SHINE A LIGHT helps us lift up the theater-makers behind the scenes, providing a space to explore the themes that impact them and their work.
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As if time doesn't already feel warped during the pandemic, we're gathering a group of artists and putting their sense of time to the ultimate test during Mu's TwentyPho Hour PlayFest. Thirty artists have only 24 hours to write, rehearse, and present six 10-minute plays created for the virtual environment. Watch our Mu-tini Hour on Friday at 7:00pm CDT, where the playwrights get their randomized prompts, actors, and directors. Then, after a day of furious writing and intense rehearsals, all the plays go live on Saturday at 7:00pm CDT.
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The reality is that there have been failures at all levels of government to address the needs of our communities at this time. Instead of excusing language and shifting blame onto everyday Asian Americans who are trying to survive this deadly pandemic, the Chairwoman should be working within her party to understand the harm that has directly impacted Asian Americans at this time.
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“Revolution is evolution towards something much grander in terms of what it means to be a human being,” Boggs also said. I’m grateful to be experiencing this salient, challenging time with the amazing human beings at Mu, including you. And indeed, together, we’re working towards something grander.
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The only way forward is together, and thanks to the support of community members both in the Twin Cities and across the country, Theater Mu is ready for its next chapter. Join us for a virtual cabaret fundraiser on Saturday, August 22, 2020 to celebrate the resiliency of the arts and give your support to Mu as we continue our mission to promote arts, equity, and justice.
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We are asking you to help us achieve our goals and ensure that Theater Mu can continue promoting arts, equity, and justice through the lens of Asian American theater while standing in solidarity with all underrepresented voices.
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This week, Theater Mu announced Anh-Thu T. Pham as its next Managing Director. Her hiring is part of three planned staff additions, which also include Wesley Mouri as Development Director and Saymoukda Vongsay as Mu’s Mellon Foundation Playwright in Residence.
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Pham is Vietnamese American with a background in finance and activism. As a refugee from Vietnam, she immigrated to Minnesota in 1975 and has since dedicated herself to community organizing and art. Pham comes to Theater Mu after working in finance for 22 years at the University of Minnesota. She has sat on the boards of Pangea World Theater, Ananya Dance Theater, and the New Arab American Theater Works.
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Here’s our ever-changing, incomplete list of our ideas, desires, and tactics to decolonize our work, fight against anti-blackness, and build solidarity — all while attempting to maintain a more manageable work-life balance.
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When we announced our 2019/20 season, "The World is Ours to Build," no one could have predicted how relevant Yuri Kochiyama’s words would become. In a season dedicated to building upon the work of the past, we hear educator and philosopher Paulo Freire's words now more than ever: “Liberation is a praxis: the action and reflection of [people] upon their world in order to transform it."
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Our communities have benefited from Black freedom struggles that paved the way for our own fights for freedom and equal treatment in America. So, in this moment, it matters that we commit to Black liberation and raise our voices to say that #BlackLivesMatter. We emphatically call on our Asian communities to center George Floyd’s life and continue to amplify the demands from his family and community for justice.
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Throughout history, there have been attempts to pit Asian and Black communities against each other, a tactic that focuses our pain and hurt on one another, and away from systems of white supremacy. These efforts distract us from the real solution of building cross-racial solidarity to root out racist oppression.
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Spring is here, the sun is shining, the flowers are blooming, and we are in the performing mood! Gather your friends and we'll gather ours for a special Mu-tini Hour filled with music, dance, and poetry. Hosted by Lily Tung Crystal and Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay. Featuring Isabella and Francesca Dawis, Kat Evasco, Joëlle Fernandez, Gaosong Heu, Bao Phi, Mayda, and the Mu staff.
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Having worked with Theater Mu in different capacities for the past six years, it feels like such a privilege to step into this next stage of my professional career surrounded by my Mu family.
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We are reaching out in a moment where we see anti-Asian discrimination and violence on the rise. Amidst our current environment where every person has been impacted by COVID-19, the President, along with some of our nation’s leaders, began using language that stigmatized the Asian community. The history of branding Asian Americans as a diseased foreign group isn’t new to this country, but in this moment, it has led to increased racist and xenophobic acts targeting Asian communities across the country, including here in Minnesota.
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In the past two months, we’ve changed how we make art during this unprecedented time and are extremely grateful for the outpouring of support and encouragement we’ve received from you — our family and community. Here are some of the ways we’ve continued to move Asian American theater forward.
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More than 30 percent of Americans have witnessed someone blaming Asian people for the coronavirus pandemic. People with Asian ancestry keep finding their status as Americans questioned. "They fall very quickly from model minority to yellow peril. Asian Americans are considered perpetual foreigners. It doesn't matter how many generations you've been here. You're always asked, ‘Where do you come from?'
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The new Managing Director will start in July. If you’re committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion; passionate about the power of art to change the world; and can see yourself growing with the team here at Theater Mu, we’d love to hear from you.
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The pandemic is reminding us that our belonging is conditional. One moment we are Americans, the next we are all foreigners, who “brought” the virus here.
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As the largest and fastest-growing API professionals association, NAAAP continues to provide its members with the tools and resources to further career advancement and to empower Asians and Pacific Islanders to become great leaders as well as valuable employees.
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