Things You Don’t Know About Asia/N…OR YOU DO Kai-Chieh Tu

About This Show

Tonight, stereotypes will be challenged. Maybe.

A multimedia show about Asians that unapologetically features Asians. But fear not, there will be a white dude.

Devised from documentaries, reportages and stories from the performers’ own lives, this Polish-theater-inspired, episodic and pungent comedy explores the lives of those hidden behind the iron label ‘‘Model Minority.’’ Through self-parodying, K-pop and white powder tossing, this techno-music-empowered show will challenge your comfort zones through great laughter.

Tonight, the silenced will speak out loudly and angrily.
Or maybe silently, as usual.

About the Artists

Kai-Chieh Tu is an international director and dramaturg.  He has an MFA in dramaturgy and theater studies from The American Repertory Theater/Moscow Art Theater School Institute at Harvard University, and professional experience running his own theatre company TransAction in Taipei as the Artistic Director.  Recent directing credits include 7-Eleven Project (Taipei City), Orphans (Lu-Ming Theater). Recent dramaturgy credits include They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? (American Repertory Theater); Silent Rage (American Repertory Theater).

Jordan Ho is a transgender actress and advocate. Xe is an ensemble member of Honest Accomplice Theatre and touring with their show The Birds and the Bees: Unabridged as Emerson. Other projects include i wrote on ur wall and now i regret it (The Wild Project/Spookfish Theatre Company) and The Trans Literacy Project #TheTransLiteracyProject. BA- Acting Pace ’14.

Greg Carere is a Canadian-born, New York-based actor and writer. New York credits include The Downtown Loop (3-Legged Dog), Cliff (Hazard Rep), The Improbable Fall, Rise and Fall of John Law (Dreamscape), If You Can Get To Buffalo (Incubator Arts Project), Dead Special Crabs (Wide Eyed), Writopia’s Worldwide Play Festival, and more. Upcoming work includes the short films Lila’s Ghost and When The Night Rolls In and the feature film Allegro.

Shuyi Jia is a Chinese-Canadian actor based in New York, she recently graduated from the MFA program at American Repertory Theater at Harvard University. Her credits include I Seek You (Canada), Betrayal (Canada); The Lonely Voice (Moscow), A Profitable Position (Moscow); Farragut North (California), The Farnsworth Invention (California); Play (Poland); The Pirate Princess (Cambridge), A Big Mess (Cambridge). Formerly a Program Manager at a Tech Company, she is happy to have made the leap into acting and finally be making theater surrounding issues she’s passionate about.

David Hong is a Korean-American actor who received his training at the Stella Adler Studio of Acting Evening Conservatory. He has had lead and supporting roles on stage and in film. He is also a practicing attorney, karaoke mic hog, doubles volleyball player and newlywed.

Thursday, November 10 at 7:30pm

General Admission

$15 in advance
$18 at the door

Students/Seniors/idNYC

$12

Estimated Runtime
60 minutes

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Credits

Written and directed by Kai-Chieh Tu

Featuring Shuyi Jia, Greg Carere, David Hong, Jordan Ho

Photo Credit: Zachary Futterer

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