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18 Mighty Mountain Warriors 208–9, 210–11 Asian American actors 36, 37, 39–41, 42, 1980s 166 86, 198, 199 acting 162–6, 170, 171 Abe, Frank 79 activism 25, 33, 34, 41, 189 Abuba, Ernest 40, 41, 71, 88, 89 body 161, 171 The Dowager 89 discrimination 31, 32 academia 147, 153, 201 education (of audience) 162 accessibility 133 goals 25 Actors’ Equity Association 34, 38, 77, 85, 86, 88, Asian American Consciousness 113, 160 191, 195 Asian American Dance Theater 40 involvement with Miss Saigon 183–92, 186 Asian American Journalists Association 191 affirmative action 126, 127, 133, 136, 154, 178, 199 Asian American Movement 7, 25, 45, 54, African Americans 96, 147, 183, 227 67, 93, 202 actors 183, 203 Asian American playwrights 50, 209, 222 relationship with Koreans 219 first wave 50–1, 126, 140 theatre 99, 111, 136 label 145 Afro-Asian 151 second wave 125 Ah Sin! (1877) 12 third wave 203–6 Ahn, Philip 14 Asian American Repertory Theatre AIDS see HIV/AIDS (New York City) 84 alternative theatre 110–23, 124, 157 Asian American Repertory Theatre see also avant-garde theatre, multimedia art, (San Diego) 148, 223 performance art, and solo performance Asian American Studies 201 Amano, Karen 73 Asian American theatre Amerasian 146 audience 144 American Conservatory Theater (ACT) definition 4–6, 101 56, 60, 70, 119 “language” 144 American Indian Dance Theater 98 mainstreaming 127 American Place Theatre 46, 55, 59 Asian American Theater Center 72 Angel Island Theater Company 191 Earthquake 72 Aoki, Brenda Wong 166 Asian American Theater Company 42, 53–74, Arcenas, Loy 218 90, 129, 133, 138, 139, 140, 144, 148, 149, 160, Artaud, Antonin 102 207, 208, 209 Arthe 220 Artistic Committee 69–72, 140 Artistic Director 62–5, 200 Nishikawa-Hayashi period 72–3 Seattle conference 200 Asian American Theater Project 171

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Asian American Theater Workshop 56, Black Revolutionary Theater 208 60, 77, 79, 108, 119, 162 Blumenthal, Eileen 157, 158–9 Advisory Board 62 body (culturally determined) 175, 176 Artistic Committee 71–2, 79 Boston, MA 170 see also Asian American Theater Company Boublil, Alain 178 Asian American Women Playwrights’ Scripts Brazell, Danielle 172 Collection 99 Brecht, Bertolt 222 Asian American Writers’ Conference 61, 79, 119 Bressenbrugge, Mei-Mei 80 Asian Americans for Fair Media 39 British Equity 177 Asian Americans for Action see Triple-A Broadway 145, 178, 182–92, 195, 198, 225 Asian Diaspora 147, 211–15 see also Tony Award Asian Exclusion Act (AEA) 66, 78–80 Brotherhood of Artists 32 see also Northwest Asian American Theater Bui-Doi 181, 193 Company Bulosan, Carlos 76, 77 Asian Lesbians of the East Coast Burnham, Linda Frye 167 (ALOEC) 196 Burns, Lucy Mae San Pablo 103, 119 Asian Multi Media Center 75–6 Byun, Harold 209, 211 see also Northwest Asian American Theater Company Cachapero, Emilya 69, 71, 72, 73 Asian Pacific Alliance for Creative Equality Canning, Charlotte 4 (APACE) 184, 190 Cantonese opera see Chinese opera Asian Stories in America 223 Carlos, Laurie 120 Asian theatre 102 casting Asian Theatre Workshop (Mark Taper Forum, multicultural 110 Los Angeles) 82, 227 nontraditional policy 188, 191 Asis, Stan 74, 76, 77 see also Miss Saigon, Nontraditional assimilation 55, 134 Casting Project Association of Asian Pacific American Cayuga, Cat 99 Artists 191 Cha, Bernadette 64, 69, 140 authenticity 137–46, 171, 176, 193 Chan, Janis 57, 60 autobiography 166–70, 171 Chan, Jeffery Paul 50, 57, 61, 62, 65, avant-garde theatre 112, 118 66, 79 see also solo performance Chan, Joanna 104–10 One Family One Child One Door 109 Bacalzo, Dan 170, 171 Chang, Tisa 33, 82–91, 190, 200 Bamboo (rock band) 138 on Miss Saigon 183, 189 Barnes, Clive 198 Chaudhuri, Una 102 Barroga, Jeannie 126 Chen, Eddie 85 Basement Theater Workshop 40 Chen, Kitty 85 Basement Workshop 120 Chen, Tina 80 Batayola, Maria 74, 79, 80 Cheng, Meiling 167 Battle, Hinton 183 Chi, Tseng Kwong 171 Belasco, David 179, 180 Chic Street Man 96 Berkeley Repertory Theatre 143, 144, 145 Chicano theatre 111 Berson, Misha 2, 125, 143 Chin, “Charlie” 94 Bhatt, Sujata Chin, Daryl 102, 117, 158, 159 Queen of the Remote Control 221 Chin, Douglas 75 bilingual productions 86, 218 Chin, Frank 1, 2, 34, 42, 46, 47, 50, Billy Rose Theatre 29 51, 53, 54, 59, 62, 68, 69, 73, 74, Black Arts West 75 79, 80, 97, 119, 125, 126, 140, 162, Black Panthers 94, 106 195, 200, 226–7

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Chickencoop Chinaman 50, 53–4, 58, Combined Asian American Resources Project 112, 125, 225 (CARP) 58, 59 on Miss Saigon 194 Comedy see humor on “real” Asian American theatre 55, 67 Comedy Performance Group 207 Oofty, Goofty 66 community 100, 109 resignation from AATC 65–7, 140 Community Asian Theater of the Sierra 223 The Year of the Dragon 58, 59, 63, 78, Cornerstone Theater Company 220, 221 80, 125, 226 Cordova, Tim 75 Chin, Vincent 116, 127 Couser, Tom 156 Chinatown see Chinese Americans Creevey, Rae 27, 44, 49 Chinese Americans 216 cultural nationalism 53, 55, 67, 101, 126, 172, 202 Chinatowns 18, 83–4, 105, 107, 108, 111 ethnic-specific 216 exclusion laws 11–12, 13 see also Asian American Movement laborers 10, 57 culture war 153, 192, 208 Chinese Consolidated Benevolent culture clash 208 Association 106 Chinese Dance Company 107 dance 171, 214 Chinese opera 9, 18, 83, 84, 86, 106, 110, 112–13, Cambodian dance company 214 117, 118, 132, 134, 135, 157, 194 see also Asian American Dance Theater and theatre buildings 9 Chinese Dance Company Chinese Theater Group 85 Dang, Tim 52, 150, 226 see also Pan Asian Repertory Theater Davis, Thulani 120 Ching, Frank 24, 35 Dewhurst, Colleen 184 Chinn, Lori 85 Dexter, John 129 Cho, Margaret 206, 207 Diamond, Elin 111 I am All That I Want 207 Dinkins, David Norman (Mayor of Chong, Ping 1, 34, 86, 110, 111–18, 157, 171 New York City) 189, 195 After Sorrow 116 Disha Theater 220, 226 Angels of Swedenborg 114, 115 Domingo Jr., Nemesio 75 Chinoiserie 116 Donohue, Maura Nguyen 171 Deshima 115–16 Due East 223 Fear and Loathing 117 Dulaan Ng Mga Tao (Theater of Humboldt’s Current 114 the People) 74 Kind Ness 114–15 Dun, Dennis 69, 140, 166 Lazarus 113 Nosferatu 114 East Coast 145, 151 Nuit Blanche 114 East West Players 1, 4, 5, 20, 26–9, 32, 41, 42, Pojagi 116 43–53, 77, 79, 89, 94, 97, 103, 108, 127, 128, Chow, Alan 85 129, 137, 138, 144, 147, 190, 191, 203, 219, Chuh, Kandice 212 220, 221, 226 Chun, Bokyun 219 David Henry Hwang Writers Chun, Lynette 85, 88 Institute 219 Chung, Philip W. 219 playwriting competition 46, 53, 124 civil rights movement 127 Union Church building 52 Club O’Noodles 97, 208, 226 Ebihara, Rick 209 Cold Tofu 207 Eisenberg, Alan 183, 195 Collins, Scott 155 El Teatro Campesino 191, 208 Colo´n, Miriam 99 Elam, Harry J. 208 “Color-Blind” Society 127 Emoto, Michelle (Darling Narita) 165 colleges and universities 206, 207, 210–11 Eng, Alvin 2 see also academia Eng, Richard 79, 222

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Escueta, Mel The Wash 142–3 Honeybucket 62, 70, 79 Yohen 144 Espaldon, Diane 212 Grain of Sand, A 94 Eth-Noh Tec Asian American Storytellers 208 grants see funding ethnic theatre 100, 101, 122, 144, Great Leap, Inc. 96 150, 151, 124 A Slice of Rice, Frijoles, and Greens 96 Eurasian characters 177, 191 Grimm, Henry Eureka Theater 142, 145 The Chinese Must Go (1879) 12, 116 exoticism 8, 10, 13, 19, 101, 135, 139, 195, 215 Group Theater (Seattle) 148 guerrilla theatre 93 Federal Theater Project 17 Gussow, Mel 87, 88, 89, 133, 140, 159, 158 feminism 146, 151 Third World Feminist Consciousness 164 Hagedorn, Jessica 86, 110, 111, 118–23, 130, 131, feminist theatre 111, 160–1 142, 157 Filipino Americans Airport Music 122 actors 199, 217, 225 Chiquita Banana 120 community 218 Dogeaters 119, 121–2 playwrights 122, 216, 218 Gangster Choir 120 theatre groups 74, 103 Mango Tango 120 first wave 127 see also Thought Music see also Asian American playwrights Hampshire College 98 Fischer-Lichte, Erika 175 Harada, Ernest 37 Flower Drum Song Hartman, Sadakichi 13 original by Rogers and Hammerstein 20–1, Hawaii 2, 5–61 24, 37, 82, 94, 185 Hayakawa, Sessue 14–15 see also Hwang, David Henry Hayashi, Eric 60, 61, 64, 65, 69, 70, 72, Fong, David 71 73, 99, 140, 162 Forbidden City 18–19 Hayashi, Marc 69, 70, 79, 133, 140, 162 Ford Foundation 46, 48, 100, 200 Hayes, Aleta 116 Four Seas Players 91, 104, 107–9, 211 hereandnow 207 funding 200 Heston, Charlton 188, 192 for multicultural theatre 154, 166 Higa, Lori 79 see also Ford Foundation and Rockefeller Highways Performance Space 155, 167, 172 Foundation Hill, Amy 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 79, 140, 166 Hing, Thonnara 214 Gao, Xingjian 105 Hiroshima (rock band) 127 Gay Asian and Pacific Islander Men of New Hispanic Americans 191 York (GAPIMNY) 196 see also Chicano theatre, Latino Americans Gingi, Wu 84 HIV/AIDS 168, 173, 205 globalization 227 Hmong Americans 216 Glover, Danny 144 homophobia 168 Godzilla Theater 208 homosexuality 99 Goldoni, Carlo 86, 89 gay and lesbian performance art 173 Gotanda, Philip Kan 23, 69, 124, 137–46, 153 gay experience 205 The Avocado Kid 51, 137, 138, 139–40 Hong, James 26, 28 Ballad of Yachiyo 154 Hong Kong 104 Bullet Headed Birds 90, 140, 142 Hong Kong Repertory Theater 109 Day Standing on Its Head 144 Hongo, Garrett 78–9, 119 The Dream of Kitamura 142 Nisei Bar and Grill 79 Sisters Matsumoto 145 Hoshi, Shizuko 50, 52, 149 A Song for a Nisei Fisherman 138, 140, 142 Houston, Velina Hasu 2, 125, 146, 192

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Asa Ga Kimashita (Morning Has Broken) 147 442nd Regiment 163 But Still, Like Air, I’ll Rise: New Asian actors 15, 20 American Plays 153 audience 128, 148 Tea 148 community 143 humor 206, 207, 208, 219 Nisei (second generation) 51, 94, 142 see also parodies, satire Sansei, (third generation) 140, Huntington Theatre Company (Boston) 145 143, 162, 164 Hwang, David Henry 1, 68, 99, 110, 126, 129–37, Yonsei (fourth generation) 171 140, 153, 186, 189, 194–5, 203–4, 226 see also internment camps Bondage 204 Japanese American Citizens League 191 FOB 71, 129, 132–5 Japanese American Playhouse 14 Dance and the Railroad 71, 135 Japanese theatre Face Value 135 Bunraku 158 Flower Drum Song 21, 135, 198, 225 Kabuki 13, 36, 139 Golden Child 135, 154 Jesu´s, Melinda L. 164 M. Butterfly 125, 129, 135, 139, 177, 185, 194 Johnson, Martha 212 Rich Relations 135, 139 Joshi, Rosa 81 Trying to Find Chinatown 204 Ju, Raymond 65 hybridity 104 Hyun, Peter 16–18 Kaneko, Lonny Lady Is Dying 162 identity politics, 192, 203 Kaplan, Randy Barbara 162 Asian American identity 228 Katigbak, Mia 89, 222–3 essentialist identity 204 Katipunan ng mga Demokratikong incidental identity 205 Pilipino 103 Iko, Momoko 46, 50, 140 Kelly, Kevin 194 Gold Watch 79 Kim, Andrew 212 Flowers and Household Gods 90 Kim, Euijoon 227 Iijima, Chris 94, 96 Kim, Randall Duk 5, 25, 40, 56, Iizuka, Naomi 205–6, 227 57, 186, 225 17 Reasons (Why) 206 King and I, The 20, 30, 36, 82, 94, 185 36 Views 205 King, Woodie 99 immigration 146, 167, 216 Kingston, Maxine Hong 68, 127, Inada, Lawson Fuaso 76, 61 135, 153 Ing, Alvin 37, 39 Kiyohara, Bea 66, 79, 80–1, 82 Inner City Cultural Center (Los Angeles) 97 Kondo, Dorinne 2, 178, 193, 203 Intake/Outtake 207 Kong, Chil 81, 219 InterACT 223 Korean Americans 104 interculturalism 44, 45, 82, 85–6, 101, 110, 117, adopted Koreans 212, 213 201, 211, 215 directors 17 community-based 108 playwrights 202, 227 internment camps 19, 51, 66, 94, 97, 146, 167 second generation 218–19 theatre in 19 Korean American Theatre Ensemble interracial marriage 128 103, 218 intraracial discrimination 167 Have You Heard 104, 219 Issac, Alberto 50 Kumu Kahua 2, 148 Iwamoto, Gary Kurahashi, Yuko 2 Miss Minidoka 1943 81 Kurup, Shishir 220 As Vishnu Dreams 220, 221 Jackson, Samuel L. 121 Kuruvilla, Sunil 220 Japanese Americans 13, 216 Kustasu, Clyde 50

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Kwong, Dan 96, 155–6, 167–70, 171 Lum, Alvin 29, 33, 35, 38, 88 Dodo Vaccine 168 Lum, Mary 196 Everything You Wanted to Know About Luu, Alex 170 Asian Men 155, 168 Monkhood in Three Easy Lessons 168 Ma-Yi Theater Company 216–18, 219 The Night the Moon Landed on 39th Street 168 Mackintosh, Cameron 182–92, 193, 195, 198 Secrets of the Samurai Centerfielder 167 Madame Butterfly 13, 36, 177, 179, 193, 194 Tales from the Fractured Tao with Magic theatre 191 Master Nice Guy 167 Magwili, Dom 50, 172, 192 Manila Murder 63, 119 La Jolla Playhouse 121, 154 mainstream La MaMa Chinatown 83–4 audience expectation 133, 143–4, 150 La MaMa Experimental Theatre Club 82–7, success 138 112, 113, 158 theatre 122, 124, 150, 152 Lady is Dying (by Amy Sanbo and Lonny see also Broadway, Off Broadway, Off-Off Kaneko) 63 Broadway, regional theatre, and funding Lambda Legal Defense and Education Fund Maira, Sunaina Marr 220 (LLDEF) 196 Mako (Makato Iwamatsu) 24, 27, 28–9, language 134, 216 32, 37, 40, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, Latino Americans 52, 80, 88, 97, 132, 138, 148, 149–50, actors 183 200, 226 theatre 136 Malinowski, Arlene 96 see also Chicano theatre Mandvi, Aasif 220 leˆ thi diem thu´y 171 Mango Tribe Productions 223 Lee, Dong-il 212 Manhattan Theatre Club 142, 148, 150, 151 Lee, Guy 27, 44 Mark Taper Forum 142 Lee, Josephine 2, 5, 194, 214, 215 masculinity (manhood) 164, 168 Lee, Nathan 60 Mazumdar, Sucheta 201 Leung, Alice 107 McAuley, Robbie 120, 121 Li, Pat 27 McCarthy, Nobu 52, 144, 190 Liff, Vincent G. 185–6 Mellow Yellow 226 Lim, Genny 140 Merlin, Joanna 188 Paper Angels 213 Meyers, Laura 172 Lim, Sean 74 Miller, Tim 167 Lin, Benjamin 32–3 Minow, Martha 192 Lincoln Center 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 39, 178, 199 Minneapolis 212, 216 Little Tokyo 14 Miss Saigon 177, 178–83, 224, 225 Locke, Gary 81 Actors’ Equity Association decision on 189 Lodestone Theatre Ensemble 219, 220, 226 cancellation 187–90 Loh, Sandra Tsing 166 casting controversy 178, 183–92 Lone, John 5, 132 content controversy 193–8 Long, Jody 225 media coverage 186–7, 188 Long, John Luther 179–80 opening night 197 Los Angeles, CA 14, 32, 51, 207, 218, 219 story 181–2 Los Angeles Riot (1992) 96, 218, 219 The Making of Miss Saigon 182 Watts Riot 28 “Ultimate Sacrifice” in 179, 181 Loti, Pierre 179–80 mixed race 152 Madame Chrysantheme 179 see also Amerasian, Bui-Doi, Eurasian Louie, Hugo 76 characters, interracial marriage Lounibos, Tim 219 Miyamoto, Nobuko (Joanne) 94–7, 99, 166 Lowe, Lisa 55, 202 Chop Suey 97

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A Grain of Sand 95 Oh, Sandra 202 Talk Story I and II 97 Oh, Soon-Tek 27, 37, 40, 44, 45, 46, 48, 103, see also Great Leap, Inc. 218–19 Miyazaki, Arline 88 Okada, John 80 Miyori, Kim 37, 186, 190 Okita, Dwight 205 model minority 207, 211 Oliver, Akilah 172 Monk, Meredith 113 Omi, Michael 139, 192 Morita, Pat 50, 206 Omi, Sharon 140 Morton, Carlos 99 Ong, Han 205, 218, 227 Moy, James 2, 8, 9, 135 Airport Music 122 multiculturalism 52, 98, 127, 152, 166 Ono, Yoko 111 multilingual productions 110 Organization of Chinese Americans, Inc. 191 see also bilingual productions “oriental” actors 16, 20, 21, 23, 26, multimedia theatre 110, 120 35, 41, 45, 52 musicals 51 Oriental Actors of America 29–36, 41, 48, 77, Myers, Dennis 69, 70 94, 178, 199 “oriental” shows of the 1950s 20 Narasaki, Ken 79, 140 Orientalism 178, 193, 199 Narita, Jude 156, 162, 164–6, 171 Orientalization 215, 222 Coming into Passion/Song for a Sansei 164–5 see also exoticism National Asian American Theatre Company Orphan of China (1755) 8 (NAATCO) 222–3 Ostrow, Stuart 129 National Endowment for the Arts 50, 192 Oyama, David 40, 118, 129–37, 199 National Theatre in Washington, DC 129 Nee, Phil 206 Pacific Overtures 36–9, 40, 51, 185 Negro Ensemble Company 98, 147 Paik, Irvin 27 Nelson, Brian 203 Paik, Nam June 111 New WORLD Theater 98–101 pan-Asian American identity 52, 202 New York City 1, 29, 32, 34, 41, 55, 56, 82, 120, Pan Asian Repertory Theatre 41, 42, 82–91, 98, 134, 140, 157, 189, 209, 216, 222, 224 140, 191 Ng, John 69, 70 foundation 87 Nguyen, Hung 97 mission statement 89 nightclubs 18 Papp, Joseph 188, 189 Nihei, Judi 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 79, 81, 133, 140 see also Public Theater Nippon Kan Theater (Seattle, WA) 13, 80 Paraiso, Nicky 110, 121 Nisei see Japanese Americans Park, Alex Nishikawa, Lane 69, 72, 73, 140, 156, 162–4, 171 Rental Car 74 The Gates of Heaven 164 Park, Steve 206 I’m on a Mission From Buddha 163 parodies 173, 208 Life in the Fast Lane 162 Pavis, Patrice 101 Mifune and Me 163 Peeling the Banana 168, 170 Nontraditional Casting Project 188 Peking opera see Chinese opera Northwest Asian American Theater Company Pen˜a, Ralph B. 216–18 3, 42, 74–82, 142, 191, 200 Flipzoids 218 Theater Off Jackson 81 performance art 110, 120, 171 Not My Fault 71, 207 performance groups 206–11 Perry, Shauneille 98 O’Brien, Jack 152, 192 Philadelphia, PA 32–3 Obie Award 133, 158, 218, 222 Philippines 182, 216 Off Broadway 202 political correctness 192, 208 Off-Off Broadway 157 Pom Siab Hmoob Theatre 216

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Pork-Filled Players 208 second wave 125–9 Prince, Harold 36, 37–8 see also Asian American playwrights producers 3 Seriguchi, Karen 61 Pryce, Jonathan 177, 182, 183, 196, 198 sexual identity 172 Puccini, Giacomo 180 Shakespeare, William 86 see also Madame Butterfly Othello 222 Public Theater 120, 121, 129, 130–7, 139, 199, 202 Shange, Ntozake 120 Shank, Theodore 110 QBD Ink 223 Sharif, Bina 220 Quiniones, Marcus 171 Shepard, Sam 141 Quintero, Wayland 209, 210 Shigeta, James 32 Quo, Beulah 26, 27, 28, 44, 49 Shiomi, Rick (R. A.) 140, 138, 212, 214, 215 Rahman, Aishah 99 Yellow Fever 70, 213 Rashomon 3–4, 24, 211 Shimakawa, Karen 2, 101, 181, 186, Reagan administration 127 212, 225 Reed, Ishmael 119 Shimoda, Yuki 20, 37, 44 regional theatre 92–3, 108, 124, 128, 144, 145, 148 Shimono, Sab 24, 33, 35, 37, 40, 134 Return of the Phoenix 84, 85 Shirota, Jon 50, 51 reverse racism (reverse discrimination) 33, Shunya 223 187, 192, Sining Bayan 103 Rich, Frank 135, 177, 198 “Siamese twins” 9 River of Dreams 214 Slant Performance Group 208, 209–11 Rno, Sung Big Dicks, Asian Men 209 Cleveland Raining 204 The Second Coming 209 Robey Theater 144 Squeal Like a Pig, an Intergalactic Rockefeller Foundation 50, 66 Poperetta 209 Ruivivar, Francis 198 Smith College 98 Society of Heritage Performers 218–19 Sab Shimono et al vs. the Repertory see also Korean American Theatre Theater of Lincoln Center 35–6 Ensemble, Lodestone Theatre Ensemble Sacred Naked Nature Girls 172, 173 solo performance see also Uyehara, Denise acting 162–6 Sahagun, Paulina 96 and autobiography 166–70 Sakamoto, Edward 50, 51 and the body 171 Yellow is My Favorite Color 90 avant-garde 157–60 Sakurai, Yoshin 14 interdisciplinary 170 SALAAM! see South Asian League of Son, Diana 154, 200 Artists in America Stop Kiss 202, 211, 202 Salonga, Lea 182, 183, 195, 198, 225 Sondheim, Stephen 36 San, Katy 84 Soo, Jack (Suzuki, Goro) 20, 21, San Angel, Gary 168, 170 32, 206 San Francisco, CA 32, 57, 70, 208 Soo Hoo, Judy 219 San Francisco Mime Troupe 208 Sophocles San Jose Repertory Theatre 145 Antigone 222 Sansei see Japanese Americans South Asian American 201, 220–1 satire 208 Hindu community 221 Scho¨nberg, Claude-Michel 178 response to September 11, 2001 220 Seattle, WA 13, 66, 74, 200 South Asian League of Artists in America Second Generation (2G) 224 (SALAAM!) 220 Making Tracks 224 South Coast Repertory 145, 154

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Southeast Asian American 100, 201, 212, 214, 216 Transfiguration Roman Catholic see also Hmong Americans, Vietnamese Church 105 Americans transnationalism 101–10, 211, 227 spoken word 226 Triple-A (Asian Americans stereotypes 12–13, 19, 24, 28, 30, 39, 41, for Action) 93 45, 49, 50, 139, 161, 162, 173, 193–4, Tseng, Muna 110, 171 196, 206, 209 Tsing-Loh, Sandra 110 Stewart, Ellen 82–7, 89, 91, 113 Tsunami Festival 160 Stevens, Wallace Tuan, Alice 227 Three Travelers Watch a Sunrise 84 Stir Friday Night 208 Umeki, Miyoshi, 21 storytelling 170, 171, 213, 214 University of Massachusetts 98 Suh, Mary 195 University of Washington, Seattle, WA 74, 77, 80 Sumida, Stephen 79 Uno, Roberta 2, 5, 92, 97–101, 124, 125, 151, 226 Suzuki, Pat 21, 80 Urban Bushwomen 121 Suzuki, Steve 76 US Census 201 Uyehara, Denise 156, 171–6 Taiko (Japanese) 215 and “borderless identity” 171, 174–6 Takaki, Ronald 1 Headless Turtleneck Relatives 172 Takei, Diane Emiko 73, 140 Hello (Sex) Kitty 172–4 Takei, George 27, 190 Maps of City and Body 174–6 Talmadge, Victor 164 A Tale of a Family and a Grandmother’s Tan, Amy 68, 153 Suicide by Fire 172 Joy Luck Club, The 150 Tchen, John Kuo Wei 8, 10 Valdes-Aran, Ching (Valdes, Teatro Ng Tanan 216, 226 Ching) 88, 121 Theater for Asian American Performing Vietnam War 23, 62, 93, 94, 116, 179, Artists (TAAPA) 39–40 181, 183, 194 Theater Mu 108, 212–15 Vietnamese Americans 97 Mask Dance 213 visual art 171 Theatre Communications Group 100 visual communications 191 Theatrical Ensemble of Asians (TEA) 77–8 Wang, Szu 165 see also Northwest Asian American Theater Wang, Wayne (film director) Company Chan Is Missing 127 Third World Movement 93, 98, 100, 120 The Joy Luck Club 150 Third World Theater 98 Washington, DC 93 see also New WORLD Theater Watanabe, Gedde 37, 142 Thought Music 120 Watanabe, Greg 208 TeenyTown 120–1 Wei, William 93 see also Hagedorn, Jessica Tarahata West Coast 145, 151 tokenism 128, 136, 152 White, Richard E.T. 76 Tokuda, Marilyn 74, 76 Winer, Laurie 153 Marginal Man 74–5, 76 Wing Luke Asian Museum, The 81 Tom, Lauren 134, 165 Winn, Steven 163, 160 Tomida, Tamlyn 190 womanhood 164, 165, 173, 174 Tong, Ben 66 see also feminism Tong, Winston 110, 117, 156, 170, 171, 176 Women Playwrights International 100 Tong Hook Tong Dramatic Company 9–10 Wong, Anna May 15–16 Tony Award 125, 177, 183 Wong, B.D. 125, 177–8, 183–4 Toy, Patty 165 Wong, Chris 80

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Wong, Gary 76 Yamauchi, Wakako 50, 140 Wong, Rick 76 And the Soul Shall Dance 50, 51, Wong, Shawn 61 79, 89, 90 World of Suzie Wong, The 185 Music Lessons, The 132–4 Wu, Jing-Jyi 84 Wu, Pamela 73–4