Shining a spotlight. Transforming the canon.

FEATURING WORKS FROM ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER PLAYWRIGHTS.

The third year of The Refocus Project spotlights AAPI playwrights from the 20th and 21st centuries, including Prince Gomolvilas, Velina Hasu Houston, Victoria Nalani Kneubuhl, Anuvab Pal, Jeannie Barroga, Philip Kan Gotanda, Edward Sakamoto, and Wakako Yamauchi. The Refocus Project workshopped and produced a public reading series of four plays in the Laura Pels Theatre at the Harold and Miriam Steinberg Center for Theatre which are now available to stream.  An additional four plays are featured in an essay series by members of Ma-Yi Theater Company’s Writers Lab.

Refocus Project Theatre Talk:

A Conversation between Kalina Ko and Saawan Tiwari

Refocus Project Panel Discussion

Moderated by David Henry Hwang

Panelists: Jess McLeod, Kalina Ko, Rehana Lew Mirza, Gaven Trinidad, and Annie Jin Wang

Refocus Project Theatre Talk:

A Conversation between Gaven D. Trinidad and Saawan Tiwari

The Refocus Project is made possible by the Champions for Inclusive Theatre and Roundabout’s Forward Fund. We acknowledge the generous friends who support our many efforts to increase representation and inclusion in all aspects of theatre: Elizabeth Armstrong, Bank of America, Eugene and Joann Bissell and the Lillian Lincoln Foundation, Kevin Brown, Barbara and Peter Bye, Ginger McKnight Chavers, Ford Foundation, Jill and Barry Lafer, Gina Maria Leonetti, Iva Mills, Beryl Snyder, and Denise Littlefield Sobel.