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Highlights:

The Asian Arts Initiative in New York for the First Asian American Theatre Festival!


The Edge of the World was a great big art experiment. We invited a dozen of the decade's most inventive artists and dared them to go beyond the traditional identity piece while creating a show that's grounded in personal experience. Part cabaret, part object d'art, part truth or dare. In a night of all new 5-minute-or-shorter "speed plays" asking and addressing the question of what Asian America wants, a rotating cast from around the country threw their lives onto stage full tilt and took everyone on a roller coaster ride of comedy, drama, serious reflection, and pure theatrical entertainment.

Featuring Regie Cabico, John Manal Castro, Royd Hatta, Robert Karimi, Traci Kato-Kiriyama, Dan Kim, Michelle Myers, Gary San Angel, Anula Shetty , Ryan Suda, F. Omar Telan, and Kristina Wong. Conceived and directed by F. Omar Telan. Co-produced by Gayle Isa.

Follow the link to check out some of the festival highlights by established theater icons like playwright David Henry Hwang and the New York organizing companies (Ma-Yi, Pan Asian Rep, and NAATCO); also taking a glimpse of another generation of artists, many of whom have been supported by the Asian Arts Initiative, including: Omar Telan, the director and creator of "Edge of the World"; Robert Karimi, who we co-commissioned in "Cooking Con Karimi (Con Castro)"; Kristina Wong, who we co-commissioned for "Wong Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"; and Regie Cabico who we'll be hosting next spring for a Mid-Atlantic Arts Foundation residency and ourfirst Philadelphia Theater Initiative production!

Please enjoy: http://www.ialink.tv/videos/asian.html

Also check out a review by NYTheatre.com:
http://www.nytheatre.com/nytheatre/prnn/410.htm