vintage 1981 merrimack publ corp railroad story book

These activities were taken with a great deal of bemusement by half of the residents (who weren’t there for theme activities). was a theme activity (though a big part of my being a TA was to get housing on campus). David and I were theme associates then, and F.O.B. They’ve since remedied this).įinal note: Junipero was the name of the Asian American theme dorm at Stanford, where the dorm produced programs centering around Asian American community, activism and culture. A bit less known is that I was the founder of Junipero Miracle Productions (“It’ll be a miracle if it ever gets produced”), which was a product of the 1970s, early 80s phenomena of dorm dramas at Stanford, where members of Stanford’s residence halls put on entire musicals in their dorm lounges (possibly because the Stanford drama department at that time was not very good. As well, it was a conversation of mythic touchstones, weaving in tales of Gwangung, the Chinese god of warriors (mentioned by first wave author Frank Chin) and Fa Mu Lan (written about at great lengths by Maxine Hong Kingston, wayyyyy before Disney got their grubby mitts on her).įolks might know that I have a personal connection to this show, as this also launched my career as an Asian American theatre artist, as I was lighting designer for this show (hanging lights off of broom sticks in the dorm lounge). It won the Obie for best Off Broadway play in 1980, detailing the conflict between immigrant Asian Americans and native born Asian Americans. This play marks the second surge of Asian American plays, while igniting the career of David Henry Hwang. Original cast: Loren Fong, Hope Nakamura and David Pating Junipero Miracle Productions and the Stanford Asian American Theatre Project Add ’em together and you might have a canon.

Vintage 1981 merrimack publ corp railroad story book