Sue Jin Song stages Children of Medea for an online-only production at Constellation Theatre
Song portrays members of a Korean-American family, fairy tale heroes, and the infamous Medea
Children of Medea, playwright and performer, Sue Jin Song Photo: DJ Corey Photography
Actress and playwright Sue Jin Song is all too familiar with the everyday racism experienced by Asian Americans across the country.
“I was visiting a friend of mine in Irvine, in Orange County, and some white guy in a car was yelling horrible things at me…and doing the whole slanted eye thing. And he was a grown man,” Song says. “I thought, ‘Wow, I haven’t had anyone do that to me since I was a kid. ”
The night that Sue Jin Lee, the director of partnerships and audience development at
Women’s Wear Daily, and Amit Seth met in New York’s Meatpacking District was filled with many mixed drinks and almost ended with a missed connection. “When I first saw Sue Jin I was taken aback,” Amit, an executive director at J.P. Morgan, admits. “She is so beautiful but also quite erratic and very loud. First, she turned me down for a drink, then she dragged me out of the bar only to tell me she was late for a date.”
“It was [actually] Amit’s friend who had approached me first,” Sue Jin remembers. “He asked to buy me and my college roommate a drink. We politely declined. Then, Amit came up to me trying to stir up conversation. At first, I wasn’t interested. He seemed overzealous and very extroverted. I declined any offer for a drink or small talk. But after several attempts and cocktails later, we began to converse, and although he did not seem like my type, I thought h