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Rick Shiomi, McKnight lub 2015 Tus Kws Paub Tshwj Xeeb

Hauv qab no yog pawg thawj coj saib Megan Binger Brown lub foreword ntawm qhov nyuam qhuav tso tawm phau ntawv nco txog celebrating McKnight's 2015 Tus Kws Paub Tshwj Xeeb, Rick Shiomi - Theatre artist, tshuab raj, thiab tus tsim ntawm Mu Performing Arts.

Playwright, Tus Thawj Coj, Suab Paj Nruag, Tus Saib Xyuas: Tus Artist's Zen Journey

"Minnesota yuav yog qhov chaw kawg hauv lub ntiaj teb uas kuv xav xav kom xaus," Rick Shiomi tau sau ntawv rau 2011, nco qab nws cov kev xav tom qab xyoo 1990 mus rau Minneapolis thaum nws tsis muaj kev zoo siab los ntawm lub nroog tsis muaj cov Neeg Esxias American theatre zej zog .

Qhov kev sib ntsib no tau ua rau qhov chaw tseem ceeb nyob hauv Shiomi hu nws Zen ncig mus ua ib tug kws kos duab: Ob peb lub hlis tom qab ntawd, nws rov qab los rau hauv Minnesota dua ib zaug, thiab ob xyoos tom qab ntawd nws tau nyob zoo, pab tsim lub lub zej lub zos nws tau xav ntau kom nrhiav tau. "Xws li yog kuv cov lus qhuab qhia - qhov tseeb kuv ntseeg tias qhov chaw ntawm kuv lub neej los ua lub hauv paus rau ob xyoo ntawm kuv lub neej hauv tsev ua yeeb yam," nws hais.

Rick Shiomi nrog Martha Johnson, 2015. (Yees duab: Rik Sferra)

Raws li ib qho ntawm tsib tus kws tshawb fawb thiab cov neeg khiav dej num uas tau tsim Theatre Mu hauv 1992, Shiomi plunged mus pab tsim Asian Asian American actors thiab playwrights - thiab mus ua nws cov txuj ci zoo nkauj. Twb tau ua tiav cov playwright thiab taiko nruas neeg ua si thaum nws tuaj txog hauv Minnesota, thaum lub sijhawm nws 20 xyoo ntawm qhov kev pab ntawm Mu (tom qab Kev Ua Yeeb Yam) nws tau hloov mus rau tus thawj coj, tus xib fwb, tus thawj coj hauv tsev kawm ntawv, thiab tus neeg cob qhia.

Lub luag hauj lwm zaum kawg no yuav muaj qhov kawg ntawm Shiomi txoj kev ua neej ntev ntev. Nug cov neeg hauv kev ua yeeb yam - hauv Minnesota; nyob rau hauv Vancouver, BC; nyob rau San Francisco; nyob rau hauv New York; nyob rau hauv Philadelphia - txog Rick Shiomi thiab koj yuav hnov ib lo lus dhau los thiab dhau: Generous. 

Shiomi pab tsim tsis yog ib lub teb chaws tseem ceeb tshaj plaws hauv Asian American theatre companies, tiam sis tseem ua cov haujlwm ntau ntau ntawm cov neeg sau ntawv, cov neeg ua haujlwm, cov thawj coj, cov thawj coj, thiab cov kws tshaj lij, lawv pom thiab txhawb lawv cov txuj ci ua tsaug rau nws. "Kuv nyiam cov dab neeg yog cov dab neeg keeb kwm txog qhov neeg koom nrog Mu - feem ntau ntawm Rick cornering lawv nyob hauv ib lub tsev noj mov," hais tias playwright Lauren Yee. Rick Shiomi tsis yog ib qho yuav tsum "tsis muaj" rau ib qho lus teb.

Niaj hnub no, nws yog tus ua yeeb yam ntawm cov neeg Esxias American theatre movement, thiab nws lub zog yuav loj hlob hauv teb chaws thiab thoob teb chaws. Peb cov neeg hauv Minnesota tau muaj hmoo kawg uas Shiomi tau rov qab los rau peb lub xeev tom qab thawj zaug mus xyuas, xaiv ua nws lub tsev nyob ntawm no, thiab tseem qhia nws cov txuj ci los pab peb lub zej zog zog.

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