The unfiltered stories the theater companies deliver reveal the breadth and depth of the experiences of Asian Americans
suggests that Asian American cultural talent is finally getting the mainstream recognition it deserves. So, are Asian American theater companies still needed?
“Mainstream theater companies do Asian stories and sometimes they do [them] fairly well,” admits Kong. “But the key is that we still need incubators. We still need a process by which we can get comfortable and tell stories for us, by us. Until you hone your voice, you can’t adjust your voice to be more universal [for mainstream audiences] with any confidence.”
And Asian American theaters still support and inspire even established theater artists. “They remain at the vanguard of new work, new stories, and new voices,” says Hwang, “just like the world I discovered in a church basement at the age of 10.”The nation’s largest and oldest Asian American theater company presents both works by Asian American artists as well as mainstream plays and musicals “with an Asian American twist.
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