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Upcoming Event: Hmong-Lao/Lao-Hmong Friendship Play

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In their latest upcoming play, Minnesota’s own local playwrights and BFFs, Saymoukda Vongsay and May Lee-Yang, share the true story of  the  lively experiences their Lao/Hmong Hmong/Lao friendship. Check out details below: Hmong-Lao Friendship Play Hmong-Lao Friendship Play/Lao-Hmong Friendship Play, is a collaboratively researched, written, and performed piece by playwrights, performing artists, foodies, and real-life BFFs May Lee-Yang and Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay. Hmong-Lao Friendship Play/Lao-Hmong Friendship Play explores the connections between the Hmong and Lao communities through stories, humor, hot Asian men, and popular culture. Co-presented with Lazy Hmong Woman Productions and directed by Scotty Gunderson, Hmong-Lao Friendship Play/Lao-Hmong Friendship Play explores cultural relativism between the Hmong and the Lao and builds cross-cultural understanding, connections, and friendships through humor, joy, and shared stories. With only three performances (September 17-19), you don’t want to miss Hmong-Lao Friendship Play/Lao-Hmong Friendship Play. —     TICKETS Tickets for Hmong-Lao Friendship Play/Lao-Hmong Friendship Play are on sale at IntermediaArts.org/box-office or by calling 612.871.4444 Admission to VisibiliT is sliding scale; $3 per person suggested. WHEN/WHERE Hmong-Lao Friendship Play DATES September …

Acclaimed “Refugee Nation” TeAda theater company back in Minneapolis for “Global Taxi Driver” show

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Intermedia Arts and Minnesota’s performing arts community welcomes back Los Angeles-based theater company, TeAda Productions. As part of the Global Taxi Driver project, TeAda’s ensemble invites artists, community members with taxi stories, and taxi drivers to a free story-gathering and theater-making workshop Monday, August 12th, 7pm-10pm at Intermedia Arts. These stories and local taxi driver interviews will provide a jumping off point for TeAda’s week-long residency at Intermedia Arts and will culminate in a work-in-progress performance of Global Taxi Driver on Saturday, August 17th, 2-4pm, and will include a 30-minute panel discussion moderated by Sandy Agustin. The audience will also be given the opportunity to share their own taxi stories, which will be considered for inclusion in the developing production scheduled to premiere at Intermedia Arts in April 2014. Ensemble members include Ova Saopeng, Shyamala Moorty, Saymoukda Vongsay and Robert Karimi, directed by Leilani Chan.   Taxi Story Workshop:  Monday, August 12; 7-10 PM Global Taxi Driver work-in-progress performance: Saturday, August 17; 2-4 PM Both events at Intermedia Arts: 2822 Lyndale Ave S, Minneapolis, MN …