Come hang out with Uncle Makana and his ‘ohana for a fun karaoke party! Meet Junior Boy, a young man who comes from a lineage of pakalolo growers on the North Shore of Oahu. He is proudly expecting a baby with his girlfriend, Nani. At home he talks story with his girlfriend, best friend, and […]
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2018 CAATA ConFest Main Stage Selection – #//<EMBEDDED>//# is: A one-man, multimedia piece of devised theatre that examines the condition of a trapped virtual identity through the lens of a cyber celebrity stuck within the regulating algorithms of a social media platform, inside a broadcasting room floating somewhere in the inter-webs of cyber space and […]
Announcing CAATA ConFest 2020 in Hawai’i, August 7 – 16
Announcing CAATA ConFest 2020: Ku’u ‘Āina, Ku’u Piko, Ku’u Kahua – Return to the Source August 7 – 16, 2020 in Hawai’i The contributions of theater practitioners from Hawai’i have largely gone unrecognized by American Theater. From being founders and original cast members of every established Asian American Theater or play on the continent, to […]
CAATA Day at Ma-Yi Theatre Company’s FELIX STARRO
Join Consortium of Asian American Theaters & Artists (CAATA) for a special networking event and performance of Ma-Yi Theater Company‘s new musical FELIX STARRO by Jessica Hagedorn and Fabian Obispo, based on the story by Lesley Tenorio: the first Filipino American Musical to hit Off-Broadway! $55 tickets will include a pre-show Mimosa or Bloody Mary […]
Hollow/Wave in NYC
Hollow/Wave is a new solo work written and performed by actor and classical dancer Anu Bhatt. It had its first workshop production in May 2018 at Silk Road Rising in Chicago. Come share this universal story of survival and empowerment through the lens of one South Asian-American experience. Bhatt analyzes the physical and psychological effects of […]
CAATA Hosts Happy Hour for Asian American Theatre Professionals
SAVE THE DATE! Happy Hour Networking Event for Asian American Theatre Professionals at Signature Theatre’s Café + Bar Join Signature Theatre, CAATA, and the Asian American Arts Alliance on Thursday, July 25 from 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm for a Networking Happy Hour at Signature Theatre’s Cafe + Bar, 480 West 42nd Street in NYC. […]
Pan Asian Rep NuWorks 2019
7PM, TUES, 6/25 – Program A: LOST CHINATOWNS by Cynthia Ling Lee; THE ART OF FLY SWATTING by Yoshikawa Ken (Ken Yoshikawa) Lost Chinatowns is a solo dance-theater work that explores the destruction, lost vibrancy, and historical erasure of Santa Cruz’s Chinatowns from 1860-1955. Santa Cruz, now known for being the ultra-liberal “leftmost” city of […]
The Brothers Paranormal, by Prince Gomolvilas
The Brothers Paranormaltells the story of two Thai-American brothers who launch a ghost-hunting business in order to capitalize on the nationwide increase in sightings of Asian-looking ghosts. When the siblings end up investigating the home of an African American couple who claim to be haunted by one very terrifying spirit, everyone’s notions of reality, […]
Join CAATA in Ashland, OR June 29 and 30 for a Regional NW Gathering
CAATA is organizing a regional gathering of Asian American theatre artists in the Pacific Northwest, with our partners at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival! Gather in in Ashland, OR for Cultural Connections at OSF, a two day event featuring talks with OSF’s head of the Literary Deparment, Amrita Ramanan, plus tickets to three of the shows with strong Asian […]
Welcome New CAATA Board Members!
CAATA is pleased to announce the appointment of our new board members Tammy Haili‘ōpua Baker and Moses Goods! Tammy Haili‘ōpua Baker Playwright/Director Tammy Haili‘ōpua Baker is an Associate Professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. Her work centers on the development of an indigenous Hawaiian theatre aesthetic and form, language […]