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Wissahickon High School junior creates play about anti-Asian bias during COVID pandemic


Her subject matter is personal: the racial bias and trauma in the Asian community.
The high school senior s new show is being presented as a radio play.
Katie Lu s play is called Pandemic.
It s about the pain her community has felt during the pandemic. It was scripted as a stage show but it s being presented as a radio play because theaters are limited in this pandemic.
The Wissahickon High School junior wanted to give this moment a voice. She was writing it in real-time as events unfolded.
As a Chinese American, it really struck me of all the rhetoric that ostracized Chinese Americans and Asian Americans, painting them as outsiders, painting them as people who are bringing the virus over, Lu says. It made me question my identity in this country and my place as an American. ....

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'Pandemic' by Philly Young Playwrights focuses on anti-Asian racism


The action moves back in time to an American mother writing letters to her absent Chinese betrothed, looking forward to when they can be together again. Ultimately, when they marry, the mother loses her citizenship due to the Expatriation Act of 1907. Their child, still an American citizen, is taken away by the state.
“Pandemic” uses music to signal to listeners what the time period is when the action takes place. A sound montage of news announcements juxtaposes the racist abuses endured by Chinese Americans in the 1930s with those of the present day.
Lu wrote “Pandemic” while enrolled in Philadelphia Young Playwrights residency program for young writers. Because it was selected by PYP for a full production, they provided Lu with a professional director, actors, and a design crew. ....

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New York Stage and Film Commits $100,000 to Support Artists with NEXUS Initiative


New York Stage and Film Commits $100,000 to Support Artists with NEXUS Initiative
New York Stage and Film, considered “one of the preeminent incubators for theater in the country,” has committed $100,000 to their new NEXUS Initiative that brings together 20 multi-hyphenate artists to explore the question “where does story exist at the intersection of stage and film?” Through this inaugural program, NYSAF will offer direct support to these artists – each participant receives $5,000 and will take part in a series of conversations focused on the needs of new and expanded forms of storytelling that resonate with our time.
In order to increase access to the program and respond to the ideas of a broad range of storytellers, these 20 participants were recommended by 14 leading artists of stage and film for their accomplishments in exploring new forms of storytelling. The leading artists selection committee includes Ayad Akhtar, César Alvarez, Luis Castro, Elsie Choi, ....

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