Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-85051-3 - A History of Asian American Theatre Esther Kim Lee Index More information Index 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 171 255 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-85051-3 - A History of Asian American Theatre Esther Kim Lee Index More information 256 INDEX 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 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-85051-3 - A History of Asian American Theatre Esther Kim Lee Index More information INDEX 257 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 © Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-85051-3 - A History of Asian American Theatre Esther Kim Lee Index More information 258 INDEX 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,