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Adaptation and adapting
Suddenly I wonder, Oh god… am I playing into the hands of crazed right-wingers by adapting a canonical novel by a white author, written at t
What are the rules of the world?
It’s hard to know what makes sense to do when nothing makes sense. Something I often ask my students when I teach playwriting is: what are t
Grief as Rebellion
Processing this slice of time, writing about this slice of time, has taken as much of a toll as it has provided fuel. For me, these diaries
Imagine Better, Then Execute It
Resisting the mindset of scarcity had become a running joke among my grad school cohort, because we theoretically understood that there is e
Pancakes That I Didn't Make
This is a time where there are fewer answers than questions. As I move and make, as artist, scholar and organizer, I feel myself at odds: qu
Caring for Your Full Self
As dramaturgs, we mustn’t sidestep the weighty acknowledgement that self-reflection is just as crucial as reflecting on the external. In a d
Notes from an Isolated Witness
On days like today when my heart grows heavy, wishing I could be on-the-ground, I find myself leaning into the practice of dramaturgy that w
Get in Where You Fit in
In times of great duress and unrest, it’s easy to get wrapped up in responding to the immediate. It’s easy to get lost, as we may veer off c
Dramaturgy as Advocacy and Archive
If diary-keeping is a political act, then I feel compelled to be truthful about the messiness, the hope, the disparity, the activism, the lo
Community
Community. I think that was what I indirectly aimed for when I mooted the idea of the Asian Dramaturgs’ Network. A community committed to dr