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Fresh from our Unleashed 2020 Festival, miku and the gods greets the world in its world premiere on the ArtsWest stage!
Miku wants to be a god. Ephraim wants to be an Olympian. Grandma Seiko wants to remember. And minor god Shara just wants people to include him in the conversation, you know? As they journey from the schoolyard to the river to the underworld and back again, Miku and company will learn what it actually takes to become a god. As funny as it is moving, miku, and the gods. is an epic adventure that braids together friendship, death, memory, time, rhythm – and power beyond what one could ever desire.
More info at ArtsWest! Buy tickets at the ArtsWest website!
Runtime is subject to change: approximately 100 minutes with no intermission.
Da Head Hawg (and CAATA (Consortium of Asian American Theaters and Artists) Secretary) Roger Tang, and PFP are hosting a free community watch party at UHeights, on Sunday May 22nd, from 2 to 4 pm, to feature the area’s local representative in this national showcase, Susan Lieu. This watch party will feature a showing of Lieu’s work 140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother, along with a short conversation on producing your own work with her and Tang.
Free event open to all, please RSVP for entry code here!
About 140 LBS:
140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother is a theatrical solo performance written and performed by Susan Lieu, a first-generation American born to Vietnamese refugees. “140 LBS” is the true story of how Susan’s mother went in for plastic surgery and died due to medical malpractice. At the time of her mother’s death, Susan was 11 years old. The performance weaves together several through-lines: the multi-generational immigrant experience; body insecurity and shame; repression and subsequent examination of personal loss; and lack of accountability in the medical system.
Show Description:
Two hours into surgery, Susan’s mother loses oxygen to her brain and the plastic surgeon deliberately does not call 9-1-1 for fourteen minutes. Five days later, while in a coma, she flatlines. The surgeon is charged with medical negligence and her family falls apart; no one talks about what happened. Nineteen years later on her wedding day, Susan’s mother’s seat sits empty and Susan realizes she can no longer ignore what she’s always wanted: to know who her mother was. Sifting through thousands of deposition pages and reaching out to the killer’s family, Susan uncovers the painful truth of her mother, herself, and the impossible ideal of Vietnamese feminine beauty.
About Susan Lieu:
Susan Lieu is a Vietnamese-American playwright, performer, and author who tells stories that refuse to be forgotten. With a vision for healing, her work delves deeply into the lived realities of body insecurity, grieving, and intergenerational trauma with humor. She took her autobiographical solo theatre show “140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother” on a 10-city national tour with sold out premieres and accolades from L.A. Times, NPR, and American Theatre. Her forthcoming memoir, The Manicurist’s Daughter, will be published in 2023 through Celadon Books (Macmillan). You can hear her talk about race, priviledge, and parenthood as co-host of the podcast “Model Minority Moms.” Susan is an alum of Harvard, Yale, and Hedgebrook.
About CAATA:
CAATA is the nation’s pre-eminent advocate for Asian American theatre artists. In place of its biennial conference and festival (ConFest), CAATA is having a virtual showcase of national artists of the best in Asian American theatre
The watch party is a sampler of CAATA’s Virtual Showcase. To see the rest of the showcase (which is on demand and can be seen from the comfort of people’s homes), go to https://caata.swoogo.com/ConFest2022.
· Existing CAATA members are eligible to register for the Showcase at no additional cost.
· Non-members can register for the Showcase for $35 (individual) or $50 (organizational), which includes a year-long complimentary membership with CAATA.
Originally planned as an in-person convening, CAATA currently sees this virtual event as its best path forward. When CAATA accepted the invitation to convene ConFest in Honolulu, it pledged to center the voices of Kānaka Maoli and Pacific Islanders, the very communities hit hardest by the Covid 19 Pandemic; right now, in light of the Oʻahu water crisis and other structural concerns, many Hawaiʻi community leaders continue to say, “At this time, please don’t come.” CAATA offers this Virtual Showcase to celebrate the vibrance of our diverse community as a step towards forming deep, long-term connections between Hawaiʻi artists and Asian American theater artists on the continent while reaching out to artists throughout the Pacific. This showcase advances that objective by celebrating the excellence of scores of theater artists from Hawaiʻi, Guåhan and the continental US.
For more info on the Seattle Watch Party, contact Roger at oink@porkfilled.com. For more information on CAATA, email info@caata.net.
Thank you for your generosity in getting SHE DEVIL to the stage! You’ve helped raise $6,181 to bring the pirate queen to the Theatre Off Jackson this August!
Many thanks to Leah Adcock-Starr, Marc Amiscua, Scot Anderson, Anonymous, Stan Asis, Julia Buck, Julia Buck, Anthea Carns, Aimee Chou, Aya Clark, Khanh Doan, Luisia Gale, Suzanne Gerrard, Mona Grife, Kathy Hsieh, Intiman Theatre, David Kane, Catherine Kettrick, Agastya Kohli, Laura Lee, Maggie Lee, Hakme Lee, Patrick Lennon, Emily Leong, Mike Lion, Wei Low, Kayoko Mathews, Kyoko Matsumoto-Wright, Katrina Morgan, Chris Newell, Alena Nolder, Rebecca and Peter O’Neil, Chrissy Ong (Chin), Chris Parker, Roger Rigor, David Sebba, Kyna Shilling, Stephanie Sola, Sokha Song, Steven Sterne, Tim Takechi, Zheng Wang, Lindsay Welliver.
Early giving is now live! Presented by 501Commons, GiveBIG carries the banner for Seattle’s non-profits, large and small, to magnify and gather funding for groups like PFP.
The first $750 in gifts gets matched, so scheduling your donation today can double your impact on May 3 and 4!
Community supporters like you make our mission possible by helping us produce shows like The Brothers Paranormal and the New Providence steampunk plays.
In 2022, we are aiming for $6,000 to support our biggest production yet, She Devil of the China Seas, the true (more or less) story of the greatest pirate leader in history. We’re assembling one of the largest Asian American casts in recent history for this swashbuckling story that blends Chinese history and (yes, true believer!) Marvel comics!
Schedule your gift now and help PFP keep making bright, bold, inclusive theatre!
At last, after extensive searches of the Puget Sound Asian American talent pool, PFP announces the cast for our big summer production, She Devil of the China Seas!
Heading the cast is Kristine Ota as Shih, the steel-eyed woman who rose from refugee to sex worker to pirate queen. Van Lan Pham is Cheng Ai,the pirate lord who’s more than her match. Anna Saephan is Shih’s sister, Xi, and Aaron Jin is Cheng Pao, adopted son of Cheng Ai and someone who has more than a passing fancy in Xi,
In opposition to this crew is ageless sorceress Wu Tsu, played by Eloisa Cardona, and the Man in the Golden Dragon mask. But who knows what role is played by Xuan Nu (Steph Sola), the goddess of war and love?
Rounding out the cast are Michael Latham, Alvina Hsiao, Archie Sugiyama, Kaughlin Caver, Michelle Lin, Dylan Smith and Andreya Pro. Carol Tagawa will understudy the role of Shih (and will be performing in a number of shows).
Shih knows one thing in life: survival. She clawed her way up from refugee using every means to support her injured sister. But when China’s pirate lord offers her a chance at something more, the sorceress Wu and her dark forces gather to destroy her before she can even accept…and fulfill a destiny from the gods!
Based on the real-life pirate who commanded the largest pirate fleet in history, She Devil is one part true history, one part swashbuckler, one part Marvel comics = full length fun on stage in the mode of SHANG CHI and BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, complete with pirate queens, swords and sorcery!
She Devil of the China Seas is by PFP head honcho Roger Tang and directed by Kiefer Harrington. It will hit the Theatre Off Jackson August 11, 2022 and run through August 27, 2022. Keep your eyes peeled for the latest news on She Devil.
GiveBIG, Seattle’s day of giving, returns May 3 and 4, 2022! Co-ordinated by WashingtonGives and 501Commons, GiveBIGraises the banner for Seattle’s non-profits, large and small, to magnify funding for groups like Pork Filled Productions.
Our goal for 2022 is our most ambitious yet! $6000 to produce and develop geek theatre (like our steampunk plays). And we imagine fantastical, inclusive, and FUN universes. The first $750 in gifts gets matched, so that doubles the wallop of your contribution!
You got a taste of this with our Slow Cooker Unleashed!Reading series with Cafe Nordo (and you know both groups have plans for Wolves on the Fold, The Rainshadow Distpatch and Autocorrect Thinks I’m Dead!)
But we’re not finished. Here are some things to look forward to:
In June, we are co-presenting, with ArtsWest, the world premiere of miku and the gods—you saw it emerging from our 2020 Unleashed program
In August, we are bringing you the greatest pirate queen of all time in She Devil of the China Seas.
And we have a super secret project coming up that’ll knock your socks off!
LET’S MAKE IT HAPPEN!
Mark your calendars for GiveBIG on May 3 AND 4. Or avoid the rush and schedule your donation when early giving begins April 19. Keep an eye on our Facebook or Instagram accounts to stay current.
Get ready for GiveBig! And support PFP today!
Our friends at the Seattle Asian American Film Festival are celebrating their 10th Anniversary!
The Seattle Asian American Film Festival (SAAFF) proudly celebrates ten years of sharing Asian American independent films with the Pacific Northwest with its 10th annual film festival March 3–13, 2022. This year’s 11-day festival will offer 13 outstanding feature-length films and 12 exciting shorts programs, including 2 free programs.Due to continued pandemic precautions, there will be 5 limited in-person events, including 4 drive-in screenings andone special presentation screening at Northwest Film Forum (NWFF).
To kickstart the festival, this year’s Opening Night Party will be livestreamed on March 3 at 7:00PM PST. The evening will include performances and conversations with Massive Monkees, Chong the Nomad, and headlinerRuby Ibarra with host Prometheus Brown. Audience questions for the live Q&A with the performing artists may besubmitted at bit.ly/saaffON22.
The four drive-in screenings will showcase the Special Presentation feature films at The Stonehouse Cafe (9701 Rainier Ave S, Seattle, WA 98118). Drive-in screening tickets are $35 per vehicle. They will also screen concurrentlyonline throughout the entire festival.
Other Special Presentation screenings this year include:
— malfunctions, Jake (Colin Farrell) searches for a way to repair him. In the process, Jake discovers the life that has been passing in front of him, reconnecting with his wife (Jodie Turner-Smith) and daughter (Malea Emma Tjandrawidjaja) across a distance he didn’t know was there.
In addition to being the first decade milestone for SAAFF, this year marks the 80th anniversary of Executive Order 9066 and the 110th anniversary of the Titanic sinking. SAAFF’s 2022 program includes films that commemorateboth anniversaries. THE SIX tells the stories of the six Chinese men who survived the Titanic sinking and faced racism upon their arrival to New York in 1912. MANZANAR, DIVERTED: WHEN WATER BECOMES DUSTshowcases the
unexpected alliance of intergenerational women who are Japanese American World War II incarcerees, Native Americans, and environmentalists defending their local lands and water rights.
Media personnel can contact press@seattleaaff.org for film screeners in advance and interview requests. Requestfestival press passes here.
Other festival highlights include some of our short film programs:
Online Ticket Prices:
Other ticketing information:
Visit bit.ly/saaff2022 to purchase passes, browse the online catalog, and buy tickets. Most screenings will befollowed by a pre-recorded Q&A with director(s) and/or cast and crew.
SAAFF showcases works by Pacific Northwest Asian American filmmakers, as well as films from across North America dealing with Asian American people, issues, and themes. SAAFF is the only film festival in Seattle to provide a space for Asian American voices, perspectives, and histories. For more information about SAAFF, visitseattleaaff.org.
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