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As theatergoers ate dinner and sipped drinks at Joe’s Pub Monday night, one thing had to be made clear for them.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Just fair warning everybody,” said Victor Maog, artistic director for the New York-based Second Generation (2g) theater company. “There’s going to be a lot of Asians on the stage.”<\/p>\n

To celebrate 16 years of supporting the Asian American theater community,<\/strong> 38 artists came together for a variety of original works 2g<\/a> named Sixteen Going On Seventeen.<\/p>\n

“Each of these writers tonight is answering a personal dare,” Maog told the audience. “Each of them said, ‘Yes,’ to their commission on the spot, and then they ran out and bought a very small yacht with their money.”<\/p>\n

The evening showcased sneak peeks of five of the company’s upcoming plays and musicals-in-progress, including A Smooth Transition by Mrinalini Kamath; Not Far From China by Anna Moench; Galois the Musical by Sung Rno and Aaron Jones; Daddy Taught Me How to Woo by Lolan Buhain Sevilla; and songs by Adam Gwon, who is working on his first Asian-American musical.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As the company’s newly appointed artistic director, Maog wrote in the evening’s program that he has asked 2g’s <\/a>artists to begin to question their place in society and the very definition of being an Asian in America.<\/p>\n

“This night is about Asian representation,” Maog wrote. “More, it’s about how we can be leaders in artistic innovation and diversity and inclusion.”<\/p>\n

2g<\/a> is a non-profit and artistic home for emerging talent to help develop new plays from a new generation of Asian-American dramatists, provide early-career opportunities for young actors and reach out to newer and more diverse audiences. The company provides support both onstage – through developmental programs and performances – and offstage by cultivating an artist community.<\/p>\n

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