In June, Ma-Yi Theater Company and 2g presented readings of my Lehrstücke BAGS and Always Eat the Food at the GLOW Cultural Center in Flushing, Queens. A culmination of my 2-year Creatives Rebuild New York residency with the Artist Employment Program at Ma-Yi Theater Company, the plays were presented directly to working-class Asian American community members, with food provided and panel discussions organized by Nancy Bulalacao and led by State Senator Julia Salazar, organizer and former Assembly Member Yuh-Line Niou, organizer Rima Begum, and organizer Hailie Kim.
BAGS was directed by Chongren Fan and featured Sonnie Brown, Katie May Porter, Jillian Sun, and Anzi DeBenedetto.
Always Eat the Food was directed by Aneesha Kudtarkar and featured Purva Bedi, Golam Sarwar Harun (who also translated the play into Bangla), Jasmine Sharma, and Arjun Dhawan.