Theatre Diaspora Presents: A Staged Reading of Isabel
Join us for a special evening as local theatre collective Theatre Diaspora presents a staged reading of Isabel, a play by reid tang.
This is event is free and open to the public, but we encourage attendees to RSVP online here.
Isabel
It’s the staircase in the woods again. You know the one. Mysterious, abandoned, the one everyone says you shouldn’t climb. Well—maybe if you did, everything would be different. Maybe you would become something else entirely. Something you’ve always feared you secretly already were.
A reflection on gender, family, and identity through the frame of a haunted house.
reid tang
reid tang (they/he) writes plays and makes weird internet experiments. Their work includes Isabel (NAATCO), WORK HARD HAVE FUN MAKE HISTORY (Clubbed Thumb Summerworks), FUTURE WIFE (Theatertreffen Stückemarkt), and Party in a Google Sheet (New Georges). They’re under commission with Breaking the Binary Theatre and New York Theatre Workshop, and a past recipient of the Sundance Institute Interdisciplinary Program Grant.
Currently, they’re part of Ars Nova's Play Group, and an alum of the New Georges Jam, Clubbed Thumb’s Early Career Writers' Group, and NYTW’s 2050 Fellowship. They grew up in Singapore and presently live in Brooklyn, NY. reidtang.com
Theatre Diaspora
Theatre Diaspora is Oregon’s only professional Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander (AANHPI) theatre company, committed to portraying authentic AANHPI cultural, historical, and social perspectives to reach broad audiences. By strongly advocating through compelling performances and post-show discussions, we are bridging communities to foster inclusion, social-awareness, and open conversations on race and cultural diversity – celebrating the AANHPI experience.
