Asian American Theatre Analysis

To me, the cultural difference between Asia and America is apparently huge, to the point that I personally think that we have nothing in common. Therefore, it’s very difficult for one who grew up in both societies to integrate one into the other. Even though theatre is a great way to lean about history, the idea of how one properly expresses one culture is already hard, to not mention how it’s even more difficult to corporate two cultures at the same time. However, no matter how hard it is, there are many playwrights, actors and actresses who have done a good job introducing Asian American theaters in an amazing ways. Rather than learning different histories and cultures from the boring and lengthy books, to me theatre indeed makes them become …show more content…
I had a chance to read part of the book “A History of Asian American Theatre” published in 2006 and it was written by the excellent writer Esther Kim Lee. The book tells an interesting story how the first Asian American theatre companies developed from the first place during 1960s and how the first Asian American actors found their place in the theatrical industry. It is said that the first four companies brought the new chances and provided all the resources to Asian American writers, producers and actors to participate and contribute into the introduction of Asian-American theatre to the rest of the world for the following four decades. From that historical time until today, Asian American theatre has become one of the most developing parts among the modern world’s theater. Technically, Asian American theatre is the type of theatrical art that is written, directed, and usually performed by Asian Americans. However, as far as I know of, there existed in the beginning of Asian American theatre development when plays were performed by the white actors. The participation of non-Asian actors as typical Asian characters usually led to lots of disagreement and protests. In the