Ma-Yi Theater Company News

New York City is hosting the first-ever NATIONAL ASIAN AMERICAN THEATER FESTIVAL (NAATF) from June 11-24, 2007, featuring more than 25 Asian American performing arts companies and solo artists convening for two weeks of performances at venues throughout the city.

The Romance of Magno Rubio -- Ma-Yi Theater Company's acclaimed, OBIE Award-winning production based on a short-story by the McCarthy-era blacklisted novelist Carlos Bulosan -- will be presented for a limited Off-Broadway engagement with previews to begin May 19, prior to an official press opening May 27 at The Culture Project

David Henry Hwang was among the honorees celebrated at the Ma-Yi Theatre Company's April 23rd benefit, featuring Jenn Gambatese and Jose Llana

The OBIE Award-winning Ma-Yi Theater Company, one of the leading theater companies in the U.S. devoted to presenting work about the Asian-American experience, honors Tony Award-winning playwright David Henry Hwang and Loida Nicolas Lewis, a best-selling author and the Asian-American CEO of TLC Beatrice, as part of its Seventh Annual Benefit and Awards Dinner on Monday, April 23

Ma-Yi Theater Company presents I Land Directed by Roberta Uno, with choreography by hip-hop star Rokafella and hula master Robert Cazimero.

New York City will be the setting for the first-ever National Asian American Theatre Festival from June 11-24, 2007 when more than 25 Asian American performing arts companies and solo artists from coast-to-coast -- Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Texas, Illinois, Minnesota, New Jersey, etc. -- convene for two weeks of performances at various venues throughout NYC.

Vampire Cowboys Theatre Company, now in its 5th season, will present the world premiere production of 'MEN OF STEEL'

The Public Theater, in association with Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks' and Producer Bonnie Metzgar's 365 Days/365 Plays National Festival, have announced that 65 theater companies in New York City have been selected to participate in the year-long production of Parks' '365 Days/365 Plays'

East West Players will present the first show of its 41st Anniversary Season, SIDES: The Fear is Real... in association with Mr. Miyagi's Theatre Company of New York City

Dr. Justin Frank, author of Bush on the Couch: Inside the Mind of the President, will lead a talkback on Friday, January 6th following the 8pm performance of the play Fear Itself, Secrets of the White House

On December 30, 2005, the Blue Heron Arts Center closed its doors.

Anthony Rapp will make two guest appearances in the off-Broadway comedy Sides: The Fear is Real on September 30th