Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre

PAST PRODUCTIONS

VACT FUNRAISER Spectacular
Norman Rothstein Theatre
A Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre Production
Celebrate the Lunar New Year with some laffs - Hey it's 2008 - the year of the Rat in Chinese Astrology, and combining this with it being an Earth year, we should balance risk with practicality - At VACT, we're doing both: our FiRst-evEr fund-raisEr is now just a FUN-raiser! MC's Tom Chin & Olivia Cheng, with performances by Standup Comedian Jeffery Yu; Elvis Tribute Artist Aaron Elvis Wong; and Sketch Comedy Groups 5-Spice, Lick The Wax Tadpole, SFUU MAN CHU, The Yangtzers.
January 26, 2008
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Bondage
By David Henry Hwang
Directed by Josette Jorge
Vancouver Frindge Festival (Firehall Arts Centre)
A Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre Production
In an S&M parlor, a dominatrix and her client are clad head-to-toe in leather costumes that conceal their faces and ethnicity's. These elaborate disguises allow them to play out fantasies based on racial stereotypes and sexual mythologies.
September 6 - 16, 2007

Cowboy versus Samurai
By Michael Golamco
Directed by Josette Jorge
A Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre Production
The lives of the only two Asian Americans in the dusty western town of Breakneck are turned upside down when Veronica Lee, an attractive Korean American teacher from New York City, moves into town. Cowboy Versus Samurai is an exquisitely written, laugh-out-loud, romantic comedy that explores the sexual dynamics that surface around race in such a scenario. This politically edgy exploration of inter-racial dating and identity through irony, humor, and social commentary is a huge Hit in New York, San Francisco, Seattle and St. Paul. Cowboy Versus Samurai will be published in New Playwrights: Best Plays of 2006.
Firehall Arts Centre, July 20 - August 3, 2007

ETCH-YOUR-SKETCH SKETCHOFF!#$%!!
8TH Annual Comedy Night
Featuring sketch teams: Bananadrama, Disoriental, Lick the Wax Tadpole, Yangtzers, Slant Eyed Peas, and Sfuu Man Chu.
Winning Team of the Vancouver Rice Bowl: Bananadrama
Winning Team of the People’s Choys Award: Disoriental
Hosted by Tom Chin
Roundhouse Performance Centre, May 18 & 19, 2007

Banana Boys
Banana Boys is a smart, contemporary and wickedly funny play that breaks down stereotypes and paints a picture of what it is to be an Asian-Canadian male. The story centers on the lives of five regular Asian-Canadian guys in their mid-twenties. We follow the boys through their years at the University of Waterloo as they struggle through issues of identity and self worth. Trapped by parental obligations and societal expectations, these CBC's are neither fully Chinese nor Canadian. Adapted by Leon Aureus from the critically acclaimed first novel by Terry Woo, this wickedly funny play is directed by Jack Paterson. A Firehall Arts Centre Production with community collaboration from the Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre.

Twisting Fortunes
Written by Charlie Cho and Grace Chin
Directed by Kathy Leung
With sponsorship support from the Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre
Twisting Fortunes is a bittersweet, frothy mix of romance and sexual tension in a made-in-Vancouver play set to the buzz of Terminal City's cafe culture.
www.scriptingaloud.ca

Dissection of Comedy
A forum with the Asian Comedy Night comedians: Charles Kim, Ewan Chung, Jae Suh, Janina Gavinkar of OPM, Jeffery Yu, Kermet Apio and Tom Chin, providing insight on what is “comedy“.
May 27, 2006

RETURN OF THE CHUNG KING - 7th annual Asian Comedy Night
Three-time winners of the coveted Rice Bowl, OPM (Open People’s Minds) performs comedic aphorisms from an Asian slant...Featuring appearances by 50 Yen, Tyra Banks, Iron Chef Bobby Flay, North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Il, and Savuri from “Memoirs of a Geisha". Local stand-up comedian, Jeffery Yu, along with Seattle’s funniest comic, Kermet Apio, kicks off the night tickling your funny bones. Hosted by Tom Chin
May 26 & 27, 2006

Sex in Vancouver: Doin' It Again
By Kathy Hsieh
In life, there is always a "what if" or "If I knew then what I know now" and how things may have turned out differently. In the final Episode of Sex in Vancouver: Doin’ It Again, all 4 women are confronted with these very questions and re-live their lives as if they did what they wanted to do or should have done in the past. What they learn and how & who they end up with concludes this episodic romantic comedy.
February 23, 24, 25, 26, & 28, March 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 2006
The Waterfront Theatre, Granville Island

Sex in Vancouver: Intimate Secrets
By Kathy Hsieh
The parents of Kenneth & Jenna Sheng invite the gang to a Chinese New Year's dinner. Everyone is surprised at the guest list. The next episode to the Sex in Vancouver romantic comedy serial.
August 5 - 20, 2005

SKETCHOFF!#$%!! - Ha Ha H-A!
Funny from a Hyphenated Asian Slant
6th Annual Asian Comedy Night - 3rd Asian Sketch Comedy Competition
With Assaulted Fish, The Kupps & OPM & Jeffery Yu.
Hosted by Tom Chin.
May 27 & 28, 2005

Meet the Mockers
A Demonstration & Discussion on Sketch Comedy
This event will have the three sketch comedy groups (OPM, The Kupps and Assaulted Fish) participating in SKETCHOFF!#$%!! - Ha Ha H-A! demonstrate a comedy sketch, discuss the essence of the sketch and its performance and give the audience a chance to ask questions.
May 28, 2005

Mending Broken Dreams
A Tsunami Relief Fundraiser featuring HopSing's Offspring
University of Victoria, Victoria
April 22, 2005

Sex in Vancouver … undressed
Episodes 1 & 2 Staged Performances
April 3, 10, 11 & 12, 2005

A Car Ride
By Joyce Lam
A Live Radio Play Performance reflecting the Chinese Canadian cultural and generational divide with a family’s Chinatown grocery trip in 1967.
Theatre in the Raw’s Festival of One Acts and Radio Plays
November 27, December 5 & 6, 2004

A Car Ride by Joyce Lam
Some Things Just Suck by Roberta Tang
Alex in Chinaland by Kuan Foo
Echoes by Marlene Dong
Signs of the Times by Marlene Dong
COOP Radio Play Project, 2003-2004-2005

The Last of the Nees or Why I Don’t Smile
Phil Nee’s One-Man Show about Growing Up Asian in America with Opening Act, Jeffery Yu.
October 1 & 2, 2004

SKETCHOFF!#$%!! - RELOADED
5TH Annual Asian Comedy Night - 2nd Asian Sketch Comedy Competition
With Hot Sauce Posse, Assaulted Fish, The Kupps & OPM
Guests: Cold Tofu
May 21 & 22, 2004

Sex in Vancouver: Episode 2 - Other Women
By Serin Ngai
Episode 2 of the serial romantic comedy about hyphenated Asians. The gang coincidentally meet up at a Karoake Club.
January 29, 30, 31 & February 3, 4 & 5, 2004
Created by Kathy Hsieh, Serin Ngai & Colleen Parker for SIS Productions Under the title Sex in Seattle.

Sex in Vancouver: Episode 1 - Reflections & Deceptions
By Serin Ngai
The first episode of the romantic comedy about Asian Canadian women, their loves, loss and relationships and the men in their lives.
August 8, 9, 15, 16, 21 & 22, 2003
Created by Kathy Hsieh, Serin Ngai & Colleen Parker for SIS Productions Under the title Sex in Seattle.

Stand Slam Hip Hop Jam
Standup Comedy, Slam Poetry Fundraiser
With Asians Misbehaving & LaLa
June 8, 2003
Au Bar Club

SKETCHOFF!#$%!!
1st Asian Sketch Comedy Competition in North American
4th Annual Asian Comedy Night
With Hot Sauce Posse, Assaulted Fish, OPM, Asians Misbehaving’ & Pork Filled Players
June 6 & 7, 2003

DisS!-OriEnTED
Standup Comedy Night
With Tom Chin, Phil Nee, Tetsuro Shigematsu & Tina Kim
March 14 & 15, 2003
Anza Club

Really Blind Date
A spoof of the tv show Blind Date
December 2002
Fusion TV Episode #15, Cable Network

Banana Ransom
A short film on the ARO (Asian Reclamation Organization)
November 2002
Banana Magazine Fundraiser

Wun Tun of Fun
3rd Asian Comedy Night
With Hot Sauce Posse, Tetsuro Shigematsu, Henry Mah & Paul Bae
May 23 & 24, 2002

Exit the Dragon
By Eric Michael Zee
Remount of 2001 Fringe Performance
January 4,5,6 11, 12, & 13, 2002
FireHall Arts Centre

Exit the Dragon
By Eric Michael Zee
A drama reflecting experiences of Asian American/Canadian Actors
in the Performing Arts.
Fringe Festival
September 8, 9, 11, 13, 14, 15, 2001
Arts Club Revue Stage

Crouching Pig Not So Hidden Chopsticks
2nd Asian Comedy Night
With Pork Filled Players, Tetsuro Shigematsu & Paul Bae
May 23, 2001

F.O.B.
By David Henry Hwang
A drama of conflicting feelings about being North American & Chinese
September 21 & 22, 2000

Combo # 5 (A Little Bit of …?)
1st Asian Comedy Night
With OPM, Henry Mah & Tom Chin
May 28, 2000

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The Odd Couple Trailer

Etch-YOUR-Sketch 2! SKETCHOFF!#$%!! Featured on CBC