Just an update that the free previews and workshops scheduled for April at the downtown Central, Valencia Park, and Logan Heights libraries have been postponed. Be sure you are on our email list and you will receive notice when we have new dates. Please keep yourselves as safe as you can!
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The Golden Rule
A new, old story of California immigration–with music. Discover the complexities of becoming a Californian, through the real-life histories of an African American slave, a Chinese woman, and a Sandwich Islander (Hawaiian). Set during California’s gold rush, the audience will share in dispensing mining-camp justice, discovering first-hand the principles and precedents that make coming to …
See the Elephant!
SEE THE ELEPHANT is an interactive workshop in visual storytelling. Actual journals of people around the world come to the California Gold Rush of 1848 will be interpreted through student workshops presented in 3 Promise Zone libraries. Artist Kalí Kamaria and educators leverage connections to nearby schools’ curriculum and activities. Adjunct to Asian Story Theater’s …
Ms. Pac-Rat
Celebrate the Lunar New Year with Asian Story Theater’s brand-new show for families, MS. PAC-RAT. Lovely costumes, gravity-defying martial arts, catchy music and dance–all performed by puppets and a few brave audience volunteers. Chinese New Year Cultural FaireSaturday February 8 @ 12:30pmSunday February 9 @ 12:30pm more
Hand Under Hand
Asian Story Theater presents staged readings of “Hand Under Hand”, a play with music that explores intergenerational caregiving in the Asian Pacific Islander community. Inspired by interviews with diverse community members and performed by professional actors and musicians, the play and following panel invite discussion about the impact of caregiving in immigrant communities. more
PIG-Talk Premiere
Grand Opening at the San Diego International Fringe Festival June 7! Tickets available NOW. Show schedule below. A parody TED TALK corrects millenia of abusive pig lore from around the world. Featuring the very funny Rhys Green as The Pig, along with the MONKEY KING, THREE LITTLE PIGS & STEVE, and the true Macbeth: MacRIB. …
What Are You?
What Are You?
The complicated game of growing up hapa, multiple-, or mixed-race today. Funny, painful, and true experiences in the interactive game show of modern America, through skits, video, live music, and celebrity impersonations of debatable quality. May 3-4-5 only; Tickets here.
The Fire in Me
Free but limited seating – make reservations at the event website.
PIG Talk: Previews
Discover why Year of the Pig deserves respect, in a parody TED TALK that includes live music and a re-imagined version of the classic tale, “Journey to the West.” Real science. Real history. Really. Free public performances at Tet Festival (February 10) and the Chinese New Year Food and Cultural Faire (February 16-17). Sponsored in …