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TONIGHT August 19, 2021 at 7PM ET, Company
One Theatre and Pao Arts Center will host a virtual concert of the
work-in-progress musical by Kit Yan & Melissa Li, the 2020-21 C1
PlayLab Pao Fellows.
This musical was developed with, and rooted in interviews with current
residents of Boston’s Chinatown, their personal stories and pressing
concerns of the neighborhood. The artistic team embedded itself into
the Chinatown community, and explored the neighborhood’s history.
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The virtual concert will be combined with a conversation
between artists and community members, to share and celebrate our
creative journey with Boston's vibrant Chinatown, whose stories
underpin Li and Yan’s creative process. The event will address the unique
and challenging conditions of creation against the backdrop of COVID-19
and the rise in anti-Asian racism, while exploring how
community-centered, civically engaged arts practices can combat these
forces.
Panelists:
- Kit
Yan & Melissa Li
(2020-21 C1 PlayLab Pao Fellows)
- Christina
R. Chan
(Community Producer, C1/Pao Chinatown Project; co-founder, Asian
American Playwright Collective)
- Ben
Hires (CEO, Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center)
- Alison
Yueming Qu (Associate Producer/Dramaturg, C1/Pao
Chinatown Project; Executive Producer, CHUANG Stage)
- Moderator: Ju
Yon Kim (C1 Board Member; Faculty, Scholar of Asian
American Studies, Harvard University)
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Kit Yan and Melissa Li's Work-In-Progress Boston Chinatown
Musical is rooted in interviews and personal stories of Boston
Chinatown residents—we heard from leaders, teachers, mothers,
daughters, behind-the-scenes heroes who play crucial roles in this community.
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How can community-oriented work inform the creation of
art for social change? The project's Associate Producer and Dramaturg, Alison Yueming Qu,
also talked with some of the leading voices in Chinatown to bring you
their visions for the community and the city, and to give you a taste
of how the Boston Chinatown Musical was created!
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