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藝術- Chuang Stage Skinless 11/17-18


An Exclusive Offer | For Our Very Own Boston API Family ✨
Asian Joy Night Hosted by CHUANG Stage
See THE HEART SELLERS by Lloyd Suh
at Huntington Theatre Company!


Join us to see The Heart Sellers by Lloyd Suh (The Chinese Lady) on Tuesday, Nov 28th for FREE and enjoy a complimentary evening catered by Kuya's Cooking and Mom and Son's Kitchen, with special performance by the Boston Korean Traditional Dance, and a post-show conversation with renowned playwright Lloyd Suh!

Sign up now for FREE tickets to see The Heart Sellers and to RSVP for Asian Joy Night!

Location
: The Huntington at the Calderwood Pavilion / BCA
527 Tremont Street Boston, MA 02116
RESERVE A SPOT
"The Heart Sellers" Starring Judy Song and Jenna Agbayani; photo by Lia Chang
6:00 PM - 7:15 PM
🥢Pre-Show Reception Hosted by CHUANG Stage
This pre-show reception will be hosted by CHUANG 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" by Lloyd Suh, Directed by May Adrales
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 Playwright Lloyd Suh
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. A conversation with Lloyd joined by Michelle Aguillon (Boston-based Filipino Director), and Alison Yueming Qu (Executive Director of CHUANG Stage), moderated by Dramaturg Christine Mok.
JOIN THE JOY

This weekend!
FOUND IN TRANSLATION: SKINLESS

A Workshop Staged Reading
Written by liqing xu
Directed by Tianding He

 SKINLESS reimagines the ancient Chinese legend The White Snake as a queer, gender-bending modern fairy tale. Two snake demons, White and Green, come to Earth to experience being human. White transforms into a human and immediately falls passionately in love, but Green cannot successfully become human. Instead, Green’s soul gets separated from their body, and they are cursed to inhabit different human and non-human bodies. 

Performance Schedule: 
Friday, November 17, 2023 @7PM - followed by creative team talkback
Saturday, November 18, 2023 @ 2PM & 7PM
 
Pricing: Free, suggested donation $10
 
Address: Pao Arts Center
99 Albany Street Boston, MA 02111

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FOUND IN TRANSLATION: SKINLESS
A Workshop Staged Reading

Written by liqing xu
Directed by Tianding He

 
Performance Schedule: 
Friday, November 17, 2023 @7PM - followed by creative team talkback
Saturday, November 18, 2023 @ 2PM & 7PM
 
Pricing: Free, suggested donation $10
 
Address: Pao Arts Center
99 Albany Street Boston, MA 02111
GET TICKET

SKINLESS reimagines the ancient Chinese legend The White Snake as a queer, gender-bending modern fairy tale. 

Two snake demons, White and Green, come to Earth to experience being human. White transforms into a human and immediately falls passionately in love, but Green cannot successfully become human. Instead, Green’s soul gets separated from their body, and they are cursed to inhabit different human and non-human bodies. 

Playful and mysterious, SKINLESS examines the fluid and relative nature of identity. It shows the pitfalls and joys of being perceived or not perceived, and ultimately, is a queer coming-of-age story that’s also about the power of reinvention.

Panethnic Pourovers "Coffee & Craft" Pop-Up:

On Saturday 11/18 between 3 - 5PM, join us at Pao Arts Center to meet Panethnic Pourovers, a progressive cultural café library serving AAPI, BIPOC, and LGBTQIA+ folx for some laid-back coffee on us, plus zine-making, and artist-led shadow puppet-making good times together! Join us by selecting this event as an add-on as you check our for SKINLESS tickets!

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Starring: 
Sharifa Yasmin (She/Her) as WHITE
Jenine Jacinto (They/Them) as GREEN
Jupiter Lê (He/Him) as ASH
Michael J. Blunt (They/He) as MOGWAI
 
Creative and Production Team: 
Stage Manager: Sarah O'Neill
Dramaturg: Annie Jin Wang
Lighting Designer: Ashley Yung
Scenic and Puppet Designer: Yolanda Yuanlu Peng
Puppet Designer: Sean Devare
Sound and Music Director: JK Wong
Costume Designer: Sandra Zhihan Jia

 

Found in Translation is a collaboration between Asian American Theatre Artists of Boston (AATAB), CHUANG Stage, and Pao Arts Center. Since 2021, Found in Translation amplifies the power and complexities of being multilingual, immigrants, or identifying as Asian American in Greater Boston; these performances connect the pan-Asian community through conversations about race, language, identity, and our experiences when it comes to belongings and a collective more just future. 

The Found in Translation Series is supported by the New England Foundation for the Arts' Public Art for Spatial Justice program, with funding from the Barr Foundation.

It's an exciting fall for us at CHUANG Stage--thanks to our newly awarded LaunchPad Theatre Residency at Boston Center for the Arts, we are thrilled to land our very first two-show season at BCA's renowned South End theatre space, upholding Asian American theatre pioneering a translingual activism in Boston!

This fall, we champion one of the most poignant yet often overlooked Chinese immigrant history with The Fortune Teller, anchored by Boston Chinatown's own playwright, Christina R. Chan. We are honored to co-produce with TC Squared Theatre Company, who has led this play through a rich development history. For the first staged version, we collectively illuminate a more just Boston reflected through the Asian American immigrant contribution and our enduring heritage.

We can't wait to be in community with you this fall at the Boston Center for the Arts!
THE FORTUNE TELLER
A New Play Workshop Production
Co-Produced by CHUANG Stage & TC Squared Theatre Company
Written by Christina R. Chan
Directed by Kai Chao
Associate Directed by Alison Yueming Qu


The Fortune Teller Artwork Artist: Shaina Lu (@shainadoesart)

Can you predict your destiny? How do we end up where we are?
Inspired by an unsettling history, The Fortune Teller traces several generations of a family from China in the 1800s to present-day America, as they search for destiny and each other bound together by immigrant legacy and bloodline.
Performances will be followed by community activation + post-show programming!


TICKET LINK COMING SOON! 
(PAY-AS-YOU-ARE, STARTING AT $0)

Location: 
Boston Center for the Arts
Plaza Black Box Theatre
539 Tremont St, Boston, MA

Performance Schedule: 
Saturday, October 28 @ 7 PM
Sunday, October 29 @ 2 PM
Thursday, November 2 @ 7 PM
Friday, November 3 @ 7 PM
Saturday, November 4 @ 2 PM
Now Casting: SKINLESS by liqing xu!
We are casting for SKINLESS, a new play workshop reading by liqing xu, featured as a part of our Found in Translation series!

SKINLESS reimagines the ancient Chinese legend The White Snake as a queer, gender-bending modern fairy tale. We are seeking to highlight performers who identify as transgender, nonbinary and/or gender expansive, and Asian American and Pacific Islander as well. 
Click here to learn more and submit! Submissions due October 1, 2023.

 
September 10, 2023 -- BOSTON DANCE ALLIANCE OPEN CALL/DANCER HEALTH DAY
Presented by Boston Dance Alliance (BDA)
This annual group audition and dancer wellness event gives working artists with diverse abilities the chance to show regional choreographers their moves and get physical assessments from health care professionals. The event boasts a stellar lineup of area teachers leading ballet (Boston Ballet former principal dancer Adriana Suarez), contemporary (Urbanity Dance artist and teacher Haley Day), jazz/musical theater (Boston Conservatory Assistant Professor of Dance Lindsey Klein) and all abilities breakdancing (taught in ASL by DEAFinitely Assistant Dance Coach John Ying, with English translation). Sports medicine specialists from Spaulding Rehabilitation Network and other health care professionals offer physical assessment, nutrition advice and movement guidance. Suggested donation $25; BDA members free. Mass Motion Dance, 100 Holton Street Brighton, Mass., RSVP at bostondancealliance.org

October 28-29, 2023 -- GRUPO CORPO
Presented by Celebrity Series of Boston at the Boch Center Shubert Theater

Brazil’s acclaimed contemporary dance ensemble returns to Boston for the first time since 2018 with a program that underscores its home country’s diverse cultures, with a focus on Afro-Brazilian themes and aesthetics. Among the offerings on this visit are two works by choreographer Rodrigo PederneirasGira, inspired by Umbanda religious practice and its celebrants’ spinning movements and ritual gestures; and Gil Refazendo, a 2019 piece reworked in 2022 that centers music by the "godfather of Brazilian music” and Bahian composer Gilberto Gil, the performer and activist who pioneered tropicália music into a global phenomenon. Boch Center Shubert Theater, tickets $35 and up at celebrityseries.org.

December 15-16, 2023 -- DREAMING WITH THE BODY (w.t.)
Presented by Kristin Wagner/Moving Bodies

Buzzy (and busy) dancemaker Kristin Wagner brings her company Moving Bodies and its collaboratively styled choreography to Worcester, Mass. for the first public showing of “Dreaming of the Body (w.t.).” This evening-length performance takes inspiration from the dark side of fairy tales, where love and happiness for female protagonists is gained only from endurance of sacrifice and violence. (Think Hans Christian Anderson’s The Little Mermaid, where the lead character’s happiness on land relies on having her tongue cut out.) Wagner says the production touches heavy subjects “infused with stories of magic…both dark and light.” Part of the show is informed by work with 
Worcester-area teens who reimagined new endings for the fairy tales. The young dancers perform alongside Wagner’s professional company. “Dreaming of the Body'' is funded by the Jean McDonough Arts Center (JMAC), and presented in collaboration with Hanover Theater and Worcester Cultural Council. JMAC Brick Box Theater, tickets at jmacworcester.org.

*NEW* CLASSICAL MUSIC/OPERA -- September 10, 2023 @ 7 pm
BOSTON LYRIC OPERA’S “OMAR” GETS BROADCAST DEBUT ON CRB CLASSICAL 99.5

An audio recording of Boston Lyric Opera's (BLO) 2023 production of "Om
ar," Rhiannon Giddens’s and Michael Abels’s Pulitzer Prize-winning opera, makes its broadcast premiere Sun., Sep. 10 at 7 PM on CRB Classical 99.5. Tenor Jamez McCorkle (r., w/Brianna J. Robinson, photo by Olivia Moon) makes his BLO debut and reprises the title role he sang in the opera's 2022 Spoleto Festival USA premiere. This is the story of Islamic scholar Omar Ibn Said, captured at 37 and forced to leave his West Africa home on a ship bound for Charleston, where he was sold into slavery. He escaped one enslavement and was forced into a second, where he resisted converting to Christianity and penned the only known Arabic language autobiography of a man enslaved in America. Giddens and Abels infuse Western orchestra traditions with sounds and melodies of Americana, Arabic and West African folk music. Michael Ingram Ellis conducts the BLO Orchestra. Featuring Cierra ByrdDaniel Okulitch and BLO Emerging Artist alumna Brianna J. Robinson, whose role debut as Julie Opera magazine critic David Shengold called: "awe-inspiring..[it] reminded me and my companion of our first live encounter with Jessye Norman...over four decades ago." "Omar" was co-commissioned and co-produced by Boston Lyric Opera with Spoleto Festival USA, Carolina Performing Arts, LA Opera, Lyric Opera of Chicago and San Francisco Opera. Details about the production hereThis recording of "Omar" is expected to be available for on-demand streaming later this fall at BLO.org and Classical.org; details to come.

OPERA -- September 14-24, 2023
BOSTON LYRIC OPERA'S NEW "MADAMA BUTTERFLY" EMERGES

Not see
n on a Boston Lyric Opera stage since November 2012, this Puccini classic undergoes a dramaturgical rethink without a note of music changes and with minimal libretto tweaks. The production is led by stage director, author (
Final Bow for Yellowface) and arts advocate Phil Chan, with an Asian/Asian-American artistic team that includes Oscar- and Emmy-nominated filmmaker and author Arthur Dong (“Forbidden City, USA,” “Hollywood Chinese”). Here, Butterfly (Karen Chia-Ling Ho, r., making her BLO debut) is a performer at a popular 1940s San Francisco nightclub, in love with American naval officer Pinkerton (Dominick Chenes in his BLO debut), forced to hide her Japanese-American identity, and ultimately swept up in World War II-fueled xenophobia. Full release hereEmerson Colonial Theatre, tickets at blo.org.

CLASSICAL MUSIC -- September 27, 2023 @ 7:30 pm
SHELTER MUSIC BOSTON'S "SONGS OF LIFE" INSPIRED BY, AND FOR, MARGINALIZED COMMUNITIES

During concerts in homeless and other shelters across Boston earlier this year, Artistic Director Adrian Anantawan and musicians from Shelter Music played a set of music they chose to evoke feelings of joy, sadness, peace and hope. Then they asked residents and staff about other music that inspired similar emotions. Those selections – ranging from the ‘80s anthem “Eye of the Tiger'' and A Tribe Called Quest’s hip-hop classic “Can I Kick It?” to the Portuguese language standard “Eu Gosto de Você” – were offered to four composers, along with participants’ written words, as inspiration to write new chamber music pieces. The new works go on a rolling premiere tour to those same shelters in September and a public concert on September 27. Full press release hereSt. Cecilia Parish, 18 Belvidere Street, in Boston. Sheltermusicboston.org.

OPERA -- November 8-12, 2023
Boston Lyric Opera's LA CENERENTOLA / CINDERELLA

It’s been more than 30 years since the last BLO production of Rossini’s adaptation of this oft-told tale. Sweet but put-upon Angelina (
Cecelia Hall, in her BLO debut), a young woman from an ungrateful family, learns her true worth with the help of a sympathetic guardian. She still meets and marries a prince, this time in and around some of Boston’s iconic neighborhoods (insert “wicked stepsistah” jokes here). The libretto dispenses with fairy dust in favor of more earthly interventions but maintains its magic with Rossini’s beautiful melodies and energetic score. This new production is helmed by Dawn M. Simmons, the award-winning Boston theater director and artist who brings her talent into opera for the first time. The cast includes Dana Varga (BLO debut) as Clorinda, 2023/24 BLO Emerging Artist Alexis Peart as Tisbe, Levy Sekgapane (BLO debut) as Don Ramiro, Levi Hernandez (the BLO film, “B.”) as Dandini, Brandon Cedel (BLO’s 2019 “The Rape of Lucretia”) as Don Magnifico and Philip Lima (BLO’s 2022 “Romeo & Juliette”) as Alidoro. Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, tickets at blo.org.

LATE SUMMER/FALL ‘23 NEWS, PERFORMANCES, FREE EVENTS 


Boston Lyric Opera’s (BLO) late summer/fall schedule includes two mainstage performances and a number of free community events. The company also announces news about its leadership and its 2023/24 Emerging Artists; all details below.


For more information, or to connect with any of the artists or events noted here, contact John Michael Kennedy at jmk@jmkpr.com, 781-620-1761 (o) or 212-842-1752 (m/t).


“MADAMA BUTTERFLY” – PERFORMANCES, NEWS & EVENTS


PERFORMANCE: A NEW “MADAMA BUTTERFLY” EMERGES 

Not seen on a Boston Lyric Opera stage since November 2012, this Puccini classic undergoes a dramaturgical rethink with a new setting (1940s San Francisco) and without a note of music changes. The production is led by stage director, author (Final Bow for Yellowface) and arts advocate Phil Chan, with an Asian/Asian-American artistic team that boasts Oscar- and Emmy-nominated filmmaker and author Arthur Dong (“Forbidden City, USA,” “Hollywood Chinese”). Here, Butterfly (Karen Chia-Ling Ho, making her BLO debut) is a performer at a popular nightclub, in love with American naval officer Pinkerton (Dominick Chenes in his BLO debut), forced to hide her Japanese-American identity, and swept up in World War II-fueled xenophobia. Emerson Colonial Theatre, tickets at blo.org. Full press release here

 

NEWS: ADDITIONAL CAST/ARTISTIC TEAM MEMBERS FOR “MADAMA BUTTERFLY” 

Boston Lyric Opera has announced additional cast and artistic team members for its production of “Madama Butterfly.” South Korean baritone Hyungjin Son, a Master's degree candidate at New England Conservatory, will sing the role of Uncle Bonze. A 20-plus-member BLO Chorus will be led by BLO Chorus Director Brett Hodgdon. Denver-based performing and design artist Fuji Dreskin joins as the production’s Wig and Makeup Designer. Details on the full “Madama Butterfly” cast and creative team is here. Sep. 14-24, Emerson Colonial Theater, 106 Boylston Street, Boston. Info and tickets at blo.org/butterfly


FREE EVENT: “OUR STORY: CULTURAL LEGACIES OF JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION”  

In partnership with the New England Japanese American Citizens League and Japan Society of Boston, BLO presents this free artistic panel discussion and performance that explores how contemporary artists respond to the forced mass removal and incarceration of Japanese Americans during World War II. (Incarceration is depicted in BLO’s new production of “Madama Butterfly.”) BLO Artistic Advisor and mezzo-soprano Nina Yoshida Nelsen moderates a panel sharing firsthand and family stories of individuals who endured this violation of civil rights, and exploring how incarcerated individuals and their descendants grapple with their legacy in music, dance, drama and other cultural expressions. Guests and performers include: American film, TV, stage and classical composer Paul Chihara; Amherst, Mass.-based artist, scholar, educator and “Madama Butterfly” choreographer Michael Sakamoto; and scholar and performer Erin Aoyama whose “No-No Boy” project captures images and songs based on the lives of imprisoned Japanese Americans. FREE. Mon., Sep. 11 at 6 pm, John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum Smith Hall, Columbia Point, Boston


EVENT: “RE-INTERPRETING ‘MADAMA BUTTERFLY’ FOR THE 21ST CENTURY” 

Giacomo Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly” is one of the most frequently performed operas in the world. Loved by audiences and an essential part of the traditional repertoire, its history has a reputation for portraying inaccurate representations of Japanese culture, contributing to stereotypes of Asians and Asian Americans. WBUR arts and culture reporter Cristela Guerra leads a conversation with Stage Director Phil Chan and BLO Artistic Advisor and dramaturg Nina Yoshida Nelsen about their approach to reimagining the opera. The event includes a musical performance. Wed., Sep. 13 at 6:30 pm (doors open 5:30 pm), WBUR CitySpace, 890 Commonwealth Ave., Boston. Tickets start at $5 at wbur.org/events. 


LA CENERENTOLA / CINDERELLA


NEWS: FULL CAST ANNOUNCED FOR “LA CENERENTOLA” NOV. 8-12 

It’s been more than 30 years since the last BLO production of Rossini’s adaptation of the oft-told Cinderella tale. Sweet but put-upon Angelina (Cecelia Hall, in her BLO debut) is a young woman from an ungrateful family who learns her true worth with the help of a sympathetic guardian before meeting and marrying a prince. This version of the story dispenses with fairy dust in favor of more earthly interventions but maintains its magic with beautiful melodies and an energetic score. This new production is helmed by Dawn M. Simmons, the award-winning Boston theater director and artist who brings her talent to BLO (and opera) for the first time. The cast includes Dana Varga (BLO debut) as Clorinda, 2023/24 BLO Emerging Artist Alexis Peart as Tisbe, Levy Sekgapane (BLO debut) as Don Ramiro, Levi Hernandez (the BLO film, “B.”) as Dandini, Brandon Cedel (BLO’s 2019 “The Rape of Lucretia”) as Don Magnifico and Philip Lima (BLO’s 2022 “Romeo & Juliette”) as Alidoro. Nov. 8-12, 2023, Emerson Cutler Majestic Theatre, 219 Tremont Street, Boston. Tickets at blo.org


UPCOMING FREE PERFORMANCES


FREE EVENT: “STREET STAGE” PERFORMANCES AUG. 12 AND OCT. 14 

​​Boston Lyric Opera’s Street Stage rolls back to Boston for two appearances. 

  • Late this month, the mobile performance venue appears at the Rose Kennedy Greenway for an afternoon of arias inspired by the company’s 2023/24 season theme: All I Have, I Give for Love. Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets or lawn chairs to enjoy on-the-hour, 30-minute sets of open-air performances as part of the Greenway’s outdoor Artisan Market. Performances are by soprano (and 2023/24 BLO Emerging Artist) Sarah Joyce Cooper, Emerging Artist alumnus and tenor Omar Najmi (who sings Valcour in BLO’s upcoming “The Anonymous Lover”), and Emerging Artist alumnus/pianist Brendon Shapiro. FREE. Sat., Aug. 12, hourly from 12 noon-3:30pm, Rowes Wharf Plaza on the Greenway, High St. @ Atlantic Ave

  • Street Stage hosts a variety of featured performances at the Fort Point Open Studios event from 11a-5p. FREE. Oct. 14 (rain date Oct. 15) Midway Artist Studios Mount Washington Street (between A Street and Channel Center Street), Boston


FREE EVENT: CONCERT AT THE BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY COURTYARD 

Boston Lyric Opera repeats its popular tradition of free summer concerts at the Boston Public Library Central Branch Courtyard. This one-hour concert offers a sneak peek at BLO’s 2023/24 season, with members of the Emerging Artist initiative performing some of opera’s most beloved music. Seating is limited; early arrival is recommended. In the event of inclement weather, the concert moves indoors. FREE. Aug. 25, 12:30p, Boston Public Library Copley Square, Dartmouth Street entrance.


COMPANY LEADERSHIP
 

NEWS: BOARD OF DIRECTORS APPOINTS TWO NEW LEADERS 

In its most recent meeting the Boston Lyric Opera Board of Directors approved a dual-leadership structure for the governing body. Alicia Cooney, a co-founder and Senior Advisor of The Monument Group in Boston was appointed Board Chair. Wayne Davis, a Managing Director of Wealth Management at UBS Financial Services in Boston, has been appointed Board President. Cooney and Davis both live in Boston’s Beacon Hill neighborhood and are long-term Board members. Cooney previously served as Board Chair in the early 2000s. Immediate Past Board Chair Michael J. Puzo, who served in that role since 2015, will remain a Board Member for the company. 

 

COMPANY ARTISTS 

 

NEWS: 2023/24 EMERGING ARTIST ROSTER FEATURES NEW, RETURNING SINGERS 

Seven rising opera artists have been announced as Boston Lyric Opera’s 2023/24 Season Emerging Artists. Five of the artists are new to the program, which provides artistic training, performance opportunities and professional development opportunities throughout the BLO organization. Emerging Artists often are seen in BLO mainstage performances, and as guest artists in public and school-based education programs around the city. Artists new to the program this season are (in alpha order) soprano Sarah Joyce Cooper, soprano Emily Michiko Jensen, tenor Philippe L'Esperance, mezzo-soprano Alexis Peart, and soprano Angela Yam.  Returning to the program for a second year are tenor Fred C. VanNess Jr. and baritone Junhan Choi


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