Sister in the Smoke seeks to:
- use theater to educate a wider audience about violence in the APIA community;
- foster a critical and continuing dialogue about the issue of violence within the community;
- provide an opportunity for APIA women to cultivate their artistic skills in the creation of a full-scale collaborative interdisciplinary production; and
- empower the cast of Mango Tribe by engaging in the critique and confrontation of violence from a personal to a global level, and ultimately to address these issues within the larger community.
SISTERS IN THE SMOKE show details:
* indicates inclusion only in show 1
** indicates inclusion only in show 2
"THESE ARE THE STORIES"
written and performed by: Mango Tribe
directed by: Emily C. Chang & Anida Yoeu Esguerra
choreography by: Gina Magsombol, Emily Chang, Marian Yalini Thambynayagam, MarieChris Castro, Jennifer Cenda–a Armas, Pradeepa Jeevamanoharan, and Kelly Tsai
A multi-voice ensemble piece that asks "How do we heal in a world that is not safe for women?"
"SACRIFICE"
written and directed by: Kelly Tsai
performed by: Kelly Tsai, Jill Aguado, Sarwat Rumi, Gina Magsombol, and Michelle Alba
Earth, Fire, Water, Metal, and Wood. Five Taoist elements in one woman struggle through the cycles of creation, destruction, migration, and sacrifice as sparked by her experiences with abuse.
"THREE MONOLOGUES"*
written and performed by: Sarwat Rumi, Phloe, and Gina Magsombol
directed by: Anida Esguerra, Sarwat Rumi, Phloe, and Gina Magsombol
Inside the psyches of three survivors of violence who share past, present, and future.
"SCAR"**
written and directed by: Emily C. Chang, Micole Los Ba–es, Jennifer Cenda–a Armas
performed by: Emily C. Chang, Micole Los Ba–es, Jennifer Cenda–a Armas, and Lani Montreal
video by: San Tong
Rediscovering self-love between internal and external hurt.
"ABLE ABEL"**
written and directed by: Jennifer Cenda–a Armas
performed by: Jennifer Cenda–a Armas and Marian Yalini Thambynayagam
Cycles of poverty, desertion, and trying to sustain dreams in the midst of raising a family.
"FEEDING SHAME"
written by: Vanessa De Guia and Jill Aguado
directed by: Gina Magsombol and Anida Yoeu Esguerra
performed by: Vanessa De Guia, Jill Aguado, and ensemble
You're too skinny. You're too fat. The psychologically wounding quest for peace of mind between food, self, and being Filipino.
"REVOLVER"**
written and directed by: Gina Magsombol
performed by: Gina Magsombol, Jill Aguado, Micole Los Ba–es, Ann Poochareon, MarieChris Castro, Sarwat Rumi
Six Asian American assault victims in Chicago tell their stories of the attack.
"POWER MOVES"
conceived and directed by: Kelly Tsai
performed by: Mango Tribe B-girls (MarieChris Castro, Ann Poochareon, Emily C. Chang, Kelly Tsai, Marian Yalini Thambynayagam, and Pradeepa Jeevamanoharan)
Via audio collage, 12 Asian Pacific Islander American men from across the country explore their power by talking about violence against women, hip hop, and masculinity in our communities as 6 APIA women explore their physical power through dance.
"DAMAGED MERCHANDISE"
written and directed by: Lani Montreal
voice-over of Gary Clark: Steven Baz
cameraman/the groom: Daniel Finley
video by: Ann Poochareon and Allan Sargan
performed by: MarieChris Castro, Jill Aguado, and ensemble
A satire that interrogates a system that allows the commodification of Third World women for the convenience of First World men. If globalization is the new form of imperialism, is the mail-order-bride the new comfort woman?
"TRIGGERS"
written and directed by: Anida Yoeu Esguerra and Marian Yalini Thambynayagam
performed by: Anida Yoeu Esguerra, Marian Yalini Thambynayagam, Kelly Tsai, Pradeepa Jeevamanoharan, and Emily C. Chang
video by: Ann Poochareon, San Tong, and Anida Yoeu Esguerra
An Afghan woman, a young Filipina comfort woman, a Cambodian woman, and a queer Asian American woman find room to heal between the differences of their struggles born by war and hate.
"WHO'S GOT US?"
written and directed by: Anida Yoeu Esguerra
performed by: Sarwat Rumi, Vivienne Tan, and Phloe
video by: Ann Poochareon, San Tong, and Anida Yoeu Esguerra
When the world crumbles, who will catch the women who hold up the sky?
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