Lounge
(No reservation required)

10 am–8:30 pm: Tea and Talk•BYOT
Bring Your Own Tea in a covered container. Meet fellow creatives and arts supporters while relaxing in the lounge.

10 am–8:30 pm:
Silent Films Loop by Tatsu Aoki, Nooreen

12–8:30 pm:
Sound Installation by I-Chien Chen

12–8:30 pm:
Found art objects by Ji Yang

The Showcase
RSVP Required:
https://apidaartsshowcase.eventbrite.com/

for each Showcase performance

*Many performances are “SOLD OUT”. There is no waiting list.

*There will be an overflow room in LAB ONE with livestreaming available for most Showcase performances

10:30–11 am

Banyan Asian American Writers Collective
RSVP Required
Livestream viewing available in LAB ONE: overflow room

11:30–11:45 am: Dance

Catherine Hepler
Chih-Hsien Lin

RSVP Required
Livestream viewing available in LAB ONE: overflow room

Noon–12:30 pm: Performance art

Kushala Vora

RSVP Required
Livestream viewing available in LAB ONE: overflow room

Indian dance

RSVP Required
Livestream viewing is not available
12:45–1:00 pm

Ramya Ravi

1:00–1:15 pm:

Vidya Govind

1:45–2:45 pm: Film screening

Ashley Dequilla

RSVP Required
Livestream viewing is not available

3–3:30 pm: Live music

Eileen Doan

RSVP Required
Livestream viewing available in LAB ONE: overflow room

3:45–4:45 pm
Talk Stories: An Asian American/Asian Diaspora Storytelling Show

RSVP Required
Livestream viewing available in LAB ONE: overflow room

Ada Cheng:

Producer and host

With: Storytellers

5–5:15 pm: Dance

Hannah Michal Santistevan

RSVP Required
Livestream viewing available in LAB ONE: overflow room

Workshops

Free workshops for Chicagoans who identify as Asian, Pacific Island, and South Asian American. No experience necessary to join these enriching workshops.

*A fully refundable $20 deposit is required to reserve your space for Improv and Playwriting.

1–3 pm: Storytelling Workshop for 50 Years+

Ada Cheng

Learn how to tell your personal story and practice storytelling with an open mic.

RSVP required
No deposit needed for this workshop

*Space for 25 new storytellers ages 50 years+.

1–3 pm: Playwriting Workshop

Tanuja Devi Jagernauth

Get centered in your body before exploring your lived experiences through playwriting.

RSVP Required

*Space for 15 new playwrights

4–6 pm: Improv 101

Jonathan Lee-Rey &
Asra Khan from Stir Friday Night

Hone your confidence and improvisational skills. Learn how to create comedy from your unique APIDA perspective.

RSVP Required

*Space for 20 new improvisers.

Staged Reading of Short Plays
RSVP Required

*Event is FREE with this reservation

*If “SOLD OUT”, there will be an overflow room in LAB ONE with livestreaming available

7–8:30 pm:
MC: Sue Pak

A Sand Romance by Catherine Yu
Keiki by Hannah Ii-Epstein
Showtime, Auntie by Jasmine Sharma
The Devil’s Garden by Karissa J. Murrell Myers
Tomato Tattoo by Rammel Chan
Playwrights, Actors, & Play Selection Committee

Sue Pak
Host

Directors: Lavina Jadhwani, Karina Patel

Casting Director: Karissa Murrell Myers

Official Website

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Tags: Ada Cheng, APIDA Arts Festival, Ashley Dequilla, Catherine Hepler Chih-Hsien Lin, Chicago, Eileen Doan, Goodman Theatre, Hannah II-Epstein, Hannah Michal Santistevan, I-Chien Chen, Jasmine Sharma, Ji Yang, Karina Patel, Karissa J. Murrell Myers, Karissa Murrell Myers, Kushala Vora, Lavina Jadhwani, Loop, Nooreen, Rammel Chan, Ramya Ravi, Tanuja Devi Jagernauth Catherine Yu, Tatsu Aoki, Vidya Govind