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Tonight’s stories
A guide to the frames on the wall
Every frame in the room opens toward a larger life. Use this index to move between the visual scene and the fuller summaries you may want before or after the show.
- 1. Harold & CrisalmaA love story carried across childhood, war, memory, and migration
- 2. Stephanie ReeseA performer carrying family sacrifice into every song
- 3. Steve FongBelonging, citizenship, and the moment identity changes shape
- 4. Gina CorpuzPoetry as truth-telling, resistance, and becoming
- 5. Clarence MoriwakiA childhood wound and the long shadow of racism
- 6. Felomina Flores SalangaA mother, a community, and the spirit of bayanihan
- 7. Sam OmotoCamp, war, Hiroshima, and the stubborn work of survival
- 8. Akiko OmotoA daughter honoring her mother with tenderness and care
- 9. Jan FongA wedding, a dress, and the joy of beginning again
- 10. Sara’s Adoption StoryAdoption, China, identity, and loving a child into herself
- 11. Emma & Grandpa KeizoA granddaughter remembering the man who kept Japan close
- 12. Mere & JasonRomance, family history, and the meeting of two worlds
- 13. Frank TsuchiyaIncarceration, impossible choices, and citizenship reclaimed
- 14. Larry NakataTrust, business, and community after wartime injustice
- 15. The Manzanar TableBeauty, silence, and resilience carried in one family artifact
More voices still to join the wall
These stories belong in the larger world of The Asian Monologues and can be added to the visual room as portraits, artifacts, or new frames become ready to share.
- Giselle “Gigi” Vincent
- Anonymous Reflection
- Maya Guggenheimer