See Theatre Rice and Contribute to Hyphen

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December 6, 2008

I'm stoked.

Theatre Rice, a modern Asian American theatre company on the campus of Berkeley, has chosen Hyphen as the recipient of its charity fund! We attended the showcase last night to say a few words of thanks, and if you are in for a great laugh (and occasional warm and fuzzy feelings), you can still see the show tonight! The last performance this semester will be in 155 Dwinelle. Doors open at 7 pm and whatever you can give, $3 or more, Hyphen will be getting part of the proceeds to help us with 2009's printing and distribution costs. Go to their Facebook event for more information.

Theatre Rice has been around on the Berkeley campus for over ten years now, and I am so amazed that these students work their butts off each show to give back to the community. They rehearse way past midnight, sometimes in the midst of midterms and finals. They could've easily horded all of the money and spent it on costumes, equipments, space rental, so on and so forth. Instead, they look to the Asian American community to see where their money can go. Now this is what I call putting your money where your mouth is! Some past recipients of this fund are Asian American Theatre Company, Kearney Street Workshop, and Asian Pacific Islander Youth Promoting Advocacy and Leadership. You can read more about them here.

Hyphen and Theatre Rice connect in the sense that we understand the effects of the lack of representation and misrepresentation of Asians and Asian Americans in the mainstream media. So essentially everything that we're doing goes back to that: fighting to give Asian Americans a voice, whatever that voice may be.

Ah. I love young'uns that are involved and engaged. Keep it up, Theatre Rice! As for the rest of you, you can be a part of the movement too by just seeing the show. Don't miss out.

Posted by LisaLee at December 6, 2008 10:20 AM