cocoa Chandelier Tammy Haili’ōpua Baker joins members of […]