Asian Joy Nights at CHUANG Stage
We activate every Bostonian to help us celebrate Asian American stories and communities in theatre. CHUANG Stage regularly partners with Boston's regional theatre companies on Asian American-focused productions in their mainstage seasons through Asian Joy Night, where we bring in our “Pay-As-You-Are” radical access ticketing model, dialogue/panel curation, and language accessibility support. Past partnerships include Central Square Theatre, ArtsEmerson, Huntington Theatre Company, and Lyric Stage Company of Boston.
Asian Joy Night for Yellow Face @Lyric Stage
June 7, 2024
Asian Joy Night for Yellow Face hosted by CHUANG Stage is a Pay-As-You-Are event, where all members of the Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities are encouraged to gather and share in this communal experience at Lyric Stage.
Audience joined us for pre-show mixer before the performance of David Henry Hwang’s Yellow Face. Light appetizers and drinks served from 6:45pm until the start of the 8:00pm performance.
Asian Joy Night for The Heart Sellers @ Huntington Theatre Company
(November 28, 2023)
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
Pre-Show Reception Hosted by Chuang Stage
This pre-show reception will be hosted by CHUNAG Stage - cultivating joyful and challenging pan-Asian stories in Greater Boston - catered by Kuya's Cooking (Filipino cuisine) and Mom & Son's Kitchen (Korean cuisine), and will feature a special performance from the Boston Korean Traditional Dance Group!
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
"The Heart Sellers"
Jane and Luna run into each other in the grocery store on Thanksgiving in 1973 and find they have much in common: each are recent Asian immigrants, a bit homesick and lonely with hardworking absentee husbands, and adjusting to a new country filled with new opportunities. Over sips of wine and a questionable frozen turkey, they dream of disco dancing, learning to drive, and even a visit to Disneyland, and share their hopes and challenges for making a new home in a new land with grace and dignity. A funny, moving, and big-hearted new play.
9:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Post-show Conversation with Lloyd Suh, Michelle Aguillon, Alison Yueming Qu, Christine Mok
Lloyd Suh is the 2019 winner of the Herb Alpert Award for Theater. His play The Chinese Lady was hailed a New York Times Critics’ Pick during its NY run. Past and upcoming productions include Barrington Stage, Ma-Yi, Milwaukee Repertory Theater, Long Wharf Theater, Magic Theater, Artists at Play and Artists Rep. Other plays include Charles Francis Chan Jr’s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery (NAATCO, Theater Mu), The Wong Kids in The Secret of the Space Chupacabra GO! (Ma-Yi, Children’s Theatre Company in Minneapolis, NEA Arena Stage New Play Development Grant) and American Hwangap (Magic Theatre, Ma-Yi/PlayCo, Tanghalang Pilipino). Named one of “50 to Watch” by the Dramatists Guild, Lloyd has received additional grants, awards and fellowships from the Dramatists Guild, the Jerome Foundation, the Lark Play Development Center, SecondGeneration, Pan Asian Repertory, and NAATCO.
