Produced by Next Chapter Podcasts, 2022
New York City’s award-winning Fiasco Theater ensemble brings their deft text work and irreverent playfulness to the podcast medium in Measure For Measure, translated by Aditi Brennan Kapil and directed by Jessie Austrian.
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Short Plays, Monologues, Translations, and Manifestos
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Commissioned by Play On Shakespeare, 2021
A Shakespearean classic translated into contemporary, modern English. Originally presented as one of 39 readings in the Play On Shakespeare Festival in New York.
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Commissioned by The Workshop Theater, 2021
After a cataclysmic event, Lon and Tin encounter each other in an abandoned apartment. They must choose how long to hide, when to run… and whether a sacrifice must be made.
Run time: 20 minutes
Cast size: 2 actors, any gender, race, or ethnicity
Commissioned by Company One Theatre, 2021
A take on Superman from the AAPI perspective. This monologue was written for Ju Yon Kim and Company One in Boston, MA.
Role: Asian-American female.
Written for The Playwrights’ Center, 2017
How do you envision the future of theater? How would you like to imagine it forward?
This manifesto was composed for the 45th anniversary of the Playwrights’ Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Commissioned by Mixed Blood Theatre, 2007
In his search for racial identity, Accountant Jo discovers that he is unidentifiable and thus invisible to society at large, an epiphany which leads to an ill-fated crime spree.
Run time: 20 minutes
Cast size: 7 actors/actresses
Commissioned by Thirst Theater, 2006
Two women may or may not have kidnapped an elderly senile man. This play is intended to be performed in a public space, for instance a bar or restaurant.
Run time: 10 minutes
Cast size: 2 women, 1 man
Commissioned by Thirst Theater, 2006
A couple out on their first date after having a baby fight, doze, and laugh their way back to each other.
Run time: 10 minutes
Cast size: 1 man, 1 woman
Commissioned by Emigrant Theatre, 2006
An immigrant Bulgarian subway driver has a tendency to kill people. The precursor to Agnes Under the Big Top.
Run time: 10 minutes
Cast size: 1 man, 1 woman (voice-over only)