Pan Asian Repertory Theatre presents NuWorks 2026 at Theatre Row

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Pan Asian Repertory Theatre's festival features works by Franky D. Gonzalez, Jeff Liu, Zakiya Young, and more.

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Pan Asian Repertory Theatre will present the NuWorks 2026 festival, an experimental series of self-created work from innovative and diverse artists exploring an eclectic range of genres and techniques using poetry, text, dance, and music.

Featuring new works by diverse artists Franky D. Gonzalez, Tanya Ko-Hong, Patrick Lee, Jeff Liu, Amy Pan, Jingyi Luna Peng, Katie May Porter, Camilla Shae, Miguel Sutedjo , Isabel Beatriz Tongson, and Zakiya Young .

Performances begin in repertory Saturday, June 13, 2026, at 7:00PM and will conclude on Sunday afternoon June 21, 2026, at 3:00PM at Theatre 1 at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street).

Tickets are $43 (including fees) and available at https://bfany.org/theatre-row/shows/nuworks

For additional information, please email info@panasianrep.org , or visit the Pan Asian Repertory Theatre website at https://www.panasianrep.org/nuworks-2026.

Premieres Saturday, June 13, 2026 at 7:00PM Second performance Thursday, June 18, 2026 at 7:00PM

Happy to Be Here Created by: Miguel Sutedjo Director: Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li Music Director: Evan Rees

Happy to Be Here is a one man musical written/performed/accompanied/lived by Miguel Sutedjo , exploring his decision to return to NYC from Paradise, also known as Taiwan. During his year there, he wrote puppet shows and ESL musicals for his middle schoolers, ate rice for every meal, and fell in love with convenience stores, universal healthcare, and Asian hospitality. So if he was so happy there, why did he come back?

Miguel Sutedjo is a musical theater writer, music director, performer, and educator. As an Indonesian American of Chinese descent, Miguel aspires to tell stories that make people feel seen. His full-length show Fly Me Away: An Asian American Jazz Musical (as showcased by Carnegie Hall , Songbyrd Demo Funding, and the Museum of Chinese in America) released a concept short film on YouTube. Other writing credits include Mulan: A Children's Musical at the “Flowers in Changhua” Festival in Taiwan and Theseus and Ariadne at the Narni International Vocal Festival in Italy. MD of The Opening (Players Theater). BMI MT Workshop.

Playwright: Tanya Ko-Hong (고현혜) Director: Michi Zaya Dramaturg: Dr. Ah-jeong Kim Actors: Ellen Ko, Audrey Kim Chung

Amid the 1992 Los Angeles Riots, Kelly travels to her grandmother's home on the outskirts of Seoul, where past and present blur and fractured memories uncover a buried family history that reshapes her sense of identity and inner strength.

Tanya Ko-Hong (Playwright) (고현혜) is an award-winning Korean American playwright, poet, translator, and cultural curator whose work explores memory, war, displacement, and bilingual identity. She is the author of five books, including The War Still Within (2019). Her multilingual play Comfort Woman (위안부: 푸른꽃), adapted from her poetry, has been developed through staged readings and performances in New York and Los Angeles. Ko-Hong's honors include the Yun Dong-ju Korean American Literature Award, the Dritëro Agolli Award, and the Medada Award at the Ditët e Naimit International Poetry Festival. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Antioch University Los Angeles. www.tanyakohong.com

Premieres Sunday, June 14, 2026 at 3:00PM Second performance Friday, June 19, 2026 at 7:00PM

Created by: Amy Pan Dramaturgs: Emily Zhou and Danielle Cummings Director: Michelle Chan

"When her dream London vacation is complicated by the 1848 tea espionage--when England stole tea from China--third-grade teacher Cecilia Wang is torn between her idyllic adventures and classroom full of children she can no longer teach the same way."

Amy Pan (Playwright) is an NYC-based actor and playwright who is thrilled to return to Pan Asian Rep! She last worked with them as the writer of "Highlighter Girl" in NuWorks 2022. Most recently, her co-written play Perpetual Felicity was produced in Arthouse 2B's 2025 New Works Festival and reached Finalist status for the 2024 Clive Awards. And a shortened version of "The Tea on Robert" premiered at Actors Theatre of Louisville's Storytelling Revolution Festival in April 2026.

Director: Reena Dutt Writer/Dramaturg: Jaisey Bates / The Peoplehood Sound Designer: Pan-Pan Gou

This is a story about how water holds our stories - our past, our present, and our future – and how words and water can both hurt and heal our communities.

Katie May Porter (Artist/Performer/Writer) is an actor, filmmaker, engineer, and native New Yorker. She has a degree in Chemical Engineering with a minor in Theater Arts from MIT – and has long since been balancing both her left-brain engineering and right-brain creative worlds. Katie has collaborated with The Peoplehood since 2019 and bonded over issues of safe water. Past performances include work with: Ma-Yi Theater Company /2G, National Arts Club, Asian American International Screenplay Competition, Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival, Cape May Stage, The Vagrancy, and the Open Fist Theatre Company.

Premieres Tuesday, June 16, 2026 at 7:00PM

Second performance Saturday, June 20, 2026 at 7:00PM

Created and performed by: Franky D. Gonzalez, Jeff Liu & Zakiya Young

A Black woman, an Asian man, and a Latino man come together to interrogate whether their communities can show up for each other in this tumultuous moment or if the divisions are now too deep for connection to ever be possible.

Jeff Liu co-wrote and acted in the indie film The Last Tour, directed by Ryun Yu. He also developed and directed L'Opera by Kurt Kanazawa and Your Movie Guide To Life by Bee Vang for NuWorks.

Zakiya Young appeared on Broadway in Stick Fly and The Little Mermaid. She also wrote and performed her solo show Suburban Black Girl and starred in “Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin” on HBOMAX.

Franky D. Gonzalez is a Latino Dallas-based playwright-performer. Work as a performer include his solo shows Paletas De Coco (Ars Nova ANTFest and Latino Theater Co.) and Heart Stop (Workshop Theater).

Playwright/Director/Cast: Jingyi Luna Peng Director: Dejing Eloise Wang Cast: Nani Lin Producer: Zihe Tian Artistic Director: Zijun (Neil) Wang Sound Designer: Hastings Su Projection Designer: Jane Jian Su Stage Manager: Daisy Chang Dai

A Chinese theatre artist in America moves through rehearsal rooms, therapy language, and immigration logic—all systems that insist on narrating her—until her body becomes the only truth left, which the audience will translate anyway.

Jingyi Luna Peng (Writer/Performer) (She/Her) is an actor and writer born and raised in Beijing, China, and is currently based in New York City. Recent acting credits: The Pill Play (Actors Temple Theater), Anti-Gone (Edinburgh Fringe, A.R.T./New York Theater), Of Ashes and Souls (The Flea), Femme 9 19 (AMT Theater). New York University 26', BFA Theater & Media, Culture, and Communication. For more: https://umaygonowhere.com/about/

Premieres Wednesday, June 17, 2026 at 7:00PM Second performance Sunday, June 21, 2026 at 3:00PM

Created and performed by: Isabel Beatriz Tongson Director: Leo T Kaplan Actor: José Ruiz-González

In the MET, where relics of their cultures are kept behind glass, two people reconnect with their heritages and ancestors in spite of the white plaster walls that house them; make-outs and destruction of property may ensue.

Isabel Beatriz Tongson (Playwright) is a Filipina-American playwright, actor, and director. Select writing accolades: Lin-Manuel Miranda Family Fellowship, the Kenneth Janes Award, The Dasha Epstein Award in Playwriting, the Dasha Epstein Award for New York Stage and Film, two-time winner of the Blank Theatre Young Playwrights Festival, winner of Best in Show at the Central Florida Theatre Festival for Dramatic Script, winner of the Valencia College BIPOC Playwrights Festival, finalist of the #ENOUGH Plays Project, finalist of the Et Alia Theater Lab, and semi-finalist for the Gary Garrison National Ten-Minute Play Award. Rep: Rebel Creative Group isabeltongson.com

Created and performed by: Camilla Shae Director: Chloe Chow Sound Designer: Kaileykeille Hoga Dramaturg: Julia Levine

After opening her grandmother's chest of secrets, a woman is possessed by ancestral memories that plunge her into World War II Japan, forcing her to physically unpack layer after layer. Is this her inheritance?

Camilla Shae (Playwright/Performer) makes his Pan Asian Rep debut at Theatre Row and he is beyond grateful for the opportunity. Other NYC credits include Off Broadway: Handbagged (59E59), A Midsummer Night's Dream, Titus Andronicus with NYSX and Prisoners of Qual Dong at Prism Stage. Regional: Book of Will, Handbagged, and Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time at Roundhouse Theater, As You Like It at The Folger, Measure For Measure, As You Like It, So Please You at Hudson Valley Shakespeare, and Miss Saigon at Missouri Playhouse. TV/Film: “Russian Doll,” “Impractical Jokers,” “Hello Tomorrow!,” and Money Monster.

Written and directed by: Patrick Lee Actors: Penelope Hsu & Jessica Carmona Art Direction by: Ka Po Ng

A sharp-witted lady transforms a yard full of discarded toilets into a hilarious and heartfelt protest garden that celebrates her community and refuses to be ignored.

Patrick Lee is a New York–based storyteller whose work spans theatre, documentary, and broadcast journalism. An Emmy and Peabody Award-winning journalist with more than two decades of experience shaping network news and feature stories, he brings a deeply human lens to his creative work. His plays blend humor, social observation, and emotional honesty, often drawing inspiration from overlooked histories and everyday people. Through his theatre work, Patrick focuses on telling Asian American stories with nuance, humanity, and heart—creating space for voices and experiences that are too often unseen or simplified. His work aims to entertain, provoke conversation, and foster meaningful connections with audiences.

For additional information, please visit the website at http://www.panasianrep.org/nuworks-2026.

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