CHINGLISH Star to Win IASNY Award

To celebrate Immigrant Heritage Week 2012 (established in 2004 by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, IASNY (Immigrant Artists and Scholars in New York) will be having its annual showcase event “New York with an Accent” at the storied Nuyorican Poets Café in the East Village.

For the first time, IASNY has established an award to be given to an inspiring immigrant New Yorker in recognition of his/her achievements. The 2012 IASNY Trophy for Excellence will be awarded to actress Jennifer Lim for her starring role in the Broadway production of CHINGLISH by David Henry Hwang.

Featuring performances by IASNY members and NYC artists committed to multicultural dialogue, this annual event promises to embody the vision of IASNY as a forum for the exchange of ideas, the fostering of an immigrant voice, and a showcase the talents in New York City’s (immigrant) community.

NEW YORK WITH AN ACCENT will be held Saturday, April 14, 3-6 pm at Nuyorican Poets Café, located at 236 East 3rd Street between Avenues B and C.

A native of Hong Kong, Jennifer Lim now resides, works and dreams out of New York City. After graduating with a Bachelor’s degree from Bristol University in the U.K., she was accepted to the prestigious Yale School of Drama, where she received her MFA in Acting. She is a “half & half” (half Chinese, half Korean) who speaks Cantonese and Mandarin fluently and, when the need arises, enough Korean to warm a plate of japchae.

via Broadway World