Krystal Banzon wraps her v-logged impressions of the final three days of the 3rd Annual National Asian American Theater Conference and Festival, held in downtown LA. She leaves LA with a renewed commitment to exploring her creative roots. READ MORE

he National Asian American Theater Festival got off to a great start last night!  The evening ranged from multimedia work and aerial trapeze, to indigneous forms of dance/theater, and a narrative piece about technology, globalization, and human connection.  READ MORE

What a tremendous and inspiring last three days!  I am brimming with inspiration, motivation, and ideas!  The final day of the conference was so vibrant, especially the excitement that surrounded the creation of the National Institute for Directing and Ensemble Creation.  READ MORE

Day 2 was our first full day of sessions and by the end of the day I was exhausted!  I argued with elders that I embraced afterwards. I was happy, hopeful, hopeless, frustrated, and scared at various times throughout the day. I am trying to speak up when I want to question something, because this is the place to do it, isn’t it?  READ MORE

It was a gorgeous day for an opening ceremony, delicious food and an open bar underneath a cloudless, turquoise Los Angeles sky in the East  West Players courtyard.  The Who’s Who of Asian American theater were all there, chatting with drinks, holding babies, and talking shop (or not) and it felt like a big family reunion.  READ MORE

All this week LA STAGE Times will present coverage of the 3^rd Annual National Asian American Theater Festival via daily vlogs from Krystal Banzon, a first generation Filipina American who is an emerging theater director. She is a SDC Foundation Observership recipient (with Chay Yew), LGBT Point Foundation Scholar for theatrical directing, a 2011 Old Vic New Voices TS Eliot US/UK Exchange director and a 2007 Fulbright Scholar to the Philippines.  READ MORE