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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 &amp; 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 &amp; 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!---Intro/outro music: David HilowitzSupport the show

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 &amp; 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 &amp; 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: <a href="http://www.harunalee.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.harunalee.com/</a> 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! --- Intro/outro music: David Hilowitz<a href="https://www.patreon.com/upstageleft" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">Support the show</a>

An interview with Playwright, Performer, Multi-Hyphenate Artist: Haruna Lee

On this week's episode, the Friends talk about Japanese American identity, review Fiasco's 'Merrily We Roll Along,' and talk about trying to date when you see four shows a week.

Token Theatre Friends: Kristine Haruna Lee Takes Us Inside the Suicide Forest

This portrait was on display at Dixon Place . It is part of Necessary Exposure’s 3rd installation which explores what it means to be writing for the theater as a woman at this moment in history. Click below to listen to an excerpt of Kristine’s play Plural Love,  read by Kristine Haruna Lee. Sound design by Martha Goode. https://thefemaleplaywrightproject.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/kristine-haruna-lee.mp3 “I make a bit of horror, accrue grime and welcome the repulsive.” Kristine Haruna Lee was born in Hong Kong, raised between Tokyo and Seattle, and now lives in Brooklyn NY. She is a founding member of harunalee theater company. Recent plays include Dog Gone Day, Suicide Forest and War Lesbian. Her work has been presented and developed with harunalee at Bushwick Starr, La MaMa Club, Prelude Festival, Ars Nova, York College, New Dramatists, JACK, Asian American Writer’s Workshop, and has held residencies and commissions with Brooklyn Arts Exchange and Dixon Place. harunalee will be in residence at Ars Nova starting in 2017 for the next year. They have been supported by The Mental Insight Foundation, LMCC, and The Indie Theater Fund. She is a recipient of the New Dramatists Van Lier Fellowship, a member of the New Georges Jam, and Interstate 73. Selected performing credits include: Futurity (Lortel Award 2016), The Offending Gesture (The Tank), War Lesbian (Dixon Place), Great Lakes (Obie 2015), The Lily’s Revenge (Obie 2010), and the E.P. release of Another World with Antony and the Johnsons. She has taught at NYU and York College. BFA NYU Tisch, MFA Brooklyn College. http://www.harunalee.com/

This portrait was on display at <a href="http://dixonplace.org/performances/necessary-exposure-the-female-playwright-project-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dixon Place</a> . It is part of Necessary Exposure’s 3rd installation which explores what it means to be writing for the theater as a woman at this moment in history. Click below to listen to an excerpt of Kristine’s play Plural Love,  read by Kristine Haruna Lee. Sound design by Martha Goode. <a href="https://thefemaleplaywrightproject.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/kristine-haruna-lee.mp3" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://thefemaleplaywrightproject.files.wordpress.com/2017/02/kristine-haruna-lee.mp3</a> “I make a bit of horror, accrue grime and welcome the repulsive.” Kristine Haruna Lee was born in Hong Kong, raised between Tokyo and Seattle, and now lives in Brooklyn NY. She is a founding member of harunalee theater company. Recent plays include Dog Gone Day, Suicide Forest and War Lesbian. Her work has been presented and developed with harunalee at Bushwick Starr, La MaMa Club, Prelude Festival, Ars Nova, York College, New Dramatists, JACK, Asian American Writer’s Workshop, and has held residencies and commissions with Brooklyn Arts Exchange and Dixon Place. harunalee will be in residence at Ars Nova starting in 2017 for the next year. They have been supported by The Mental Insight Foundation, LMCC, and The Indie Theater Fund. She is a recipient of the New Dramatists Van Lier Fellowship, a member of the New Georges Jam, and Interstate 73. Selected performing credits include: Futurity (Lortel Award 2016), The Offending Gesture (The Tank), War Lesbian (Dixon Place), Great Lakes (Obie 2015), The Lily’s Revenge (Obie 2010), and the E.P. release of Another World with Antony and the Johnsons. She has taught at NYU and York College. BFA NYU Tisch, MFA Brooklyn College. <a href="http://www.harunalee.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.harunalee.com/</a>

Playwright Kristine Haruna Lee