Duke Asian American Theater

Interested in acting? Diverse perspectives? Want to try theater (with or without experience)?

Well look no further! Introducing Duke Asian American Theater (DAAT). We’re planning to perform a reading this upcoming Spring 2021 semester. Commitment involves a couple rehearsals throughout March and performances are staged for around the end of March through zoom. Interest meeting/auditions are being held on February 15th at 5pm on zoom, leave your netID in the comments if interested!

Join Zoom Meeting (02/15/21 @5 PM)
https://duke.zoom.us/j/95887187583

Check out some photos from DAAT's Spring 2018 production, "Charles Francis Chan Jr.'s Exotic Oriental Murder Mystery" by Lloyd Suh!

Check out these awesome courses from Duke's new Asian American Studies Program! Professor Esther Kim Lee will be teaching a course on Asian American Theater -- don't miss this exciting opportunity with a great professor!

Asian American Studies Working Group at Duke University
Duke Chinese Theater

Check out this awesome opportunity below from our friends at Temptasians of Duke University!

Hi there! Do you like to sing? Come try out for the Temptasians of Duke University, the oldest cultural acapella group on campus! We are a co-ed group of singers dedicated to covering songs in Chinese, Korean, Japanese, by popular artists like Jay Park, Taeyang, Jay Chou and JJ Lin. Never sang before in your life? No worries. Believe it or not, some of our current members have never had any vocal training or formal experience. Besides, we find plenty of other ways to appreciate Asian culture outside of rehearsal through off-campus dinners, movie nights, karaoke and hotpot! You also don’t have to be Asian to join, and no language skills are required! Below is the link to sign up for auditions:

Temptasians Auditions Sign-Up 2017-2018 Sheet1 ↓↓↓ README↓↓↓ Time ( PM), Wednesday, October 25, Thursday, October 26, Friday, October 27, Please put in your name( first and last) and your net ID. We will send out an email confirming your sign-up time. Name, Net ID, Name, Net ID, Name, Net ID,↓↓↓ AUDITION INFORMATION↓↓↓ 7: 30 7...

Check out production photos from our Spring 2017 play, The Theory of Everything by Prince Gomolvilas!

(Photo Credits: Rose Wang)

Each year, during DAAT's 24 Hour Play Festival, students write, rehearse and perform plays in 24 hours! We had a blast this year performing two original short plays, "Room for Error" by Jacob Warner and "Eating Steak with Chopsticks" by Kat Tan.

Thanks to our last audience today AND to everyone who came out to support the show! Your support has meant so much to the cast, crew, and DAAT in general. Stay tuned for more info about our events for the coming school year ;)

If you're looking for a fun and low-commitment theater opportunity, DAAT is producing a staged reading of "Tokyo Trauma," a play by Kawamura Takashi! Commitment involves a couple rehearsals throughout February and performances are February 27-28 in Sheafer Theater.

People of all backgrounds and all levels of acting experience (including none!) are welcome!

Did we mention that it's a READING so you don't have to memorize?

Thanks to Nick Bungato of Duke Theater Operations for the picture from our 24 hour play festival kick-off last night! We had a fun and frantic day staging our two new original one-acts :)

"Ching Chong Chinaman" production photos are POSTED! Huge thanks to Chrislyn Choo for photographing the matinee for us!

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Production photos from DAAT's inaugural production: "Ching Chong Chinaman" by Lauren Yee.
Photos by Chrislyn Choo.

Production photos from DAAT's inaugural production: "Ching Chong Chinaman" by Lauren Yee.
Photos by Chrislyn Choo.