Ma-Yi Names New Writers Group Members
7 new playwrights will be in residence with the New York-based Asian American and Pacific Islander theatre company.
All Stories About Ma-Yi Theater Company
Generation Now Partnership of 5 Theatres Announces 1st Round of Co-Commissions
The five-theatre partnership has commissioned new work from playwright Ifa Bayeza, Michi Barall, and Dustin Tahmahkera, and from the Latino Theater Company.
Offscript: Daniel K. Isaac and the Tales We Tell
On this episode we talk to actor/playwright Daniel K. Isaac about his epic new play ‘Once Upon a (Korean) Time’ and about the untold histories that inspired it.
‘The Chinese Lady’ and the Long Road Home
How Lloyd Suh’s ‘The Chinese Lady’ made it through 2 years of pandemic, protest, and anti-Asian hate to emerge as the nation’s most-produced and possibly most essential play.
MTC Announces New Commission and Development Programs
Manhattan Theatre Club has extended commissions to several writers and launched a new Groundworks Lab program.
What ‘The Chinese Lady’ Can Teach Us About Asian America, Then And Now
Lloyd Suh’s play, which will be the most-produced of the coming season, speaks directly both to our tangled past and our complicated present.
On the Road With ‘Teenage Dick’
A co-production among Woolly Mammoth, the Huntington, and Pasadena Playhouse gives new life to Mike Lew’s disability-themed spin on ‘Richard III.’
Mellon Announces $1.5 Million ‘Generation Now’ Partnership for BIPOC Playwrights
Together, Children’s Theatre Company, Latino Theater Company, Ma-Yi Theater Company, Native Voices at the Autry, and Penumbra Theatre will commission 16 new works for multigenerational audiences.
Ma-Yi Offers New Programs, Initiatives for AAPI Heritage Month
Included in the announcement are the recipients of $24,000 in micro-grants from the New York City company as well as an upcoming benefit reading.
Invisibility and Objectification Can Kill: American Theatre’s Anti-Asian Problem
The racist stereotypes and erasure perpetuated on white-dominated U.S. stages have real-world consequences outside the theatre.
