List of Asian American theatre companies

List of Asian American theatre companies

This is a list of Asian American theatre companies in the United States. List includes performance groups and organizations whose programming focuses on Asian Pacific American identity, history, culture, community and experience, or whose members or artistic contributors are primarily Asian Pacific. In addition to theatre arts, list also includes sections for improvisational and sketch comedy groups, and dance performance companies.

Theatre

Active

*Asian American Repertory Theatre, San Diego, 1995– [http://www.asianamericanrep.org/ website]
*Asian American Theatre Company, San Francisco, 1973– [http://www.asianamericantheater.org/ website]
*Cedar Grove OnStage, Los Angeles, 2006– [http://www.myspace.com/cedargroveonstage MySpace]
*Chinatown 90210, Los Angeles, 2007– [http://www.myspace.com/chinatown90210 MySpace] [ [http://news.asianweek.com/news/view_article.html?article_id=e94ba268a0b9b63f28fffa9636e73906 "Birth of Chinatown 90210" - 6/29/07] by Philip W. Chung in AsianWeek online]
*Contemporary Asian Theater Scene (CATS), San Jose, 1995– [http://www.asiantheater.org/cats/ website]
*East West Players, Los Angeles, 1965– [http://www.eastwestplayers.org website]
*Grateful Crane Ensemble, Pasadena, 2001– [http://www.gratefulcrane.com website]
*here"and"now Theatre Company, South Pasadena, 1989– [http://www.hereandnowtheatre.org/ website]
*Korus Players, New York City, 1992– [http://www.myspace.com/korusplayers MySpace]
*Kumu Kahua Theatre, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1971– [http://www.kumukahua.org/ website]
*Lapu the Coyote that Cares Theatre Company, University of California, Los Angeles, 1995- [http://www.lcctheatre.com/ website]
*Lodestone Theatre Ensemble, Los Angeles, 1995– [http://www.lodestonetheatre.org website]
*Ma-Yi Theatre Company, New York City, 1989– [http://www.ma-yitheatre.org/intro.html website]
*Mu Performing Arts, Minneapolis, 1992– [http://www.muperformingarts.org/ website]
*National Asian American Theatre Company (NAATCO), New York City, 1989– [http://www.naatco.org/ website]
*Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, New York City, 1977– [http://www.panasianrep.org/ website]
*Pangea World Theatre, Minneapolis, 1995– [http://www.pangeaworldtheater.org/index.html website]
*Second Generation (theatre), New York City, 1997– [http://www.2g.org/ website]
*Silk Road Theatre Project, Chicago, 2002– [http://www.srtp.org/index.html website]
*Stanford Asian American Theater Project, Stanford University, 1978- [http://aatp.stanford.edu/ website]
*TeAda Productions, Santa Monica, California, 1994– [http://www.teada.org/home.html website]
*Theatre Rice, University of California, Berkeley, 1998– [http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~thrice/ website]
*Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company, New York City, 2000– [http://www.vampirecowboys.com/ website] [ [http://brooklynrail.org/2007/03/theater/sok-pow-beware-i-the-vampire-cowboys-i Vampire Cowboys profile by Justin Boyd, 3/07] on The Brooklyn Rail online]

Defunct

*Asian American Repertory Theatre, Stockton
*Northwest Asian American Theatre (NWAAT), Seattle, Washington, 1973–2004 [ [http://www.aatrevue.com/NWAAT%20Plays.html NWAAT production history] on AA Theatre Revue online]
*Peeling, New York City, 1995–2005 [http://www.myspace.com/peelingnyc MySpace]

Comedy

*18 Mighty Mountain Warriors, 1994– [http://www.18mmw.com/ website]
*Cold Tofu, Los Angeles, 1981– [http://www.coldtofu.com/ website]
*OPM (comedy), 1995 [http://www.opmcomedy.com/ website]
*Pork Filled Players, Seattle, Washington, 1998– [http://www.porkfilled.com/ website]
*Slant Performance Group, New York City, 1995– [http://www.slantperformancegroup.com/ website]

Dance

*Asian American Dance Performances, San Francisco, 1974– [http://www.unboundspirit.org/new/ website]
*Asian American Dance Theatre, New York City, 1974– (now Asian American Arts Centre)
*Chen & Dancers, New York City, 1978– [http://www.htchendance.org website]
*In Mixed Company, New York City, 1995– [http://www.inmixedcompany.com website]
*Pakaraguian Kulintang Ensemble, Los Angeles, San Diego, 2003– [http://www.myspace.com/pakaraguian MySpace]
*Samahan Dance Company, San Diego, 1974– [http://www.myspace.com/samahandance MySpace]

ee also

*Asian American theatre

References

External links

* [http://www.aatrevue.com/addresses.html Address list on Asian American Theatre Revue]


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