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Elevator Institutionalized

By aaron | Published: July 5, 2010

STUCK ELEVATOR (music by Byron Au Yong, libretto by me) played two sold-out workshop performances at the 2010 International Festival of Arts & Ideas after being selected for a two-week workshop by the Yale Institute for Music Theater. Director Chay Yew took the “work” part of “workshop” rather seriously. Byron and I were [...]

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Aaron-in-Residency

By aaron | Published: March 11, 2010

This spring, Aaron is in residency all over the place. Here’s what and where: Stories of a New America: Refugees at Integrated Refugee and Immigrant Services (IRIS) create a play in collaboration with Collective Consciousness Theatre. Theatre for English Language Learners: Global Enterprise Academy, Bronx. Poetry and Theatre: Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital Child Life Arts & Enrichment Program. Theatre [...]

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2009 in review

By aaron | Published: March 11, 2010

Aaron and composer Byron Au Yong are 2009-2010 Artists-in-Residence at the Asian/Pacific/American Institute at NYU to develop STUCK ELEVATOR – including readings at the Museum of Chinese in America (September) and Pearl Studios (November). Oregon Shakespeare Festival mixes Shakespeare with hip hop theatre artists Rokafella, Rickerby Hinds, the Q brothers, Joe Hernandez-Kolski, Audra Polk, Christopher Edwards, [...]

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2008 in review

By aaron | Published: December 7, 2008

THE HOSPITAL CHRONICLES, an original play created and performed by high school students at the Educational Center for the Arts in New Haven, CT, culminates a semester-long collaboration between ECA students and teens living with chronic illness at Yale-New Haven Children’s Hospital, facilitated by Aaron and video artist Laki Vazakas. KINGDOM receives 7 staged readings at [...]

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2007 in Review

By aaron | Published: December 8, 2007

Kingdom at 2007 NAMT festival. Aaron and Ian Williams’ hip hop / rock musical KINGDOM receives a 45-minute industry showcase reading at the National Alliance for Musical Theatre’s 19th annual Festival of New Musicals. Directed by José Zayas. Aaron named one of “50 to Watch” in The Dramatist. Collective Consciousness Theatre’s touring production of Shakespeare: The Remix, [...]

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