COUNTING AND CRACKING
NYU Skirball Center for the Performing ArtsBelvoir St. Theatre’s Counting and Cracking, by S. Shakthidharan and directed by Eamon Flack, comes to NYU Skirball this fall for its North American Premiere after critically acclaimed productions in Australia and the United Kingdom. The sweeping, episodic play features nineteen actors from across the globe on a multi-generational journey of a Sri Lankan-Australian family from 1956-2004. Radha fled ... Read more
Basil Twist’s Dogugaeshi
Japan Society 333 East 47th Street, New YorkDogugaeshi, the award-winning phenomenon by genius puppeteer Basil Twist, is back! Born as a Japan Society commission, this ever-innovative piece now celebrates its 20th anniversary. Enter a mystical world, where a mysterious white fox shepherds you through past and present Japan. Inspired by a disappearing traditional stage mechanism from Japan’s Awa region called dogugaeshi, Twist ... Read more
Legacies: Asian American Art Movements in New York City (1969-2001)
80WSE, NYU 80 Washington Square East, New YorkLegacies: Asian American Art Movements in New York City (1969-2001) is an expansive survey of rarely-seen artwork and archival material by artists that constitute and exceed “Asian American,” a label denoting a cultural and national identity invented in 1968. Utilizing an interdisciplinary and research-driven praxis, Legacies uncovers how artists of Asian descent have historically negotiated ... Read more
PrideFull Fest 2024: Film Festival by and for Queer and Trans People of Color
The PrideFull Fest announces its 4th edition with 14 films centering LGBTQIA2S+ people of color and their stories. The festival runs from September 13-22, 2024, with in-person screenings from the 13th to the 15th in New York City and a virtual run from the 16th to the 22nd across the United States. This year’s theme ... Read more
Play – Yellow Face
Todd Haimes Theatre 227 West 42nd Street, New YorkTony Award® winner and three-time Pulitzer finalist David Henry Hwang (M. Butterfly) will make his Roundabout debut with the Broadway premiere of Yellow Face, his hilarious is-he-or-isn’t-he comedy of identity, show business, and (perhaps) autobiography. Starring Daniel Dae Kim (Lost) and directed by Tony nominee Leigh Silverman (Violet). Inspired by real events, the playwright’s fictionalized ... Read more
2024 Asian American Literature Festival
Join us for the 2024 Asian American Literature Festival (AALF), a historic multi-city gathering designed to support and nurture Asian American literature and the literary community. The AALF is a space of stewardship, kinship, and care, where we celebrate the role of Asian diasporic literature in creating community.
Empowering Asian Creatives in America
3 West Club 3 West 51st Street, New YorkOfficial Launch Event of Asian Creatives Club: Top Industry Leaders as Panelists & Networking With Our Community Members
Play Reading: There is Always Sunshine on the Stage
CPC One 45 Suffolk Street, New YorkThe actors of the Sunshine Theater Group are on a quest for the perfect play to commemorate their 50th Anniversary — possibly their final performance due to financial challenges. Different perspectives converge a collective story — “The People’s” story that celebrates and preserves the forgotten stories of the AAPI community, and embraces hopes and dreams ... Read more
MOCA Mid-Autumn Family Festival
Museum of Chinese in America 215 Centre Street, New YorkMooncakes, magic, and the Jade Rabbit on the moon! Join us for an afternoon of storytelling, drop-in arts & crafts, mooncake making, and more.
Bharatanatyam Arangetram: Classical Indian Dance Debut of Lylah Padmini Patel
FIAFF, Florence Gould Hall 55 East 59th Street, New YorkWe are so excited to present the arangetram of Lylah Padmini Patel on September 14, 2024 at the Gould Theater at L’Alliance New York. An arangetram is a milestone moment for a Bharatanarym dance student in that it marks their “ascent” to the stage after years of focused and rigorous training in the art with ... Read more
[Asian American Literature Festival] MOONRISE: AN INVOCATION
Join organizers and participants of the 2024 Asian American Literature Festival for a gathering to mark the beginning of our week of cosmic kinship.