Dec
12
to Dec 14

Tales of the Transcestors: The Divine

Tales of the Transcestors: The Divine celebrates trans and gender-expansive narratives through new works that uplift folklore, mythologies, and deities transcending gender. Fusing theatre, spoken word poetry, dance, and multimedia performance, this production weaves together three distinct stories that explore Native Hawaiian culture (Kapaemahu), Islamic mysticism (djinn), and spiritual alchemy (the Rebis). Bridging past and present, Transcestors invites us into a 'world between worlds' and honors the power, joy, and richness of trans experiences.

More info coming soon!

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A Third Space: The Trans Conversation Project
Jun
8
to Jun 28

A Third Space: The Trans Conversation Project

The Trans Conversation Project is a community event series that began with intergenerational interviews in the spring of 2024; participants agreed to meet up and mutually interview one another about their lives and experiences across generations, gender and culture. These conversations illuminated commonalities—like being a “super ally” for a few years, or being awestruck by a trans figure in the public eye; having a first important conversation with another nonbinary person or navigating changing relationships as they grow closer or fall away with transitioning.  

A THIRD SPACE is a collage of those conversations, set in liminal spaces like waiting rooms and lines for the bathroom, with a diverse all-trans/nonbinary ensemble cast of performers from a variety of experiences and expressions. 

Written by playwright Maddox Pennington (Love ChickenAnnex) and directed by Elisawon Etidorhpa (AnnexKeep in Mind) A THIRD SPACE is produced by an all-trans and nonbinary creative team of theater artists.  

Ensemble

Caden Healander (he/him)

Nico Pang (they/he)

Jae N (they/them)

Joie Mitchell (they/them)

Sydney Rogers aka Miss Barbie-Q* (she/her)

Chloe Corcoran (she/her)

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Stories of Our Ancestors
May
25
7:00 PM19:00

Stories of Our Ancestors

Celebrate Asian American Heritage Month with Jett Kwong and special guests Nico Pang and Sugi Daaks! Come experience live-scored spoken word and storytelling, a full band performance, and a bar stocked with beverages from local AAPI-run businesses Vervet and Hey Hey. 

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A New Brain
Apr
29
to Jun 24

A New Brain

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I’m so excited to be assistant directing this gender expansive production of A New Brain!

A timely revival of the Finn & Lapine show about second chances and the urgency of art, Celebration Theatre brings us into the world of this queer musical of “captivating eccentricity” (New York Times) with an intimate experience of pathos, humor, and just a little bit of magic—to bring us back to life.

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Moonbow | 月虹 Staged Reading at Hantext Play Reading Festival
Feb
26
2:00 PM14:00

Moonbow | 月虹 Staged Reading at Hantext Play Reading Festival

Join us for a 4 day theater festival and enjoy brand new works from queer and trans playwrights of color from the Hantext Class of '22.

February 26, 2023 at 2pm: Moonbow | 月虹 by Nico Pang

Upon his death, a Cantonese family’s patriarch leaves behind a mysterious journal to his grandchild, Benji Lau. Benji hasn’t been back home in years, not since he came out as trans and stepped out of his twin sister’s shadow. As Benji moves in with his newly widowed grandmother, he must figure out his new place in the family and excavate his grandfather’s unknown past. Flitting from the present to 1950s Hong Kong to Benji’s childhood, Moonbow weaves in magical realism and poetry for an intimate journey of navigating grief, building intergenerational possibilities, and finding home.

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Hear THEM Loud: a celebration of original work by trans and GNC artists
Nov
17
7:30 PM19:30

Hear THEM Loud: a celebration of original work by trans and GNC artists

Celebration Theatre is proud to present Hear THEM Loud, a showcase of original works created and performed by artists of TGNC experience celebrating trans JOY and POWER. From dance to poetry, music to storytelling, ten artists take the audience on a journey through creating art and celebrating community.

Directed by Shaan Dasani (he/they)

Produced by Amanda Kruger (they/them)

Featuring B Alexander (they/them), Jude Batterman (he/they), Alex Hogy (he/him), Alexia Jasmene (she/her) & Blaize Hall (they/she) in a one-act play by Allison Fradkin (she/they), Theo Motzenbacker (he/they), Bex Nitti (he/they) and Jayven Colón from dance troupe Queerchata, Nico Pang (they/them), and Daniel Markus Sanchez (he/him).

Graphic design by Daniel Foerste (he/him)

This program has ASL Interpretation.

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Boston Poetry Marathon 2022
Aug
5
to Aug 7

Boston Poetry Marathon 2022

The Boston Poetry Marathon is an over-20 year summer tradition of poets from around the globe, representing many different aesthetics and backgrounds, coming together for a weekend-long poetry reading festival.

The 2022 Boston Poetry Marathon will also be a fundraiser for two New England based organizations that work for reproductive freedom: Eastern Massachusetts Abortion Fund and The Womxn Project.

I’ll be reading at 7:28pm EST on Friday night.

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entertwine Grand Event (AAPI 24-hour Playwriting Contest)
Jul
29
5:00 PM17:00

entertwine Grand Event (AAPI 24-hour Playwriting Contest)

The conclusion to entertwine’s second annual AAPI 24-hour playwriting contest.

Come listen to a live reading of new heart-warming, innovative, ALL MADE WITHIN 24-HOUR, pieces. Sure to brighten your evening. 

Come and celebrate these amazing writers and actors with us

  • FORTUNE COOKIES by Christine C. Hsu

  • Mingbi by MJ Jin

  • Sibling Rivalry by Jamie Lin

  • Insurance by Matt Zhang

  • Egg & Cheese on a Roll by Claire Tran

  • Yearn by Nico Pang

  • To grandmother at the end of the world by Brian Dang

  • The Cruise by Jennifer Kim

  • The Cat-Astrophic Escape by Julianne Pagayon

  • Sapatos by Marisa M. Marquez

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Asian American Playwright Collective Playfest 5
Jul
22
to Jul 23

Asian American Playwright Collective Playfest 5

Join us on Friday, July 22 and Saturday, July 23 at 7pm EST to see new work by exciting voices from the Asian American and Pacific Islander playwright community in Boston!

We are thrilled to share with you a selection of new, ten-minute plays live and for free at Starlight Square in Central Square, Cambridge, MA one weekend only.

This program is supported in part by funding from Starlight Square, CHUANG Stage, and a 2022 Summer Festival Grant from Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.​

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Listening to Asian Voices
May
26
7:00 PM19:00

Listening to Asian Voices

This forum will feature and celebrate people with a variety of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) identities and their diverse intersections and experiences. Learn more about the diversity of the AAPI community and how to be more inclusive in our collective racial justice efforts. 

Sponsored by LexPride. Cosponsored by Chinese American Association of Lexington (CAAL), Chinese Americans of Lexington (CALex), Indian Americans of Lexington (IAL), Japanese Support Group of Lexington (JPLex), Korean-American Organization of Lexington (KOLex), Rainbows Across Communities, Together We Rise, and other organizations. Supported by a grant from Community Endowment of Lexington, an endowed fund of the Foundation for MetroWest.

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Putting Down Roots: A Pothos Arts & Theater House Fun-raiser
Apr
2
4:30 PM16:30

Putting Down Roots: A Pothos Arts & Theater House Fun-raiser

Introducing Pothos Arts & Theater House, a new theater company that resides on Tongva land in the South Bay area of Los Angeles. We are hosting a getting-to-know-you fundraiser event in Torrance! Food, soft beverages, performances! Proof of vaccination or recent negative test required. 

Performances by Nico Pang & Socks Whitmore!

Pothos Arts & Theater House is committed to elevating the platform of trans/gender-nonconforming people by producing musicals and new works that center trans artists and their experiences, and advocating for the improvement of the conditions that marginalize such artists.

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Resolve 2022
Jan
20
7:00 PM19:00

Resolve 2022

Elevate your 2022 vision board! Join us on Thursday, January 20 at 7pm ET for an evening of art and reflection to help you set an intention for yourself and your community as we begin a new year.

Featuring new monologues by Season 23 PlayLab Circuit Surge Lab playwrights M Sloth Levine, Tara Moses, and Ashley Rose, plus poetry by Max McLune and Nico Pang, songs by Jude TorresThom Dunn, and Kadahj Bennett alongside teen musicians from ZUMIX, and a self-care intermission with Marlene Boyette.

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Asian American Playwright Collective Playfest 4
Sep
17
to Sep 18

Asian American Playwright Collective Playfest 4

My newest short play, Door will be premiering!

“The 4th Annual AAPC Playfest highlights the work of Boston-based Asian American and Asian Pacific Islander playwrights, actors and directors. We are thrilled to share with you Playfest 4 fully produced and live at the Starlight Square Stage thanks to a Live Arts Boston (LAB) 2020 Grant from the Boston Foundation.

Join us on Friday, September 17th at 7 PM EST, and Saturday, September 18 at 2 PM and 7 PM EST to see new works by exciting voices from the Asian American and Pacific Islander playwright community in Boston!”

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Project Resilience at SpeakEasy Stage
Jun
18
to Jun 30

Project Resilience at SpeakEasy Stage

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“To celebrate the distinct and enduring spirit of this great city, SpeakEasy is commissioning five Boston playwrights to each write a brand-new, site-specific, ten-minute play that celebrates the resilience that sees us through each day.”

My play, My Body Is a Season will be premiering! Through a series of strange and beautiful dreams, Cam explores what it means to come home to their body as they grapple with their top surgery being postponed due to the pandemic.

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Divine Love Is Our Birthright:* a workshop in transfuturist prayer
May
8
7:30 PM19:30

Divine Love Is Our Birthright:* a workshop in transfuturist prayer

Guided by Micah Rosegrant and myself
Presented in collaboration with American Repertory Theatre & Luya Poetry
*named after art by féi hernandez and SA Smythe

How do we render space and beauty for ourselves out of the English language’s colonial landscape? How can prayer be a place to “shape God [and] shape change” (adrienne maree brown with Octavia Butler)? In this workshop, Micah Rosegrant will invite participants into their practice of trans-affirmative spirituality, and then together everyone will explore poetry and spoken word as sites for imagining queer and trans futures.

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May
8
10:30 AM10:30

C-U Liberation Fest 2021

Liberation Fest is a 2-day virtual event that aims to create a space for emerging Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) youth ages 11 – 19 to celebrate community strength, resistance, creativity, and joy.

I will be facilitating a collaborative poem workshop on Saturday morning.

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Art SPARKs: Poetry Open Mic
Apr
22
6:00 PM18:00

Art SPARKs: Poetry Open Mic

Celebrate the launch of Art SPARKs with featured poet Nico Pang and a collection of poems for Boston, from Bostonians!

This Earth Day, dive into the intersection of art and civics with Art SPARKs, a new initiative for SPARK Boston that empowers young adults in the creative community to engage in conversations about Boston's future. Attend the collective's first ever event: a poetry open mic, featuring the work of local poet Nico Pang.

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