The play at Miners Alley follows an American mother and Tibetan father whose three-year-old son is rumored to be the reincarnation of a Buddhist lama.
"We really delved into the history," Trinh says."As the play's full title says, it's a play in three ceremonies: the marriage, the daily bowl rituals and the enthronement. The whole production team has been so helpful in making sure we accurately represent the costumes, language and movements. None of the Asian actors are Tibetan; we are Vietnamese, Filipino, Laotian and Hmong. We’re actors, and we handle our ignorance by filling it in with education and knowledge.
Trinh notes that while he's been working in the industry for over twenty years, it's rare he gets to tell Asian stories. And the few times he has had the chance to perform Asian shows, they have been for largely white audiences."A big challenge is figuring out how to get the Asian community to come out to support shows," Trinh says."It's one thing to produce Asian stories, but getting audiences to come out is another.
Matheo is eager for the community to see the play, as he says it embodies everything he loves most about theater. "My favorite plays and movies take me to an unknown place or world that I have never been to," Matheo says."And this is one of those plays where you are suddenly in India or in a room with monks and lamas teaching you; it really just shows what theater can do to bring people together through storytelling."Friday, May 19, through June 11, Miners Alley Playhouse, 1224 Washington Avenue, Golden.
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