Pan Asian Repertory - www.panasianrep.org

Fri March 5 at 7:30pm
and Sun March 7 at 3:00pm

AMERICAN MIX TAPE
written & performed by Allen Hope Sermonia

Interspersed with pop-songs and nostaligia for the mix-tape, Allen Hope Sermonia blends comedy with movement and ‘space-cakes’ as he leads audiences on a journey from adolescence to Amsterdam!!

ALLEN HOPE SERMONIA is a recent transplant from Chicago’s Off-loop theatre scene. He has acted with Chicago such stalwart theatres as Chicago Dramatists and StageLeft. As an actor, his experiences have run the gamut from commedia dell’ arte, to Shakespeare, to new edgy new works. Since coming to New York, he had spent his summer touring the classics across the boroughs as Friar Laurence in ROMEO AND JULIET and title role in Aristophanes’ PLUTUS. As a theatre administrator and director, Allen has had a hand in bringing original pan-Asian works to Chicago stages from playwrights from across the Chicagoland area.

IRIS written and performed by Jen Yip

IRIS is drawn from the public and personal struggles of Iris Chang, the famed Chinese-American historian, writer, human rights activist, and her pursuit of an apology from the Japanese Government.

In addition to IRIS, Ms Yip's favorite stage credits include A CHORUS LINE (Connie Wong), RANT (Tamayo), and SAFE (Feliz). Ms Yip has trained at The Barrow Group, Upright Citizens Brigade, Atlantic Theater Company School, Improvolution, Bay Area Theatersports, and has performed with the improvisational and sketch comedy troupes Punching Hal and Friends with Deficits. Dance performance experience includes Ace Entertainment, Impulse Dance Company, The New England Patriots Cheerleaders, Samba Tropical, and the Bally's Fitness Dance Team. She enjoys teaching acting in the summer program at the NYU Tisch school of dramatic writing.

WHALER
written & directed by Snehal Desai
Performed by Una Osato

A surreal and funny excerpt from a larger work, these monologues portray a young/gay/interracial couple who confront their own prejudices as they try to exorcise the spectre of colonialism (literally) lurking under the bed.

SNEHAL DESAI has performed his solo show FINDING WAYS TO PROVE YOU'RE NOT AN AL-QAEDA TERRORIST WHEN YOU’RE BROWN (AND OTHER STORIES OF THE GINDIAN), to sold out audiences in New Haven, New York, and San Francisco. Recent directorial works include: ONE NIGHT WITH RAEL, BAAL, EDWARD II, FOB: FRESH OFF THE BOEING, and GOOD EGG. His new play SITA/SATI has been workshopped by Desipina Theatre Company and Terra Nova Collective, and he is currently a resident director with the Ensemble Studio Theatre. Snehal is a Soros Fellow and a graduate of the Yale School of Drama.

UNA AYA OSATO, a native New Yorker, is a performer and educator. In 2000 she was awarded a level one prize for theater in the national U.S. Arts Recognition and Talent Search and was a finalist to become a Presidential Scholar in the arts. From 2004 till 2007 Una showcased her debut one woman show 'Keep It Movin' in colleges and theatres across the U.S. In 2005, she was the keynote performer at the National U.S. Mixed Race Conference. She returned to the U.S. in 2007 after performing and teaching in South Africa and is now showing her latest original piece 'Recess,' to audiences throughout the country. 'Recess' grew out of Ernest Abuba's writing/acting workshops at the Pan Asian Rep and was part of its 2008 2+2 Nights Only Emerging Artists Series.

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