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 […]
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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 […]
Play Reading: Face to the Sun
** Purchase a ConFest pass for access to all festival shows, new play readings, conference sessions, workshops, and parties.** Written by Alison Minami Presented by A-Squared Theatre Haunted by memories of his homeland and fearful of another war-driven imprisonment by the Cuban government, Hamada, an upstanding leader of the Japanese Cuban community, decides to uproot his family and […]
Play Reading: This is Not a True Story
** Purchase a ConFest pass for access to all festival shows, new play readings, conference sessions, workshops, and parties.** Written by Preston Choi Directed by Peter J. Kuo Presented by Artists at Play This Is Not A True Story is a new play reckoning with the problematic history and impact of Madame Butterfly, Miss Saigon, and Kumiko the […]
Play Reading: Instrumental Journey – A Musical Migration Story
** Purchase a ConFest pass for access to all festival shows, new play readings, conference sessions, workshops, and parties.** Devised by Ric Oquita, Julie Trappett and Bernardo Mazón Daher Directed by Bernardo Mazón Daher Presented by Leslie Ishii Instrumental Journey follows the journey of Noa and Onda, who are forced to flee their home and overcome obstacles en […]
Play Reading: The Sitayana (Or, How to Make an Exit)
** Purchase a ConFest pass for access to all festival shows, new play readings, conference sessions, workshops, and parties.** Written by Lavina Jadhwani Directed by Minita Gandhi Presented by Tradewind Arts In The Sitayana, a young princess Sita follows her new husband Ram to his kingdom in Ayodhya – only to learn that they have been banished. Refusing […]
Play Reading: The Book of Mountains and Seas
Written by Yilong Liu Directed by Jeff Liu Presented by East West Players After losing his son in a hate crime, a California dad from China teams up with his son’s last boyfriend in New York on a mission to visit all the restaurants reviewed on his son’s Yelp page. The Book of Mountains and […]