Photos: Chinglish In Rehearsal
From July 20 through August 2, "In Rehearsal", photographs drawn from the Lia Chang Theater Portfolio in the Library of Congress' Asian American Pacific Islander Collection titled, will be on view in the Library of Congress' Asian Division Reading Room, located in Room 150 of the Thomas Jefferson Building, 10 First Street S.E., Washington, D.C. The hours of the Library of Congress' Asian Division Reading Room are 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
The 20 photographs on display feature rehearsals of David Henry Hwang's play, "ChingLish," which premiered at the Goodman Theatre in Chicago this summer and is bound for Broadway this fall; and rehearsal shots from "Bakwas Bumbug!," a pop opera by Samrat Chakrabarti and Sanjiv Jhaveri, which recently made its off-Broadway debut.
Select materials from the Playwrights' Archives (AAPI Collection) will also be on view, such as original scripts by Velina Hasu Houston, Christine Toy Johnson, Jeanne Sakata and Lani Montreal.
Sponsored by the Library of Congress' Asian Division, The Display of The Lia Chang Theater
Portfolio photographs and select scripts from the Playwrights' Archives (AAPI Collection) is being held in conjunction with the "Asian American Plays for a New Generation" book event on July 27 at noon in the Mary Pickford Theater, located on the third floor of the Library of Congress James Madison Building, 101 Independence Ave. S.E., Washington, D.C.
"In Rehearsal": Lia Chang Theater Portfolio Display of David Henry Hwang's Chinglish, and Samrat Chakrabarti and Sanjiv Jhaveri's Bakwas Bumbug! Rehearsal Photos
Library of Congress
Asian Division Reading Room
Thomas Jefferson Building
10 First Street S.E., Room 150
Washington, D.C.
8:30am-4:30pm
Photo credit: Lisa Chang
David Henry Hwang and director Leigh Silverman
Johnny Wu and Angela Lin with Chinglish playwright David Henry Hwang
Stephen Pucci, Jennifer Lim, and James Waterston
James Waterston and Jennifer Lim