The Asian American Playwright Collective Playfest 7

The Asian American Playwright Collective (AAPC) is all-volunteer group of playwrights based in the Boston area who have banded together to raise awareness about the breadth and depth of new work by theatre artists who are informed by a complex and multi-layered identity, but who also just happen to be Asian American. The moniker of the group belies an ongoing, paradoxical effort to be recognized for the kinds of unique stories seen through a multi-faceted lens of ethnicity that we are almost expected to write, but also to break beyond the easy categorization imposed by racialized identity politics and to be seen simply as a group of American playwrights who write compelling plays. The annual AAPC Playfest has provided an opportunity for AAPC works to be seen by the general public.

The AAPC Playfest 7 will feature 8 new works by our member Asian American and Pacific Islander playwrights.

Michelle M. Aguillon - Director, Playwright - Luz and Urduja

Michaell has been based in the Boston area for 25+ years as a director, producer, designer, actor, and playwright; and is the Executive Director at Creative Arts in Reading, an arts, music, and theater school.

Christina R. Chan - Playwright - Punch the Pink

Christina is a playwright, actor and  producer. Her work has been workshopped/produced at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, TC Squared Theater, Boston  

Theater Marathon and more. [email protected] 

David Valdez - Guest Playwright - Punch the Pink

David Valdes’ plays have been produced by the Humana Festival, Company One, Boulder Ensemble Theatre Company, Milagro, Fresh Ink, Mixed Blood, Actors Theater of Charlotte, and others. As a gay Cuban-American, his work foregrounds BIPOC and LGBTQ characters and is intentionally intersectional in nature. Next up will be the world premiere of his play The Great Reveal at Lyric Stage in 2025.

www.davidvaldeswrites.com

Instagram: @davidvaldeswrites

Hortense Gerardo - Playwright - Kith and Tell

Hortense is the Director of the Anthropology, Performance, and Technology (APT) Program, University of California, San Diego, a Mass Cultural Council Fellow in Dramatic Writing, and Eliot Norton Award nominee for Outstanding New Script for Middleton Heights. www.hortensegerardo.com

Greg Lam - Playwright - Juliet's Post Credit Scene

Greg is a playwright, screenwriter, and board game designer who moved from the Boston area to the Bay Area. He is the co-founder of the Asian-American Playwright Collective & more. https://greglam.wixsite.com/home

Jamie Lin - Playwright - The First Birthday

Jamie is a Taiwanese-American theater artist  originally from the Bay Area. Produced works: The Ghost of  Keelung (AATAB / Chuang Stage / Pao Arts Center); Bee, Plus  One (BTM XXV/Chuang Stage). [email protected] 

Michael Lin - Playwright - Landlord Special)

Michael is a Boston-based actor and playwright, with a special fondness  for original and adapted audio drama. He has also had  the pleasure of both acting and writing for Flat Earth Theatre. [email protected] 

Dev Luthra - Playwright - Death and the Matron

Dev is a theatre maker of South Asian and European descent, trained at East 15 Acting School, London and at Shakespeare & Company. His plays include Macbeth’s Children (co-written with Michael Bettencourt),Second Chances and Secret Asian Man. He served as Artistic Director of And Still We Rise Productions.

Rosanna Yamagiwa Alfaro - Playwright - Letting Go

Rosanna ’s short plays were put on this year by the Burlington Players and AAPC in Dragonfly Plays, the Boston Theater Marathon, and the SAATH Festival. She has been produced the Huntington, Pan Asian Rep, and East West Players.

Host or Publisher The Asian American Playwright Collective (AAPC)