Asian Heritage Month: Play Reading: “Trying to Find Chinatown”

In honor of Asian Heritage Month, the BMCC Theatre Program presents a 15-minute reading of David Henry Hwang’s play, “Trying to Find Chinatown,” and a Town Hall discussion on “How does Theatre create Community and Identity for Asian Americans and all under-represented voices?”

Trying to Find Chinatown is a 1996 play by American playwright David Henry Hwang. It deals with issues of racial identity by pitting an Asian street musician against a Caucasian man who claims Asian American heritage. The Caucasian man is on his way to the house his recently deceased father was born in, which he claims is Chinatown. The violinist is angered by the white man’s insistence he’s Asian, not knowing that the white man was adopted by Asian-American parents.

Light Refreshments will be served.

Play Reading*

“Trying to Find Chinatown” by David Henry Hwang
with Justin Salusso and Lucius Seo

Directed by Yineng Ye
(2018 CUNY Thomas Tam Scholarship Recipient)

Town Hall Discussion

“Creating Community and Identity for Asian Americans and all Under-Represented Voices”
Moderated by Professor Alvin Eng, BMCC Theatre Program

With Special Guests
Sherry Chen (2018 CUNY Thomas Tam Scholarship Honorable Mention)
Dr. Linta Varghese, Assistant Professor of Asian American/Asian Studies, BMCC
Pearl & Heung Tam, Thomas Tam family, members of BMCC Theatre Club

* Performed with Special Educational Arrangement with the Author

Co-Sponsors
– Asian American / Asian Research Institute – CUNY
– BMCC Theatre Club
– Center for Ethnic Studies

For more information, please contact Prof. Alvin Eng at aeng@bmcc.cuny.edu.

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