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Within an increasingly crowded and competitive field of student groups, these fashion shows find their affiliations with cultural organizations and institutions a great financial asset. Last fall Project East, committed to remaining an entirely Asian-American and Asian enterprise, was sponsored by the Reischauer Institute, which supports research on Japan, and the Korea Institute. Says Harel-Cohen, “there are these very big student organizations associated with minorities. We were linked to different Asian organizations on campus because they can raise the money. It’s much easier to do it from that framework than to just...
Similarly, the Harvard China Winter Service Program is one of a dozen sponsors for Identities this year. “A lot of these places actually sponsor us because we are Asian-American,” says...
...says Evans, who was responsible for last Spring’s inaugural festival. According to Evans, theater is a collaborative art, and so she seeks to enhance this collaboration at the undergraduate level. Instrumental to the project are the teaming of undergraduates with graduate actors at the American Repertory Theater (A.R.T.) Institute and the introduction of professional directors. New to this year’s festival are the inclusion of undergraduate actors and the performance of original works. Evans wants budding playwrights to “think entrepreneurially about how to get their work out there in the future...
...those who are not necessarily as artistically inclined, Emerging America—a joint-festival presented by three established Boston-area theater companies—has a simpler goal: exposing the public to new performances by upcoming American artists. The festival, put on by the A.R.T., the Huntington Theater Company, and the Institute of Contemporary Art/Boston (ICA), will premiere from Friday, May 14, to Sunday, May 16. This is a new venture for the three companies, all of which have undergone important changes in the past three years; the A.R.T. and the Huntington have welcomed new artistic directors...
...companies will be joining together to publicize and celebrate the event with a parade and an opening night party. For the duration of the weekend, the festival will consist of several independent productions by emerging American theater artists at each respective location...