Fil-Ams to star in Shakespeare play 'Twelfth Night
10/17/2011
GMA News
Asian Americans, including Filipino-Americans, will star in a play, Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," at the Arclight Theater in New York in the United States.
The play will be the inaugural production of Leviathan Lab, an Asian American professional creative studio.
The play will run at the Arclight Theatre at 152 West 71st Street, Level 1 between Broadway and Columbus Avenues in Manhattan from November 3 to 19.
The production will star Filipino-American Tina Chilip (Flipzoids, Joy Luck Club) as "Viola," and OBIE Award-winning actor Filipino-American Jojo Gonzalez (The Romance of Magno Rubio, “The Smurfs," and “PanAm") as "Feste the Clown."
The play will be under the direction of Nelson Eusebio III (Assistant Director, All’s Well That Ends Well, The Public Theater/NYSF’s Shakespeare in the Park 2011).
"Leviathan Lab is the new kid on the block," Chilip said. “I’m very excited to be a part of this company that is focused on creating innovative Asian American theater, and I can't wait to see what they do next."
Gonzales, on the other hand, said, “It’s great that Leviathan Lab is pushing for more opportunities for Asian American artists."
"When I first started out, it was hard for an Asian American actor to get cast, and perform in classical plays. The opportunities were few," he said.
"It was unimaginable to even produce Shakespeare with an entire Asian American cast, let alone set the production in a place like Hong Kong unless it was ‘experimental’. I’m glad that Leviathan Lab is continuing this movement, and I’m having a ball being a part of it," he added.
Aside from Chilip and Gonzalez, the "Twelfth Night" will feature:
Kurt Uy as Orsino,
Eileen Rivera as Olivia,
Andrew Eisenman as Malvolio,
John Roque as Sir Toby Belch,
Marcus Ho as Sir Andrew Aguecheek,
Karen Tsen Lee and Ka-Ling Cheung as Maria (alternating weeks),
Chris Doi as Sebastian, Roger Yeh as Fabian, and Eugene Oh as Antonio.
The play will be the inaugural production of Leviathan Lab, an Asian American professional creative studio.
The play will run at the Arclight Theatre at 152 West 71st Street, Level 1 between Broadway and Columbus Avenues in Manhattan from November 3 to 19.
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| Jojo Gonzales |
The production will star Filipino-American Tina Chilip (Flipzoids, Joy Luck Club) as "Viola," and OBIE Award-winning actor Filipino-American Jojo Gonzalez (The Romance of Magno Rubio, “The Smurfs," and “PanAm") as "Feste the Clown."
The play will be under the direction of Nelson Eusebio III (Assistant Director, All’s Well That Ends Well, The Public Theater/NYSF’s Shakespeare in the Park 2011).
"Leviathan Lab is the new kid on the block," Chilip said. “I’m very excited to be a part of this company that is focused on creating innovative Asian American theater, and I can't wait to see what they do next."
Gonzales, on the other hand, said, “It’s great that Leviathan Lab is pushing for more opportunities for Asian American artists."
"When I first started out, it was hard for an Asian American actor to get cast, and perform in classical plays. The opportunities were few," he said.
"It was unimaginable to even produce Shakespeare with an entire Asian American cast, let alone set the production in a place like Hong Kong unless it was ‘experimental’. I’m glad that Leviathan Lab is continuing this movement, and I’m having a ball being a part of it," he added.
Aside from Chilip and Gonzalez, the "Twelfth Night" will feature:
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