Theater Mu
Production photo from Four Destinies, performed by Mu Theater during its 2011–2012 season. Written by Katie Hae Leo, directed by Suzy Messerole, and staged, in its world premiere, at Mixed Blood Theater. Pictured are (left to right): Maria Kelly, Nicholas Freeman, Katie Bradley, and Sara Ochs. Photograph by Michal Daniel.
Bibliography
Lee, Esther Kim. A History of Asian American Theatre. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Lee, Josephine Ding. Performing Asian America: Race and Ethnicity on the Contemporary Stage. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1997.
Lee, Josephine, Don Eitel, and R. A. Shiomi. Asian American Plays for a New Generation. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2011.
Lemanczyk, Sarah. “Rick Shiomi: Carving a Space.” American Theatre, January 2009.
Lein Walseth, Stephanie. “Staging Race in a ‘Post-Racial’ Age: Contemporary Collaborations Between Mainstream and Culturally Specific Theaters in the United States.” PhD. diss., University of Minnesota, 2014.
https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/171422/LeinWalseth_umn_0130E_15694.pdf
McKnight Foundation. Rick Shiomi: 2015 McKnight Distinguished Artist. Minneapolis: The McKnight Foundation, 2015.
https://www.mcknight.org/news-ideas/playwright-rick-shiomi-receives-2015-mcknight-distinguished-artist-award-2/
Reyes, Randy. Email interviews with the author, April 13, 2007, and November 20, 2007.
——— . Conversation with the author, May 14, 2014.
Shiomi, Rick. Conversations with the author, April 18, 2007; June 22, 2010; June 28, 2010; and March 3, 2014.
Zia, Helen. Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2000.
Related Images
Production photo from Four Destinies, performed by Mu Theater during its 2011–2012 season. Written by Katie Hae Leo, directed by Suzy Messerole, and staged, in its world premiere, at Mixed Blood Theater. Pictured are (left to right): Maria Kelly, Nicholas Freeman, Katie Bradley, and Sara Ochs. Photograph by Michal Daniel.
Description: Program for the Festival of New Eyes, Theater Mu’s first public performance event, directed by Dong-il Lee and Rick Shiomi and performed at Intermedia Arts during the company’s 1992–1993 season. The series of experimental works by emerging Asian American writers included Mistaken Identity, by S. C. Dejoras; Window Pain, by Sandra Agustin; False Alarm, by Andrew Kim; Woman Warrior, by Lily Tsong; Conversation, by Lily Tsong; Fare You Well, by Marcus Young; and Eye For One, by Edward Lee.
Production photo of Triangles, part of the Walker Art Center’s Out There series, performed by Theater Mu during its 1992–1993 season. Triangles was written by Ed Bok Lee, Tom Le, and R. A. Shiomi, directed by Martha B. Johnson, and staged at the Southern Theater. Pictured are: drummer (name unknown) and (left to right): Ed Bok Lee, Tom Le, and Rick Shiomi. Photograph by Charissa Uemura.
Concert photo from Thunder Drums of Mu Daiko, performed by Mu Daiko in 1998. Adapted and directed by Zaraawar Mistry and staged at the Southern Theater. Pictured are (top level, left to right: Rick Shiomi, Sara Dejoras, Zaraawar Mistry) and (lower level, left to right): Jennifer Weir, Iris Shiraishi, and Lia Rivamonte. Photograph by Charissa Uemura.
Production photo from Maui and the Soul of the Sun, performed by Theater Mu during its 2000–2001 season. Written by Marcus Quiniones, directed by Marcus Quiniones and Rick Shiomi; and staged at the Southern Theater. Pictured are (left to right): Allen Malicsi and Marcus Quiniones. Photograph by Charissa Uemura.
Production photo from Tiger Tales, a world-premiere production performed by Theater Mu during its 2000–2001 season. Written by Cha Yang and R. A. Shiomi; directed by Rick Shiomi; and staged at the Landmark Center in collaboration with Steppingstone Theatre for Youth Development. Pictured are (left to right): Hlee Vang and Kiseung Rhee. Photograph by Charissa Uemura.
Taiko concert photo from Spirit Drums: A Mu Daiko Concert, performed by Daiko Mu during in 2001. Directed by Rick Shiomi and staged at the Southern Theater. Pictured are (front row, left to right): Angie Ahlgren, Al Zdrazil, Iris Shiraishi, Susie Kuniyoshi, Rick Shiomi, Kiseung Rhee, Jennifer Weir, Laura Rawson, Rachel Gorton, Ying Zhang, Su-Yoon Ko; and (back row, left to right: Patrick McCabe, Gregg Amundson, and Drew Gorton. Photograph by Charissa Uemura.
Production photo from the world premiere of Bahala Na (Let It Go), performed by Theater Mu during its 2007–2008 season. Written by Clarence Coo, directed by Jennifer Weir, and staged at Mixed Blood Theatre. Pictured are (left to right): Eric Sharp, Katie Bradley, Jeany Park, Mayano Ochi, Alexander Galick, and Rose Le Tran. Photograph by Charissa Uemura.
: Production photo from Circle Around the Island, performed by Theater Mu during its 2006–2007 season. Written by Marcus Quiniones, directed by Randy Reyes, and performed in the Dowling Studio at the Guthrie Theater. Pictured are (clockwise from front): Marcus Quiniones, Mayano Ochi, Elizabeth Truong, Sandra Agustin, Sherwin Resurreccion, and Sun Mee Chomet. Photograph by Michal Daniel.
Description: Production photo from The Romance of Magno Rubio, performed by Theater Mu during its 2009–2010 season. Written by Lonnie Carter, directed by Orlando Pabotoy, and staged at Mixed Blood Theater. Fabian Obispo provided original musical composition and sound design. Pictured are (left to right): Kurt Kwan, Eric “Pogi” Sumangil, Sherwin Resurreccion, Arnold Felizardo, and Randy Reyes.
Production photo from Taiko Caravan!, staged by Theater Mu during its 2009-2010 season at the Southern Theater. Pictured are (front row, left to right): Jennifer Weir, Rick Shiomi, Iris Shiraishi; and (back row, left to right): Craig Schultz, Gregg Amundson, Jeff Ellsworth, and Joe Mignano performing the song “Kumano Shichi,” composed by Rick Shiomi. Photograph by Michal Daniel.
Mu Daiko’s Fifteenth Anniversary Concert, performed by Theater Mu during its 2011-2012 season in the McKnight Theatre at the Ordway Center for the Performing Arts (with a subsequent tour to Fergus Falls, Red Wing, Grand Marais, and Grand Rapids, Minnesota). Pictured are (front row, left to right): Chiaki O’Brien, Heather Jeche, Jennifer Weir, Iris Shiraishi, Craig Schultz, Susan Tanabe, Michiko Todokoro Buchanan; and (back row, left to right): Cathie VanDanacker and Jeff Ellsworth.
Photograph by Michal Daniel.
Production photo of Into the Woods (Park Square Theater, 2011–2012 season) featuring (at center, above) Jeannie Lander and (left to right) Katie Bradley, Sheena Janson, Randy Reyes, Sara Ochs, Suzie Juul, and Maxwell Thao. Music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim; book by James Lapine; direction by Rick Shiomi. Photograph by Michal Daniel.
Production photo from Middle Brother, performed by Theater Mu during its 2013-2014 season. Written by Eric Sharp, directed by Robert Rosen, and staged—in its world premiere—at the Southern Theatre. Pictured are (front row): Eric Sharp and (back row, left to right): Su-Yoon Ko, Sara Ochs, Sherwin Resurreccion, Michael Sung-Ho, and Audrey Park. Photograph by Michal Daniel.
Production photo from Flower Drum Song, performed by Theater Mu during its 2016-2017 season. Book by David Henry Hwang, music by Rodgers and Hammerstein, directed by Randy Reyes; co-produced with and at the Park Square Theatre. Pictured are (front row, left to right): Alice McGlave, Meaghan Kreidler, Michelle de Joya; and (back row, left to right): Kylee Brinkman, Ashley Kershaw, Nicole Riebe, and Brianna Belland. Photograph by Rich Ryan.
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Bibliography
Lee, Esther Kim. A History of Asian American Theatre. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2006.
Lee, Josephine Ding. Performing Asian America: Race and Ethnicity on the Contemporary Stage. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1997.
Lee, Josephine, Don Eitel, and R. A. Shiomi. Asian American Plays for a New Generation. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 2011.
Lemanczyk, Sarah. “Rick Shiomi: Carving a Space.” American Theatre, January 2009.
Lein Walseth, Stephanie. “Staging Race in a ‘Post-Racial’ Age: Contemporary Collaborations Between Mainstream and Culturally Specific Theaters in the United States.” PhD. diss., University of Minnesota, 2014.
https://conservancy.umn.edu/bitstream/handle/11299/171422/LeinWalseth_umn_0130E_15694.pdf
McKnight Foundation. Rick Shiomi: 2015 McKnight Distinguished Artist. Minneapolis: The McKnight Foundation, 2015.
https://www.mcknight.org/news-ideas/playwright-rick-shiomi-receives-2015-mcknight-distinguished-artist-award-2/
Reyes, Randy. Email interviews with the author, April 13, 2007, and November 20, 2007.
——— . Conversation with the author, May 14, 2014.
Shiomi, Rick. Conversations with the author, April 18, 2007; June 22, 2010; June 28, 2010; and March 3, 2014.
Zia, Helen. Asian American Dreams: The Emergence of an American People. New York: Farrar, Straus, and Giroux, 2000.