Refugee Nation

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When:	Past Event Date:* May 31, 2012 Time: 8:00 PM - 9:45 PM Date: June 1, 2012 Time: 8:00 PM - 9:45 PM Date: June 2, 2012 Time: 8:00 PM - 9:45 PM Date: June 3, 2012 Time: 3:00 PM - 4:45 PM Date: June 7, 2012 Time: 8:00 PM - 9:45 PM Date: June 8, 2012 Time: 8:00 PM - 9:45 PM Date: June 9, 2012 Time: 8:00 PM - 9:45 PM Date: June 10, 2012 Time: 3:00 PM - 4:45 PM Date: June 14, 2012 Time: 8:00 PM - 9:45 PM Date: June 15, 2012 Time: 8:00 PM - 9:45 PM Date: June 16, 2012 Time: 8:00 PM - 9:45 PM Date: June 17, 2012 Time: 3:00 PM - 4:45 PM Date: June 21, 2012 Time: 8:00 PM - 9:45 PM Date: June 22, 2012 Time: 8:00 PM - 9:45 PM Date: June 23, 2012 Time: 8:00 PM - 9:45 PM Date: June 24, 2012 Time: 3:00 PM - 4:45 PM more dates... more dates... Email this Event Add a Reminder Download to Outlook/PDA Print
Where:	The Los Angeles Theater Center (North Beach / Santa Monica) 514 South Spring Street., Los Angeles, 90013, Metro Trip Planner Driving Directions
Cross Streets:	Spring St. / 5th Street
Admission:	$30 General Admission Buy Tickets
Phone:	(310) 998-8765
More info:	http://www.teada.org

Description

Based on the stories of Laotian Refugees and their descendants

Written and performed by Leilani Chan and Ova Saopeng with featured artist Litdet Viravong
Directed by Armando Molina
Produced by TeAda Productions and The Latino Theater Company.

A mother lives alone in the darkness. A father struggles to forget a lost war. A son battles in the streets of urban America. A daughter searches for answers in her community. Refugee Nation is about a young generation struggling to understand their history and the silence of an elder generation still healing from the traumas of war. Based on the stories of Laotian refugees in the U.S. Refugee Nation returns to L.A. to premiere the completed work after touring the country over 5 years.

More than just a telling of Laotian American history, this three-person performance eloquently touches upon issues relating to the refugee experience, assimilation, generation gap, and mental health using drama, film, music, and audience interaction, and personalizes these issues through a genuine Laotian American perspective. The result is a performance that not only brings to light the hidden stories of Laotian Americans around the U.S., but one that is able to unite people from all types of backgrounds, ethnicities, and histories by relaying the ideas of change, loss, struggle, healing, and the unrelenting strength of the human spirit.