Theatre Performance
Refugee Nation
Friday April 25, 2008
$20 adv./$25 at the door (Benefit) - 8pm
The story continues to grow as new refugees pour into this country. La Peña presents Refugee Nation, written and performed by Leilani Chan and Ova Saopeng. Based on the stories of Laotian Refugees and their descendants. A mother lives in the darkness of a South Los Angeles apartment. A father struggles to forget a lost war. A son battles in the streets of urban America. A daughter searches for answers about her community. Refugee Nation is about a young generation struggling to understand their history and the silence of an elder generation still healing from the traumas of the U.S. waged Secret War in Laos during the Vietnam War era. The Refugee Nation continues to grow as new refugees pour into this country, what can we learn from the wounds of a war 30 years ago, in hopes to find healing.
Friday show is a benefit for the Center for Lao Studies and Legacies of War and tickets are $20.
For advance tickets click Center for Lao Studies or Legacies of War.
