Join us on Thursday, May 18th as Skyler and I discuss the creation of the show!
Catch Us in the 2022 Prospect Theater Lab
Image credit: Prospect Theater Company
Thrilled to be one of the writing teams in the 2022 Prospect Theater Lab together with Skyler Chin! Very excited to put on a show of original ten minute musicals with all these creators and the team at Prospect Theater! Show will be Nov 17th at Symphony Space, directed by Dev Bondarin!
Onsite at Angel Island: Selections from Illegal, a new musical from Skyler Chin and Sita Sunil
Friends in the Bay Area!! If you’ve ever wanted to visit or re-visit Angel Island State Park, Skyler Chin and I will be there performing a concert of songs from Illegal: A New Musical along with the amazing singer Catherine Gloria on 10/22! It will be a very special performance taking place inside the barracks of the historical Angel Island Immigration Station. You can get tickets for the ferry on the AIISF website and enjoy hiking around the island as well
Also, we will be giving a talk at UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive on 10/21, along with Filipino-American playwright Jeffrey Lo, who recently directed The Paper Dreams of Harry Chin!
You can purchase your tickets through AIISF’s website at the following link; https://www.aiisf.org/events/illegalreading
Sita Sunil's Tapestry Paintings exhibited at New Haven Folk Festival
Sita’s paintings are exhibited in the New Haven Folk Festival, a multi-disciplinary arts festival and exhibit curated by Second Floor Hardware School.
My tapestry paintings from a new ongoing series I’m working on are on view at the New Haven Folk festival! These are huge paintings done on canvas that can be hung up or framed and are inspired by several types of South Asian folk art including Pichwai and Cheriyal scroll paintings as well as illustrated manuscripts such as the Akbarnama, with with modern influences.
The New Haven folk festival is a pop up show running through Sept 23 on weekday evenings at Havenly Treats and celebrates all different kinds of folk and folk inspired art, and includes a lot of unique paintings that are hung from the ceiling! They are also doing all sorts of events in the space so check it out if you’re in the area!
Thank you to Jisu and Kuli for including me in the first Folk Festival along with the other amazing artists!
You can check out an article about the Folk Festival here.
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August 28 - Live in Queens
We are thrilled to announce a staged reading of ILLEGAL in Queens on August 28th! Admission is free, thanks to our sponsors, Chinese American Youth in Civil Services. Please join us and spread the word:
Date: Sunday, August 28, 2022
Time: 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Location: LeFrak Concert Hall, Copland Music Building, Queens College
For the nearest parking lots and campus entrance, use this address:
153-49 Reeves Ave, Flushing, NY 11367
https://kupferbergcenter.org/directions /
For tickets: tinyurl.com/illegalmusical
June 17: UA3 & OCA-NY Community Benefit Fundraiser in Chinatown
Come out and support UA3 & OCA-NY at their Community Benefit Fundraising Event, where our cast will perform a preview concert of Illegal: A New Musical!
Date: Friday, June 17, 2022
Time: 6:30pm doors open, 7-7:30pm Welcome presentation, 7:30-8:30pm Live performance of selections from Illegal: A New Musical, 8:30-9pm Meet & greet
Location: P.S. 130 Hernando De Soto School, 143 Baxter Street, NY, NY
Click here for general admission tickets ($15)
Click here to learn more about this event and UA3 & OCA-NY
In honor of Immigration and AAPI Heritage Months, we are happy to present a preview of Illegal to the Chinatown/LES community in support of OCA-NY and UA3 who provide vital services and advocacy to NYC's underserved populations.
UA3 is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization that serves populations most often overlooked, including racial minority groups, seniors, people with disabilities, domestic violence survivors, and undocumented immigrants. In addition to providing food to the community members to combat food insecurity, it aims to also focus on breaking down barriers and bridging the racial and cultural divide. Where the pandemic has created an atmosphere of anti-Asian hate, UA3 works with every racial, ethnic, religious background individuals and groups with the common theme of unity in solving community issues and working together to guide and help members back to basic wellness and qualify of living in mainstream society.
OCA-NY is a not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization founded in 1976. OCA Asian Pacific American Advocates – New York is a chapter in a national non-profit civil rights organization promoting and protecting the political, economic, and cultural rights of Asian Pacific Americans in America. We are interested in working with anyone who shares our mission of creating a stronger America by advocating for the values of equal liberty and justice for all.
#StopAsianHate #AsianAmericanHistoryIsAmericanHistory #IllegalMusical
APRIL 21 & 28: VIRTUAL LIVE TALK WITH QUEENS PUBLIC LIBRARY
Celebrate Immigrant Heritage: AAPI History And Storytelling With Illegal: A New Musical
During this live event, Composers Skyler Chin and Sita Sunil will give a presentation about Asian American history, how historical anti-Asian bias and racism have shaped today’s society, and how we can use storytelling to respond to pandemic-era anti-Asian hate, combat prejudice, instigate justice, and inspire empathy. To demonstrate the power of storytelling in action, a few songs from Illegal will be performed; and the presentation will conclude with a Q&A with the musical’s creative team. This event will be presented twice, on 4/21 and 4/28, at 6:30-7:30pm.
QPL does not require registration – just join the zoom sessions listed here:
If you can let the Illegal team know that you plan to attend or if you have any questions to ask in advance, please message us here. Thank you!
April 8 Live at Bronx Science
We were invited to perform at Bronx High School of Science recently and had a blast presenting a selection of songs from Illegal and answering questions from the Bx Sci community in a Q&A after the show. Thanks to Brian Tong, Bonnie, Ahona, Eric, Ms. Parness, Mr. Lam, The Lunar New Years Productions Club, Asian American Association, Drama Department, and the Parents’ Association for your support.
Our cast for this performance:
Anna Stacy as Kee Lin
Sita Sunil as Interpreter Carter Lee
Treston Codrington as Fat Pork
Subin Kara Ahn as Lai Wah
Miguel Sutedjo as PB Jones
Skyler Chin as Slim Chin
