Chairs and a Long Table cast members Julie Fitzpatrick, Julienne Hanzelka Kim, Jeena Yi, Ron Domingo and Moses Villarama are photobombed by Jojo Gonzalez after the final performance of their show at the Clurman on Theater Row in New York on November 22, 2014. Photo by Lia Chang
It was Magno Rubio reunion for Ron Domingo and Jojo Gonzalez. Photo by Lia Chang
Jojo Gonzalez, playwrights Linda Faigao Hall and Kitty Mei Mei Chan were among the packed final matinee performance of Ma-Yi Theater Company’s world premiere of Han Ong’s latest work, CHAIRS AND A LONG TABLE at the Clurman Theater at Theatre Row in New York on November 22, 2014.
Chairs and a Long Table cast members Julie Fitzpatrick, Julienne Hanzelka Kim, Jeena Yi, Ron Domingo and Moses Villarama were congratulated by Jojo Gonzalez, Kitty Mei Mei Chen and Linda Faigao Hall after the final performance of their show at the Clurman on Theater Row in New York on November 22, 2014. Photo by Lia Chang
CHAIRS AND A LONG TABLE follows a group of Asian American actors in New York City as they prepare to attend a conference in Los Angeles addressing racial discrimination in the casting of a classic Chinese play, where the two lead characters have been cast with non-Asian actors.
Julie Fitzpatrick, Moses Villarama, Julienne Hanzelka Kim, Ron Domingo and Jeena Yi. Photo by Web Begole
Linsay Firman directs a tight ensemble featuring Ron Domingo, Julie Fitzpatrick, Julienne Hanzelka Kim, Moses Villarama and Jeena Yi.
MA-YI THEATER COMPANY won the Off-Broadway Alliance Award for its critically- acclaimed production of THE WONG KIDS IN THE SECRET OF THE SPACE CHUPACABRA GO! last season. Founded in 1989 and now celebrating its 26th anniversary season, MA-YI is a Drama Desk and OBIE Award-winning, Off- Broadway not-for-profit organization whose primary mission is to develop and produce new and innovative plays by Asian American writers. It is currently led by Ralph B. Peña (Artistic Director) and Jorge Z. Ortoll (Executive Director). Since its founding, Ma-Yi has distinguished itself as one of the country’s leading incubators of new work shaping the national discourse about what it means to be Asian American today.
Ron Domingo, Jojo Gonzalez and Moses Villarama. Photo by Lia Chang
Its numerous acclaimed productions include last season’s BIKE AMERICA, JESUS IN INDIA, Qui Nguyen’s THE INEXPLICABLE REDEMPTION OF AGENT G (with Vampire Cowboys) and SOUL SAMURAI (with Vampire Cowboys), Mike Lew’s MICROCRISIS and the revival of Ralph B. Peña’s FLIPZOIDS. Other productions include: RESCUE ME by Michi Barall, Lloyd Suh’s AMERICAN HWANGAP and THE CHILDREN OF VONDERLY and THE ROMANCE OF MAGNO RUBIO. Through successful programs such as the Writers Lab, Ma-Yi emboldens a new generation of Asian American artists to voice their experiences, while developing a steady stream of quality new works by Asian American playwrights for its own performing repertory. New works developed at the Writers Lab have gone on to successful productions around the country, at such theaters as Victory Gardens, Laguna Playhouse, Long Wharf Theater, Woolly Mammoth, and the Actors Theater of Louisville, to name a few. Ma-Yi Theater Company productions have earned 10 OBIE Awards, numerous Henry Hewes Award nominations, a Drama Desk nomination for Best Play and the Special Drama Desk Award for “more than two decades of excellence and for nurturing Asian-American voices in stylistically varied and engaging theater.”
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Photos: Ma-Yi Theater Company Presents Carlos Celdran’s LIVIN’ LA VIDA IMELDA and Han Ong’s CHAIRS AND A LONG TABLE at the Clurman Theater at Theatre Row
Oct. 28-Nov. 23: Ma-Yi Theater Company Presents Carlos Celdran’s LIVIN’ LA VIDA IMELDA and Han Ong’s CHAIRS AND A LONG TABLE at the Clurman Theater at Theatre Row
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The Romance of Magno Rubio – A Rite of Passage of the Filipino American Experience Off Broadway
Ron Domingo, Lia Chang and Jojo Gonzalez after the final performance of Han Ong’s Chairs and a Long Table at the Clurman on Theater Row in New York on November 22, 2014. Photo by Lia Chang
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Geoffrey Holder, Artist, Actor, Dancer, Choreographer, Two-Time Tony Award-winning Director and Costume Designer for The Wiz, Dies at 84; Son Pens Intimate Account of Last Days
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Coming to America through The Angel Island Immigration Station
Photos & Video: The Wiz’s André De Shields Sang “So You Wanted to Meet the Wizard” in The Black Stars of The Great White Way Broadway Reunion: Live The Dream at Carnegie Hall
Photos and Video: Ben Vereen Performs at Carnegie Hall in The Black Stars of The Great White Way Broadway Reunion: Live The Dream
Photos and Video: Obba Babatunde and cast members from the original cast of Dreamgirls perform at Carnegie Hall in The Black Stars of The Great White Way Broadway Reunion: Live The Dream
Joe Mantegna to Helm ‘Criminal Minds’ Season 10 Episode to Honor the late Meshach Taylor
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Lia Chang is an actor, a performance and fine art botanical photographer, and an award-winning multi-platform journalist. Lia starred as Carole Barbara in Lorey Hayes’ Power Play at the 2013 National Black Theatre Festival in Winston-Salem, N.C., with Pauletta Pearson Washington, Roscoe Orman, and made her jazz vocalist debut in Rome Neal’s Banana Puddin’ Jazz “LADY” at the Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York. She is profiled in Jade Magazine.
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