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The 2nd National Asian American Theater Festival<\/strong> will take place in New York City October 13 to 18, with productions presented at Theater for the New City. More than 100 Asian-American theatre artists from across the U.S. – playwrights, directors, actors, designers – will converge in New York for a week of performances ranging from Chekhov to a musical about Imelda Marcos to new plays that demonstrate the emerging voices of a young generation of Asian-American writers.<\/p>\n

Highlights include:<\/strong>
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\n–Shishir Kurup’s play SHARIF DON’T LIKE IT<\/strong> about the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s dubious treatment of people of Asian and Middle Eastern descent post-9\/11.<\/p>\n

—BAHU-BETI-BIWI <\/strong>(Daughter-in-law, Daughter, Wife), Sheetal Gandhi’s contemporary dance-theater piece that blends traditional North Indian music with movement to depict the generational shift of contemporary Indian and Indian-American women in the 21st century.<\/p>\n

—20th CENTURY PERFORMANCE IN THE 21st CENTURY: THE FUTURE OF ASIAN AMERICAN THEATRE<\/strong>, a series of public forums that examine Asian American theatre past and present through a variety of performance art and interactive panels, presented by Asian Pacific Americans C*ntemporary Unilateral Neo-Theatre (APAC*NT), a collective comprised of playwrights and performers including Kristina Wong, AlIce Tuan, Katie Pearl and Hatnim Lee.<\/p>\n

—LABFEST III<\/strong>, readings of new plays by Asian-American writers presented by the Obie Award-winning Ma Yi Theater’s Writers Lab.<\/p>\n

—DON’T YOU FEEL IT, TOO?<\/strong> a new work about freeing one’s inner spirit by dancing your inner life in public spaces by Minneapolis-based theatre artist Marcus Young.<\/p>\n

—THE SEAGULL<\/strong>, the Obie Award-winning National Asian American Theatre Company’s uncommon revival – with an all Asian-American cast – of Anton Chekhov’s play.<\/p>\n

—IMELDA<\/strong>, a new musical about Imelda Marcos, presented by the Obie Award-winning Pan Asian Repertory Theatre. (Please note: this NAATF production is being presented at Julia Miles Theater, 424 W. 55 St. www.panasianrep.org<\/a> )
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\nTickets to National Asian American Theatre Festival productions range in price from $5 to $55. The performance schedule varies from Oct. 13 to 18. For performance and ticket information visit www.naatf.org<\/a>
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