Tell me about yourself as an artist & where you are in your artistic journey.

Jeffrey Han: I started acting professionally after I moved to Los Angeles in 2015 after I graduated with an MFA in Performing Arts at the Savannah College of Art and Design. Besides NuWorks 2022, I will be working on some short films in the future.

Shigeko Sara Suga: Ernest Abuba introduced me to the Baudelaire Project 20 years ago. Many moons before that I was at a home party where young people are smoking pot and drinking alcohol etc. suddenly this most beautiful and sexy young man began to read Baudelaire in French and that moment went deep inside of my DNA memory. I tend to think that all of our lives are filled with those "unrelated" moments where you "register" eternally. I then ended up spending much time in Paris following the physical passage of Baudelaire. Whereas Flamenco and Butoh connection I am asked often, is an organic heart beats that accelerates and decelerates with poetry and dance of death. Directing?, I began to direct only because I was not getting cast often enough and I said, "screw it, I'll cast myself".

What's new about your NU WORKS production?

JH: Expect-Asian centers on issues that affect young Asian American men. These issues are not shown in theatre or media today.

SS: We have Flamenco and Butoh, text spoken or sang in English, French, Japanese and Spanish… all in half hour! In 30-something years at La Mama and Yara Arts Group, I have naturally learned to mix and match in order to tell a story, express that moment.

What’s your favorite food from your AAPI heritage(s)?

SS: PHO NOODLE SOUP.

JH: Beef Chow Fun! My parents said I once cried for it in a restaurant when I was a kid.