Getting Your Theatre DIY On: Family Circle, Awesome Theatre Folks, And The Coalition For Asian American Children And Families

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

I don't know about you, but doing good plus enjoying an evening of exceptional people like BD Wong, Adam Gwon, Aaron Albano, Anthea Neri, Bryna O'Neill, Cindy Cheung, Deborah Lew, Eric Bondoc, Liz Casasola, Marc De La Cruz, Mel Maghuyop, Michael Montalbano, and Whitney Kam Lee sounds like a pretty damn good way to enjoy an evening.

From Broadway World:

BD Wong (PACIFC OVERTURES, YOU'RE A GOOD MAN CHARLIE BROWN) and composer Adam Gwon (ORDINARY DAYS) will headline "FAMILY CIRCLE: A CELEBRATION OF ASIAN AMERICAN THEATRE ARTISTS TO BENEFIT THE COALITON FOR ASIAN AMERICAN CHILDREN AND FAMILIES(CACF)" at the Daryl Roth Theatre's D-Lounge Cabaret, Monday, October 4th at 8pm. Timothy Huang produces.

The evening's proceeds will support CACF, the nation's only pan-Asian children's advocacy organization which strives to improve the health and well-being of Asian Pacific American children and families in New York City. Tickets are $25 in advance and $30 at the door, and can be purchased at http://cacf.org.

Wong will make a special appearance alongside performances by Aaron Albano, Anthea Neri, Bryna O'Neill, Cindy Cheung, Deborah Lew, Eric Bondoc, Liz Casasola, Marc De La Cruz, Mel Maghuyop, Michael Montalbano, and Whitney Kam Lee.

Composer Adam Gwon, who recently won acclaim with his musical ORDINARY DAYS, lends his music to the evening, alongside songs by Eric Kubo and Mark Evans, Felice Kuan and Hyun Suk Park, Hyeyoung Kim and Michael Cooper, J. Oconer Navarro, Jeff Tang, Joy Son and Kirsten Guenther, Kevin So and Jeff Yang, KyoungAe Kang and Will Aronson, Randall Eng and Donna DiNovelli, RoBert Lee and Leon Ko, and Timothy Huang. Steven Eng (National Asian Artists Project) directs, with musical direction by Mark Evans, and featured accompaniment by Marcus Baker.

For more information on CACF, visit http://cacf.org. The Daryl Roth Theatre's D-Lounge is located at 101 East 15th Street, New York, NY 10003.
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