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U.S. Senate apologizes for decades of anti-Chinese discrimination
Nearly 130 years after it voted to ban Chinese immigrants from entering the United States, the U.S. Senate expressed its regrets Friday for that law and decades of racial discrimination against Chinese Americans. Click here for the full story.
SHANGHAI CALLING Premieres at the 2012 Newport Beach Film Festival
David Henry Hwang, BD Wong, Francis Jue, Jennifer Lim, Brian d’Arcy James, Oskar Eustis, and Leigh Silverman at WNYC’s The Greene Space
On Monday, May 7, 2012 at WNYC’s The Greene Space in New York, Tony award-winning Playwright David Henry Hwang celebrated the release of his newly published play from TCG Books, Chinglish, which received its Broadway premiere in Fall 2011 and was named “Best American Play of 2011” by TIME magazine, and by Bloomberg Radio, NY1 and WNYC as one of the Top 10 Broadway shows of the year.
David Henry Hwang at WNYC’s The Greene Space in New York on May 7, 2012, courtesy New York Public Radio. © 2012 Lia Chang
The
critically
acclaimed Chinglish is
set
for
the
silver
screen,
and
a
tour
which
kicks
off
in
the
Fall
at
Berkeley
Rep. Fast
and
Furioushelmer
Justin
Lin
(Better
Luck
Tomorrow, Finishing
the
Game),
recently
acquired
the
film
rights
toChinglish and
is
set
to
begin
shooting
in
2013,
with
a
screenplay
by
Hwang.
Filmmaker
Justin
Lin
Acquires
Film
Rights
to
David
Henry
Hwang’s
Critically
Acclaimed
Broadway
Comedy
Chinglish
WNYC’s The Greene Space in New York on May 7, 2012, courtesy New York Public Radio. © 2012 Lia Chang
The
play
has
been
nominated
for
3
Drama
Desk
Awards
including
–
Outstanding
Play
for
Hwang,
Outstanding
Actress
in
a
Play
for
Jennifer
Lim
and
Outstanding
Set
Design
for
David
Korins. Chinglish
May 20, 21: Epic Theatre Presents Jeanne Sakata’s Hold These Truths, starring Joel de la Fuente at 47th Street Theatre
The
NYC
Epic
Theatre
Ensemble
is
presenting
Jeanne
Sakata’s
solo
playHold
These
Truths
(formerly
known
as
Dawn’s
Light:
The
Journey
of
Gordon
Hirabayashi),
directed
by
Lisa
Rothe
and
starring
Joel
de
la
Fuente,
in
a
free
and
prototype
production
at
the
47th
Street
Theatre,
304
W.
47th
St.
between
8th
and
9th
Ave
in
New
York
on
May
20
and
21
at
8pm.
Inspired by a true story, Dawn’s Light takes placed in Seattle during World War II, where University of Washington student Gordon Hirabayashi is agonizing over U.S. government orders to forcibly remove and mass incarcerate all people of Japanese ancestry on the West Coast. As he fights to reconcile his country’s betrayal with his passionate belief in the U.S. Constitution, Gordon journeys toward a greater understanding of America’s triumphs — and a confrontation with its failures.
The production is free and open to the public, and begins at 8pm. Clickhere to RSVP. http://epictheatreensemble.org/holdthesetruths
Remembering
Civil
Rights
Leader
Gordon
Hirabayashi,1918-
2012
President
Obama
Names
Asian
American
Civil
Rights
Hero
Gordon
Hirabayashi
Recipient
of
Presidential
Medal
of
Freedom
Jeanne
Sakata
made
her
playwriting
debut
in
recent
years
with
her
solo
show Hold
These
Truths (formerly Dawn’s
Light:
The
Journey
of
Gordon
Hirabayashi
Mabuhay Inc. Culture School students discover books by Filipino authors in the Library of Congress’ Asian Division Reading Room
Library of Congress’ Asian Division Reading Room in the Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington D.C. Photo by Lia Chang
On the first Saturday in May, I was in the Library of Congress’ Asian Division Reading Room, located in Room 150 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First Street S.E. in Washington, D.C., to photograph the Performing Arts Images from the Asian American Pacific Islander Collection, on display through May 31, 2012.
Selected scripts from the Performing Arts Playwright Series in the Library of Congress’ AAPI Collection. Photo by Lia Chang
Sponsored
by
the
Library
of
Congress’
Asian
Division,
the
display
of
54
of
my
“In
Rehearsal”
photographs,
drawn
from
the
AAPI
Collection’s
Lia
Chang
Theater
Portfolio,
along
with
select
working
scripts
from
the
Playwrights’
Archives
including
the
plays
of
Rick
Shiomi,
Velina
Hasu
Houston,
Christine
Toy
Johnson,
Reme
Grefalda,
Jeanne
Sakata,
and
Lani
Montreal,
is
being
held
in
conjunction
with
the
Library
of
Congress
celebration
of
Asian
Pacific
American
Heritage
Month
(APAHM).
Members of the Mabuhay Inc. Culture School in the Library of Congress’ Asian Division Reading Room in the Thomas Jefferson Building in Washington D.C. on May 5, 2012. Photo by Lia Chang
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