Unbroken Thread / Edition 1 Format: Paperback

This book contains plays by Genny Lim (Paper Angels), Wakako Yamauchi (The MusicLessons), Momoko Iko (Gold Watch),Velina Hasu Houston (Tea), Jeannie Barroga (Walls), and Elizabeth Wong (Letters to a Student Revolutionary). The volume includes an extended introduction, a profile of each playwright, and an appendix. The six plays of this anthology represent some of the best dramatic literature written by Asian American women since the 1970s. Each is a groundbreaking work and addresses in its own way the experiences of Asians in America. All six playwrights are American-born daughters of Asian immigrants, and their voices span the genres of naturalism, impressionism, ritual drama, postmodern collage, and media-influenced episodic drama.

ROBERTA UNO is founding artistic director of the New WORLD Theater at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. As well as the Senior Program Officer at the Ford Foundation, where her focus is on arts and culture in the United States. She concentrates on developing and sustaining vibrant art spaces that can serve as artistic exemplars and promote cultural diversity and public participation.