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Hand Women, Men Swing was a presentation of two separate plays-The Hand that Holds the String and Porch Swing.
Roberta Uno-director of the New World Theater at the University of Massachusetts- added the script and video recording of The Hand that Holds the String to the University’s national archives of plays by Asian American women playwrights. The Hand that Holds the String was also the subject of chapter one of A Different Kind of Asian American: Negotiating and Redefining Asian/American in Theater Mu a PHD dissertation by Hsui-chen Lin Classon at Northwestern University.
GENERAL INFORMATION
VENUE
The Southern Theater
THE HAND THAT HOLDS THE STRING
by SANTWANA DASGUPTA, VEENA DEO, MITHU MUKHERJEE-SCHWARTZ & RANEE RAMASWAMY
directed by MARTHA B. JOHNSON
CAST
SANTWANA
DASGUPTA
VEENA
DEO
MITHU
MUKHERJEE- SCHWARTZ
RANEE
RAMASWAMY
PORCH SWING
created & directed by JEFFREY L. BAILEY & SANDRA J. AGUSTIN
Cast
E.E.
BALCOS
Dancer, Taped voice
OLIVIER
BESSON
Dancer, Taped Voice
MARCUS
QUINIONES
Dancer, Taped Voice
JEFFREY L.
BAILEY
Musicians, Taped Voice
RENE
FORD
Musicians, Taped Voice
KEVIN
WASHINGTON
Musicians, Taped Voice
PRODUCTION TEAM
BART
ROUSH
Stage Manager
HUI-MEI
CHANG
Stage Manager
JEFFREY L.
BAILEY
Composer
TOM
MAYS
Scenic Designer
SARAH
MICKELSON
Costume Designer
JEFF
BARLETT
Lighting Designer
JOHN
SIMS
Sound Designer
RANEE
RAMASWAMY
Gesture Coaching
RICK
SHIOMI
Dramaturgy
SANDRA J.
AGUSTIN
Choreography
JEFFREY L.
BAILEY
Music Recording