MediaRites' Theatre Diaspora Stages Reading of THE THEORY OF EVERYTHING Today

MediaRites' Theatre Diaspora presents The Theory of Everything, a pan-Asian American dramatic comedy by Prince Gomolvilas. Directed by Rusty Tennant. Featuring Kimo Camat, Heath Hyun Houghton, Wynee Hu, Elaine Low, Toni Tabora-Roberts, Kat Templeton, Larry Toda. Stage directions read by Samson Syharath.

Synopsis: At a UFO-spotting party at a Las Vegas wedding chapel, Grandma May declares she's seen extraterrestrials. Overnight, everyone's secrets emerge, forever changing their lives.

Staged Reading: 2pm Today, Saturday, Aug. 29 at Artists Repertory Theatre. Tickets $10 each. $5-off financial hardship discount code available by request via TheatreDiaspora@gmail.com.

"With shades of the existentialism of Waiting for Godot, this play tugs at the part of us that wants our lives to be exceptional, special, meaningful. We hope, wait and pine for our dreams (or the dreams of others) to manifest, but in the end it is what we have already been given, rather than what we hope to attain, that is truly exceptional." -- Rusty Tennant, Director

About the Playwright: Prince Gomolvilas is a Thai-American playwright. His plays include Big Hunk O' Burnin' Love, The Theory of Everything, and the stage adaptation of the Scott Heim novel, Mysterious Skin, which have been produced in the U.S.A., as well as in Canada, Singapore, and the U.K. He received the PEN Center USA Literary Award for Drama; Julie Harris/Janet and Maxwell Salter Playwright Award; International Herald Tribune/SRT Playwriting Award; East West Players' Made in America Award for Outstanding Artistic Achievement for the Asian Pacific Islander Community; and grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and Wallace Alexander Gerbode Foundation.

For more information and to order tickets (by clicking the Paypal link), visit www.theatrediaspora.org.

MediaRites' Theatre Diaspora project is funded in part by the Regional Arts and Culture Council and the Spirit Mountain Community Fund. The project is in collaboration with Portland Center Stage and Artists Repertory Theatre who have donated their stages to our readings.

MediaRites' Theatre Diaspora is Portland's first AAPI (Asian American and Pacific Islander) theatre company and features staged readings focusing on AAPI identity and cultural issues followed by audience talkback discussions on cultural diversity. The project includes established AAPI theatre artists and playwrights dedicated to giving AAPI theatre more visibility and to engaging the public in insightful talkback discussions.