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Velina Hasu Houston

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Velina Hasu Houston, Playwright and Professor, child of a Japanese Mother and African American Father, was born on a United States Military Ship sitting in contested waters. All her life she has had that sense of fluid borders. Velina was raised in a small town in Kansas, middle America in every way, and at a young age announced that she wanted to write.  Navigating through a society that more often searched to give her a fixed identity and limit her ambitions, she rejected that characterization and in spite of discouraging advice, went on to garner awards for playwriting and a Distinguished Professor designation at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Dramatic Arts.   Velina discusses the many sided ways of looking at identity, how her famous play, TEA is a homage to her Mother and her life in Kansas, as a Japanese immigrant woman, and muses about what identity means today as the world changes in the 21st century. Dr. Velina Hasu Houston’s play, TEA, is available from Dramatist’s Play Service on its website.

Velina Hasu Houston, Playwright and Professor, child of a Japanese Mother and African American Father, was born on a United States Military Ship sitting in contested waters. All her life she has had that sense of fluid borders. Velina was raised in a small town in Kansas, middle America in every way, and at a young age announced that she wanted to write. Navigating through a society that more often searched to give her a fixed identity and limit her ambitions, she rejected that characterization and in spite of discouraging advice, went on to garner awards for playwriting and a Distinguished Professor designation at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Dramatic Arts. Velina discusses the many sided ways of looking at identity, how her famous play, TEA is a homage to her Mother and her life in Kansas, as a Japanese immigrant woman, and muses about what identity means today as the world changes in the 21st century. Dr. Velina Hasu Houston’s play, TEA, is available from Dramatist’s Play Service on its website.

EXPLORING IDENTITY - BORN WITHOUT BORDERS, with Playwright, Velina Hasu Houston, PH.D

Velina Hasu Houston is an award-winning writer of plays, opera, film, tv, novels--the list goes on and on.  We talk about what it was like growing up as a mixed-race woman in Kansas and how that has informed her writing, her use of magical realism and whether or not she has a ghost in all of her plays, and the kinds of plays she thinks we will see AFTER Covid. For a full transcript of today's episode please visit beyondthelightspodcast.com.Mentioned in this Episode[00:01:10] Matcha Book [00:15:28] Manhattan Theatre Club [00:16:10] TheatreWorks Silicon Valley [00:39:51] Hero Theatre [00:40:16] Hero Votes [00:48:35] Road Theatre Company [00:48:54] Zoom Series Follow VelinaWebsiteInstagramFollow Beyond the LightsFacebookTwitterInstagram

Velina Hasu Houston is an award-winning writer of plays, opera, film, tv, novels--the list goes on and on.  We talk about what it was like growing up as a mixed-race woman in Kansas and how that has informed her writing, her use of magical realism and whether or not she has a ghost in all of her plays, and the kinds of plays she thinks we will see AFTER Covid. For a full transcript of today's episode please visit <a href="https://beyondthelightspodcast.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">beyondthelightspodcast.com</a>. Mentioned in this Episode [00:01:10] <a href="https://matchabook.wordpress.com/ " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matcha Book</a> [00:15:28] <a href="https://www.manhattantheatreclub.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Manhattan Theatre Club</a> [00:16:10] <a href="https://theatreworks.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">TheatreWorks Silicon Valley </a> [00:39:51] <a href=" http://www.herotheatre.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hero Theatre</a> [00:40:16] <a href="http://www.herotheatre.org/herovotes.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hero Votes </a> [00:48:35] <a href="https://roadtheatre.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Road Theatre Company</a> [00:48:54] <a href="https://roadtheatre.org/event/under-construction-playwrights-group-final/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Zoom Series</a> Follow Velina <a href="http://www.velinahasuhouston.com " rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/gyokurogirl/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> Follow Beyond the Lights <a href="https://www.facebook.com/BeyondtheLightsPodcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/BeyondLightsPod" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/beyondthelights_podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a>

11. VELINA HASU HOUSTON - Playwright

This time Not So Ancient looks at "Tea" by Velina Hasu Houston and not only has one, but TWO guests joining in on the discussion. Production manager, Chantel King, and stage manager, Joanne Pan, share their thoughts on Houston's drama about the Japanese war wives following World War II. Culture shock, assimilation, and the obligation of culture are woven through out the narrative giving the four fuel to talk about what it means to be Asian American.

Ep 7: Tea by Velina Hasu Houston; guests Chantel King & Joanne Pan