A Conversation Between Director Rena Heinrich & Dramaturg Marie-Reine VelezMARIE: Rena, thank you so much for being a part of this process for Alice Tuan’s Iggy Woo as the director for this reading. Before we started rehearsals for the Iggy Woo reading, what were you most looking forward to exploring in this process?RENA: I was really … Continue reading Falling for Iggy Woo
Taking a Step Forward with Three Steps Back
A Conversation Between Director Skyler Gray & Dramaturg Kimberly ColburnKIMBERLY: It's great to be working with you, Skyler. We've had a lot of conversations about THREE STEPS BACK with Peter already, but it's great to have a chance to hear your thoughts. I'm curious, what were your first impressions when you read the play? What drew you in? … Continue reading Taking a Step Forward with Three Steps Back
Enter the World of Alice Tuan’s Iggy Woo and the New Wave of Asian American Plays
by Alice TuanWhen I wrote Iggy Woo back in 2002, I was pretty sick of the usual Asian-American themes—alienation, immigration, cultural misunderstanding, historical injustice, cute foods, perpetual becoming—yes of course, that’s part of the experience, but what about the Asiatics who have been in the U.S., shop in malls, smoke cigarettes, are addicted to sugar … Continue reading Enter the World of Alice Tuan’s Iggy Woo and the New Wave of Asian American Plays
Discovering THREE STEPS BACK with Playwright Peter J. Kuo
Photo by Michael C. PalmaWhat are some of the themes you explore in Three Steps Back?As a writer, I’ve always been fascinated with assumptions and revelations. When audiences or characters make assumptions about someone, I love to take those assumptions and blow them out of the water by revealing something completely different about that person. … Continue reading Discovering THREE STEPS BACK with Playwright Peter J. Kuo
Artists at Play — A Los Angeles-Based Theatre Collective 