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MEDIA

Strong Together. And Stronger than Ever.
March 2021

Consortium of Asian American Theatres & Artists (CAATA) presents this national Theatre Anti-Asian Hate PSA which includes the voices of 50+ artists from Asian/Pasifika/Native/Indigenous/MENA Theatre Leaders including Broadway luminaries such as: David Henry Hwang, Lea Salonga, Amy Hill, Jenna Ushkowitz, Ruthie Ann Miles, Marc de la Cruz, Telly Leung & so many more.

  • Consortium of Asian American Theatres & Artists (CAATA) presents this national Theatre Anti-Asian Hate PSA which includes the voices of 50+ artists from Asian/Pasifika/Native/Indigenous/MENA Theatre Leaders including Broadway luminaries such as: David Henry Hwang, Lea Salonga, Amy Hill, Jenna Ushkowitz, Ruthie Ann Miles, Marc de la Cruz, Telly Leung and so many more.

    Directed by: Elena Chang

    Edited by: Olivia Oguma

    Graphic Design: Tiffany Pritchett

    CAATA Associate Producer & Coordinator: Bri Ng Schwartz

    Assistant Producer: Sarah Machiko Haber

    Marketing: Ariel Estrada, Kayla Kim Votapek, and Kathryn Jan Estavillo

    Featuring: Adrian Budhu | Amy Hill | Andi Meyer | Ann Harada | Carla Ching | Cathy Ang | Chay Yew | Christine Toy Johnson | Christopher Chen | Conrad Ricamora | David Henry Hwang | Dawn Akemi Saito | Diep Tran | EJ Zimmerman | Elena Chang | Emika Abe | Eric Ting | Francis Jue | James Seol | Jenna Ushkowitz | Kate Rigg | Ken Savage | Kit Yan | Lauren Yee | Lea Salonga | Leilani Chan | Leslie Ishii | Lily Tung Crystal | Liz Casasola | Lloyd Suh | Macy Jocelyn Adrales Kisicki | May Adrales | Marc delaCruz | Mei Ann Teo | Midori Francis | Moses Goods | Nandita Shenoy | Natasha Sinha | Olivia Oguma | Ova Saopeng | Paolo Montalban | Pun Bandhu | Qui Ngyuen | Ralph B. Peña | Randy Wong-Westbrooke | Raymond J. Lee | Rick Shiomi | Ruthie Ann Miles | Sam Tanabe | Seema Sueko | Snehal Desai | Sophia Skiles| Tammy Hailiʻōpua Baker | Telly Leung | Thom Sesma | Torange Yeghiazarian | Young Jean Lee

    Special thanks: Adrian Budhu, Alyssa Simmons, Amanda Wah, Angel Desai, Ariel Estrada, Carla Ching, Chay Yew, Christine Toy Johnson, Christopher Chen, Darren Johnston, David Henry Hwang, Dominique Nisperos, Emilya Cachapero, Eric Keen-Louie, Eric Ting, Jamie Espiritu, Jeanne Sakada, Jenny Koons, Jeremy Adams, Josh Pultz, Kathryn Jan Estavillo, Kayla Kim Votapek, Kevin Lin, KT Shorb, Lauren Yee, Lisa Gold, Mandy Hackett, Mina Morita, Mei Ann Tao, Natasha Sinha, Priscilla Son, Sarah Machiko Haber, Sienna Aczon, Sophia Skiles, Tiffany Pritchett & Young Jean Lee Music courtesy of: Democracy (Reprise)" from SOFT POWER | Play & Lyrics by David Henry Hwang | Music & Additional Lyrics by Jeanine Tesori | Choreography by Sam Pinkleton & Sunny Hitt | Directed by Leigh Silverman | A Co-Commission and Co-Production with the Public Theater & Center Theatre Group | In Association with No Guarantees | Original Cast Recording by Ghostlight Records.

HOLD THESE TRUTHS
Februrary 2022

On February 28, 2022, CAATA presented an online benefit reading of Jeanne Sakata’s HOLD THESE TRUTHS. Created in response to the sharp rise in hate directed toward the AAPI community over the past few years, Boston Court Pasadena, East West Players, and the Pasadena Playhouse joined forces to share a virtual presentation of Jeanne Sakata’s wonderful play Hold These Truths.

Featuring: Steven Eng, Michael Hisamoto, Jomar Tagatac, Hansel Tan, Greg Watanabe, Ryun Yu & Jeanne Sakata.

Directed by: Jessica Kubzansky & Margaret Shigeko Starbuck

Hosted by: Tamlyn Tomita & Sean Miura

Beyond Orientalism Initiative
May 2016

Beyond Orientalism is a new national initiative spearheaded by Asian American Arts Alliance, Asian American Performers Action Coalition (AAPAC), Theatre Communications Group (TCG), Alliance for Inclusion in the Arts and the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center to combat the pervasiveness of yellow face, brown face, and white washing in US culture as well as to advocate for more API representation in the arts.

INFLECTIONS
June 2021

In June 2021, Second Generation Productions in partnership with CAATA and Howlround presented Inflections, five short new works about the undulations of the Asian American life. These 2g commissioned pieces were presented online as part of the CAATA’s "Healing Over Hate" Virtual Series.