PRESENTS
the Local Lab staged reading of
The world is not silent
written by
Don X. Nguyen
directed by
Marya Mazor
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Friday, April 28 | 7:30PM MT
Dairy Arts Center | Boulder, CO
Hey, you should join the conversation!
There will be a 20-minute conversation facilitated by Local Lab Co-Director Betty Hart directly following the reading.
SYNOPSIS
Dau, a Vietnamese immigrant living in Nebraska, hopes to match his son, Don, with a nice Vietnamese woman. When an unexpected guest arrives at their Thanksgiving dinner, the plan is set in motion in this hilarious and tender play. The World Is Not Silent examines barriers–linguistic, generational, cultural–and proves that they can be surmounted.
The World Is Not Silent was originally commissioned by East West Players (Producing Artistic Director Snehal Desai)
The World Is Not Silent received a reading in the Alley Theatre’s 2022 Alley All New Festival Rob Melrose, Artistic Director Dean R. Gladden, Managing Director
A workshop of The World Is Not Silent was presented by New York Stage and Film, Summer 2022
CREATIVE TEAM
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Land Acknowledgement
Every community owes its existence and vitality to generations from around the world that contributed their hopes, dreams and energy to making the history that led to this moment. Some of the people from the history of this spot were brought here against their will, some were drawn to leave their distant homes in hope of a better life and some have lived on this land for more generations than can be counted. Truth and acknowledgment are critical to building mutual respect and connection across all barriers of heritage and difference. We begin this effort to acknowledge what has been buried by honoring the truth.
Local Theater Company acknowledges, with deep respect, that we are located on the traditional and ancestral homelands of the Ute, Cheyenne and Arapaho Nations and Peoples. We pay respect to their elders both past and present. We ask that you consider the many legacies of violence, displacement, migration and settlement that bring us here today.
Appearing through an Agreement between Local Theater Company and Actors' Equity Association, the Union of Professional Actors and Stage Managers in the United States.
^denotes member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC)
