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NEW YORK—Ma-Yi Theater Company has partnered with Second Generation Productions (2g) to undertake a series of three development workshops that will conclude with public presentations on May 22 to 24, 2024, at Theatre Row (419W 42nd St.) in Theatre Two. While these events are free, online reservations are required. Donations are also encouraged, with all proceeds benefitting Heart of Dinner.
2g is dedicated to creating contemporary, world-class Asian American theater that reaches across cultural and racial boundaries. 2g has partnered with the country’s most prestigious theatre companies to co-produce world premieres of new Asian American plays. Since its inception, Second Generation has supported several hundred artists through full productions of new plays and community-based events, as well as grassroots developmental work to cultivate new generations of excellence in Asian American dramatic arts. The company aims to develop and produce full-length works. The goal of 2g is to commission Asian American playwrights and provide them with a development cycle from initial workshop to final production. For more information, visit www.2g.org.
In David Zheng’s Kidnapping Jane Doe, two friends from the Bronx mistakenly kidnap their congresswoman while trying to save their home. Raelle Myrick Hodges will direct this presentation at 3 pm on May 22, 2024. The cast includes Julia Brothers, Robert Lee Leng, Equiano Mosieri, Angela Reynoso, Denzel Rodriguez, Allen Tedder, and Antonio Michael Woodard.
May 22 at 3 pm
Kidnapping Jane Doe by David Zheng
https://bfany.org/theatre-row/shows/kidnapping-jane-doe/
In Boxing Rebellion, two filmmakers find themselves in Los Angeles after winning a short film contest. Trapped in a K-town hotel, they are desperate to pitch their story to a mythical director. Then a mysterious woman arrives—can she open doors, or is she a spirit of historical vengeance? Directed by Andrew Pang, this presentation will take place at 7:30 pm on May 23, 2024. The cast includes Paul Juhn, K.K. Moggie, Alfredo Narciso, David Shih, and Sarah Shin.
May 23 at 7:30 pm
Boxer Rebellion by Sung Rno
https://bfany.org/theatre-row/shows/boxer-rebellion/
Entrenched in an elite sumo training facility in Tokyo, six men practice, eat, love, play, and ultimately fight. Step into the sacred world of Sumo wrestling with Lisa Sanaye Dring’s mesmerizing new drama, SUMO. This presentation will be directed by Ralph B. Peña at 3 pm and 7 pm on May 24, 2024. The cast includes Sergio Mauritz Ang, Chris Grace, Brian Lee Huynh, David Lee Huynh, Paul Juhn, Jasmine Sharma, David Shih, Scott Keiji Takeda, Paco Tolson, and Daisuke Tsuji.
May 24 at 3 pm and 7 pm
SUMO by Lisa Sanaye Dring
https://bfany.org/theatre-row/shows/sumo/
Founded in 1989, Ma-Yi Theater Company is a professional, off-Broadway, not-for-profit organization that has won Drama Desk, Lortel, and Obie Awards. Its primary mission is to develop and produce new and innovative plays by Asian American writers.
Its numerous acclaimed productions include Lloyd Suh’s The Chinese Lady, Daniel K. Isaac’s ONCE UPON A (korean) TIME, Hansol Jung’s Wolf Play, and Lisa Sanaye Dring’s SUMO. Other productions include Mike Lew’s Teenage Dick and Bike America, Qui Nguyen’s The Inexplicable Redemption of Agent G and Soul Samurai (with Vampire Cowboys), Rescue Me by Michi Barall, and Lonnie Carter’s The Romance of Magno Rubio.
–-With Jay Domingo/PDM
