Title, Premiere and Location
A Beautiful Country: 150 Years of Asian American History in Dance and Drama
June 5-21, 1998
Castelar School, 840 Yale Street, Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA
Written By
Chay Yew
Synopsis
Written and directed by Chay Yew and produced in Chinatown's Castelar Elementary School, a multi-media theatrical performance with dance, drama and drag. A BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY tells the history of Asian Americans through the eyes of an immigrant drag queen named Miss Visa Denied. Through story and song, we see episodes about the migration of Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Vietnamese, and so on.
Staff
Director/Playwright - Chay Yew
Composer - Nathan Wang
Scenic Designer - Akeime Mitterlehner
Costume Design - Ann Closs-Farley
Lighting Design - Geoff Korf
Choreography - Jessica Wallenfels
Assistant Director - Colin Campbell
Assistant Director - Byungkoo Ahn
Assistant Costume Designer - Kharen Zeunert
Assistant Lighting Designer - Kuo-Lung Kai
Producers - Christopher Lore and Leslie Tamaribuchi
Production Stage Manager - Victoria Gathe
Technical Director - Sean Healey
Graphic Design - Chris Komuro
Press Representative - Jason Martin
Production Dramaturgs - Peter Tamaribuchi, Amy Vaillancourt, Nancy Yee
Translator - Nancy Yee
Videographer - Javier Fuentes-Leon
Carpenter - Alessandro Thompson
Crew - Denh Chu, Cindy Luong, Lisa Phan
Cast
| Chi Kiet Au | Fan Dancer, Tai Chi Dancer |
| Jose Casas | Testimony, Percussionist, Chorus |
| Tina Chao | Chorus |
| Reggie Lee | Miss Visa Denied |
| Page Leong | Visa's Soul, Anti-Chinese Play Actor, Chinaman, Model, Mary, Laotian Girl, Lily Chin |
| Armando Molina | Anti-Chinese Play Actor, Ralph, Club Lady |
| Jeanne Sakata | Filipino Migrant Worker, Laotian Man |
| Eric Steinberg | Visa's Voice, Massacre Performer, Anti-Chinese Play Actor, Yoshi, Model |
| Jessica Wallenfels | Dancer, Chorus |
| Chris Wells | Immigration Officer, Anti-Chinese Play Actor, M.C., Club Lady, Gunner Lindberg |
| John Lung Wen | Chinese Singer, Poet |
| Nancy Yee | Mother, Laotian Woman, Testimony |
| Gwendoline Yeo | Dance, Zither Player, Testimony, Chorus |
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