An interview with Playwright, Performer, Multi-Hyphenate Artist: Haruna Lee
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English - March 19, 2020 12:00 - 52 minutes - 36.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsPerforming Arts Arts Society & Culture theater new york theater new plays playwrights actors directors nyc theater off-broadway broadway plays Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In the midst of this crazy time, we're excited to come back on air with this episode recorded with Haruna Lee before the shut-down of theaters city & nationwide. We hope you're staying safe and indoors at this time. May this episode offer some inspiration and reprieve in this time of isolation.
Haruna Lee is a multi-hyphenate artist, included between hyphens are the titles: playwright, performer, activist, and more. Their play Suicide Forest, which they wrote and starred in, was remounted this year at the ART/NY Theater as a co-production between Ma-Yi Theater and the Bushwick Starr. In 2019, Suicide Forest was listed in Vulture's Top 10 Theater of 2019.
In this episode, Rachel & Haruna talk about immigrating from Tokyo to Mercer Island, Washington, performing in a play with their mom (a hauntingly beautiful Butoh performer), and the Asian/Asian-American relationship to sex and sexuality.
More info about Haruna at: http://www.harunalee.com/
Thank you for listening. Sending well-wishes to all the artists and performers out there. May your work grace our stages again in the near future!
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Intro/outro music: David Hilowitz