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Full Length Plays.
Tiger Beat
Tiger Beat follows the Girls Next Door, a pop group rising to fame in 2003 pop music. As the band juggles choreography, awards shows, and crushes on teen heartthrobs, Asian American singer/songwriter Tess navigates her identity within the framework of the entertainment industry. This play with music is a coming of age story about pop stardom, questionable 2003 fashion choices, and finding one's identity through art.
Haus of Mirth
6 F (3 white, 2 mixed/ethnically ambiguous WOC, 1 WOC)
The second Civil War is over, ladies, and the all-female revolution has taken hold. Ethnically ambiguous Lily Bart, born into great privilege but not great bitcoin, must navigate a dangerous world: New York's high society. From Edith Wharton’s novel The House of Mirth
Call Out Culture: or, the unbearable whiteness of being
3F, 2M (1 white woman, 1 mixed Chinese woman, 1 Chinese woman, 1 Chinese man, 1 white man)
Queen Victoria. Lady Gaga. A confused panda in a club. Traversing both timelines and time zones, this autobiographical X-Ray of race, assault and imperialism mines both horrors and humor when the personal meets the global.
High School Coven
6F
Liana, Naomi, Rachel, and Trina form a coven to cope with the pressures of being a teenage girl, like finding the perfect homecoming dress, locating a suitable familiar, and something more sinister -- reporting sexual assault within the education system.
Butter Knife
5M, 3F (3 Asian/Asian-American, 5 race-neutral)
Butter Knife is a magical, travel-filled breakup play about love and loss through the lens of a queer interracial couple. When Lester's aunt passes away in the Philippines, his relationship with his boyfriend Andrew deteriorates over time and several continents.
The Well-Tempered Clavier
5M, 3F (4 asian/asian-american, 2 latinx, 2 white)
The Well-Tempered Clavier is a family comedy about the Choi family over four weddings and a funeral. As white Americans, Japanese Americans, and Mexican Americans marry into the family, the Chois must confront their uniquely Chinese American assimilation and cultural baggage.
Harpers Ferry 2019
2M, 1 F (1 Asian/Asian American, 1 Black or African American, 1 white)
In sleepy West Virginia, a love triangle of National Park rangers train to present living history docent material about John Brown’s ill-fated raid on Harpers Ferry. When race and politics enter the equation, history repeats itself in a surprising and violent way.
POLENTA: a space opera
4F, 1M
In a universe where the earth has become inhospitable, women have created Alternative World 31, an uberfeminist dystopia orbiting through space. Polenta is destined to become the new world’s next singing sensation, but a rebellion creeping up from below has made her an easy target for the current regime, led by the dictatorial superfemme/music industry insider Leaderfriend Carter.
Sense and the City
7M; 5F (5 Asian/Asian American, 1 Black or African American, 2 white, race-neutral ensemble)
Katie Farrington, a bright young magazine writer, faces pressure from her family to marry after her father’s death. She re-imagines her life as an Austen-esque comedy, just as her close friend, Jim Washington, swears men and women can’t be friends: “women have seen too many romantic comedies and always expect to fall in love.” The play subverts and exaggerates rom-com conventions while staying true to its somewhat silly spirit: love really can conquer all.
Corners Grove
6M, 8F, 1NB, optional ensemble cast
A reverent nod to Our Town by Thornton Wilder, this play follows a group of young people in the town of Corner’s Grove from high school into adulthood as they deal with leaving home, falling in love, gender identity, and the death of Whitney Houston.
Chang & Eng
4M, 2F (2 Asian/Asian American, 4 white)
At the outset of the Civil War, General Wallace must decide which segregated part of camp he should place a mixed Asian Confederate soldier. This soldier, Christopher Bunker, is the son of one of the original “Siamese twins:” Chang and Eng Bunker, ethnically Chinese, raised in Thailand, and transplanted to the American South just before the Civil War. In Chang & Eng, the brothers woo and court sisters Sarah and Adelaide Yates, with whom they eventually had a combined twenty one children and owned hundreds of slaves. The play dissects our dark American history and where Asian Americans have historically placed themselves within its black/white dichotomy.
The Imperialists
An epic comedy about the history of imperialism in Peru. Produced at Undiscovered Countries, Goodbye Blue Monday, September 2012, and with Theater in Asylum's Green Pages reading series.
Only Children
Only Children centers around Li Ying, a young Chinese wife trying to conceive in modern-day Shanghai, navigating the waters of Chinese gender politics in her family life.
Current/Rock
A look at regional theaters' racial casting politics through the lens of a fictional play about Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. Co-written with Alton Alburo.
Tiger Beat follows the Girls Next Door, a pop group rising to fame in 2003 pop music. As the band juggles choreography, awards shows, and crushes on teen heartthrobs, Asian American singer/songwriter Tess navigates her identity within the framework of the entertainment industry. This play with music is a coming of age story about pop stardom, questionable 2003 fashion choices, and finding one's identity through art.
Haus of Mirth
6 F (3 white, 2 mixed/ethnically ambiguous WOC, 1 WOC)
The second Civil War is over, ladies, and the all-female revolution has taken hold. Ethnically ambiguous Lily Bart, born into great privilege but not great bitcoin, must navigate a dangerous world: New York's high society. From Edith Wharton’s novel The House of Mirth
Call Out Culture: or, the unbearable whiteness of being
3F, 2M (1 white woman, 1 mixed Chinese woman, 1 Chinese woman, 1 Chinese man, 1 white man)
Queen Victoria. Lady Gaga. A confused panda in a club. Traversing both timelines and time zones, this autobiographical X-Ray of race, assault and imperialism mines both horrors and humor when the personal meets the global.
High School Coven
6F
Liana, Naomi, Rachel, and Trina form a coven to cope with the pressures of being a teenage girl, like finding the perfect homecoming dress, locating a suitable familiar, and something more sinister -- reporting sexual assault within the education system.
Butter Knife
5M, 3F (3 Asian/Asian-American, 5 race-neutral)
Butter Knife is a magical, travel-filled breakup play about love and loss through the lens of a queer interracial couple. When Lester's aunt passes away in the Philippines, his relationship with his boyfriend Andrew deteriorates over time and several continents.
The Well-Tempered Clavier
5M, 3F (4 asian/asian-american, 2 latinx, 2 white)
The Well-Tempered Clavier is a family comedy about the Choi family over four weddings and a funeral. As white Americans, Japanese Americans, and Mexican Americans marry into the family, the Chois must confront their uniquely Chinese American assimilation and cultural baggage.
Harpers Ferry 2019
2M, 1 F (1 Asian/Asian American, 1 Black or African American, 1 white)
In sleepy West Virginia, a love triangle of National Park rangers train to present living history docent material about John Brown’s ill-fated raid on Harpers Ferry. When race and politics enter the equation, history repeats itself in a surprising and violent way.
POLENTA: a space opera
4F, 1M
In a universe where the earth has become inhospitable, women have created Alternative World 31, an uberfeminist dystopia orbiting through space. Polenta is destined to become the new world’s next singing sensation, but a rebellion creeping up from below has made her an easy target for the current regime, led by the dictatorial superfemme/music industry insider Leaderfriend Carter.
Sense and the City
7M; 5F (5 Asian/Asian American, 1 Black or African American, 2 white, race-neutral ensemble)
Katie Farrington, a bright young magazine writer, faces pressure from her family to marry after her father’s death. She re-imagines her life as an Austen-esque comedy, just as her close friend, Jim Washington, swears men and women can’t be friends: “women have seen too many romantic comedies and always expect to fall in love.” The play subverts and exaggerates rom-com conventions while staying true to its somewhat silly spirit: love really can conquer all.
Corners Grove
6M, 8F, 1NB, optional ensemble cast
A reverent nod to Our Town by Thornton Wilder, this play follows a group of young people in the town of Corner’s Grove from high school into adulthood as they deal with leaving home, falling in love, gender identity, and the death of Whitney Houston.
Chang & Eng
4M, 2F (2 Asian/Asian American, 4 white)
At the outset of the Civil War, General Wallace must decide which segregated part of camp he should place a mixed Asian Confederate soldier. This soldier, Christopher Bunker, is the son of one of the original “Siamese twins:” Chang and Eng Bunker, ethnically Chinese, raised in Thailand, and transplanted to the American South just before the Civil War. In Chang & Eng, the brothers woo and court sisters Sarah and Adelaide Yates, with whom they eventually had a combined twenty one children and owned hundreds of slaves. The play dissects our dark American history and where Asian Americans have historically placed themselves within its black/white dichotomy.
The Imperialists
An epic comedy about the history of imperialism in Peru. Produced at Undiscovered Countries, Goodbye Blue Monday, September 2012, and with Theater in Asylum's Green Pages reading series.
Only Children
Only Children centers around Li Ying, a young Chinese wife trying to conceive in modern-day Shanghai, navigating the waters of Chinese gender politics in her family life.
Current/Rock
A look at regional theaters' racial casting politics through the lens of a fictional play about Thomas Jefferson and Sally Hemings. Co-written with Alton Alburo.
One Act Plays.
The Ladies’ Room
6F (1 asian/asian-american, 1 black or african american, 1 latina, 3 white)
On Halloween night, four early-20s coworkers made a pact to go to their local bar as Powerful Historical Women, but one of them shows up dressed as a Sexy Cat. The ensuing melee falls out in the ladies’ room.
Audrey on Audrey:
1F (solo show)
On (probably) her last day on earth, 104 year-old model-turned-gossip columnist-turned-murder suspect-turned-psychiatric ward tenant Audrey Munson aurally writes her own obituary to anyone who will listen.
Saudade
1M, 1F (2 POC, preferably Southeast Asian)
Ary and Chea revel in the mundane--dinner plans, recapping work, raising their child day to day--as they face deportation proceedings despite having spent their entire lives in America. A play about family, love, and a longing for a homeland which may never have existed.
A Long Day’s Journey Into A Hotel Room
2F, 2M
A biographical American Expressionist play about Eugene O’Neill in the style of Eugene O’Neill, kind of.
Sorority Girl K888
1F solo show
As the former interim president of Kappa Phi Kappa Gamma Delta Nu-tella, sorority girl K888 likes to get up in front of groups of people and cry about politics. In these ten minute solo pieces, K888 waxes poetic about immigration policies, sexual assault, and how to keep hope alive in a dying republic.
6F (1 asian/asian-american, 1 black or african american, 1 latina, 3 white)
On Halloween night, four early-20s coworkers made a pact to go to their local bar as Powerful Historical Women, but one of them shows up dressed as a Sexy Cat. The ensuing melee falls out in the ladies’ room.
Audrey on Audrey:
1F (solo show)
On (probably) her last day on earth, 104 year-old model-turned-gossip columnist-turned-murder suspect-turned-psychiatric ward tenant Audrey Munson aurally writes her own obituary to anyone who will listen.
Saudade
1M, 1F (2 POC, preferably Southeast Asian)
Ary and Chea revel in the mundane--dinner plans, recapping work, raising their child day to day--as they face deportation proceedings despite having spent their entire lives in America. A play about family, love, and a longing for a homeland which may never have existed.
A Long Day’s Journey Into A Hotel Room
2F, 2M
A biographical American Expressionist play about Eugene O’Neill in the style of Eugene O’Neill, kind of.
Sorority Girl K888
1F solo show
As the former interim president of Kappa Phi Kappa Gamma Delta Nu-tella, sorority girl K888 likes to get up in front of groups of people and cry about politics. In these ten minute solo pieces, K888 waxes poetic about immigration policies, sexual assault, and how to keep hope alive in a dying republic.
Published Essays
Published on The Clyde Fitch Report
Notes on "Notes On Camp"
Taking Up Space: A Tale of Two Mitskis
"Sorry -- Love You:" Asian Americans on Rupaul's Drag Race
Why Edith Wharton Might Hate My Play
Published on Reappropriate
Why and How Asian Americans Must Mobilize for Black Lives
Published on Lady Parts
Tales from the Trenches: On Casting the Oriental Courtesan
Published on Writing is My Drink
26 Minute Memoir
Published in the Los Altos Town Crier
From Madrigal to Mandarin, published in The Los Altos Town Crier
Published on PCP Media
So It Goes
California Gurl
The Year of the Persecuted Offensive Halloweeen Wearer
Published on the 2 Girls | 1 Asian blog
On Our Title
"Hapa"
Notes on "Notes On Camp"
Taking Up Space: A Tale of Two Mitskis
"Sorry -- Love You:" Asian Americans on Rupaul's Drag Race
Why Edith Wharton Might Hate My Play
Published on Reappropriate
Why and How Asian Americans Must Mobilize for Black Lives
Published on Lady Parts
Tales from the Trenches: On Casting the Oriental Courtesan
Published on Writing is My Drink
26 Minute Memoir
Published in the Los Altos Town Crier
From Madrigal to Mandarin, published in The Los Altos Town Crier
Published on PCP Media
So It Goes
California Gurl
The Year of the Persecuted Offensive Halloweeen Wearer
Published on the 2 Girls | 1 Asian blog
On Our Title
"Hapa"
