hereandnow is a compelling Asian American theatre company that has performed across the nation for the past 17 years. hereandnow uses the collective voices of its diverse cast to reach out to the audience through universal themes of the show: that everyone comes from a unique experience, and that all people have stories to share.
The hereandnow theatre company was founded in 1989 by John Miyasaki, with a group of young Asian Americans frustrated by the lack of non-stereotypical roles in plays, musicals, television and film. From its humble beginnings at East Los Angeles College hereandnow has grown and toured to over 200 different colleges, theatres and festivals.
In addition to hereandnow's regularly touring show, the group has taken on the role of producer, having put up three successful runs of "Romeo and Juliet Pinoy/Pinay Style," with sell-out crowds and wonderful reviews from the Rafu Shimpo and the L.A. Weekly, as well as a run of the world premier play "Fentor," written by Jason Fong. hereandnow started to break new ground in collaborating work early in 1999 in cross-genre performance by working with "Visiting Violette," a Silverlake-based modern rock band, by creating new theatrical vignettes inspired by their music, and vice versa. The two groups performed in two shows at the Edison Center for Performing Arts in East Los Angeles in 1998. They were also commissioned by the National Coalition for Redress and Reparations to create a collaborative work for their annual Day of Remembrance commemorating the plight of the Japanese Latin Americans taken from South America and imprisoned during world war two.
In the winter of 2001, hereandnow produced a run of their latest touring show "Boba Stories: Tales from the hereandnow Kitchen,". Later that year hereandnow produced the world premier of "A Nickel's Worth," the story of a Chinese American family dealing with divorce. |
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