This summer, Ma-Yi Theater Company will return with Second Generation Productions to produce Short Stack 2, a follow-up to last year’s short-play festival showcasing works by Asian American playwrights. The festival consists of playwrights from all ranges of career levels matched with directors and actors to present four performances of their comedic five-minute works. 2G and Ma-Yi Theater commissioned nine Asian American playwrights to write short, five-minute plays that incorporate randomly assigned props and costumes, including a severed leg, dinosaurs, a baby, bubble guns, and a camel head, to name a few.
Short Stack 2 will showcase short new plays by Vichet Chum, Lisa Sanaye Dring, Jesse Jae Hoon, Nina Ki, Roger Q. Mason, Rehana Lew Mirza, Seayoung Yim, Max Yu and David Zheng. Participating directors include Nana Dakin, Cara Hinh, Kalina Ko, Ralph B. Peña, Carol Ann Tan and Shannon Tyo.
