When a person thinks of sense objects, Attachment to them arises. From attachment, desire is born. From desire, anger arises. From anger, comes delusion, loss of memory. From loss of memory, The destruction of discrimination. From the destruction of discrimination, One perishes.
- Bhagavad Gita
Which reminded me of this quote:
"Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering."
High school student Thiago Olson has gone beyond basic physics class. Way beyond. Using parts and materials scrounged from the local hardware story and eBay, Olson built a working fusion reactor. In November 2006, a few tiny bubbles in his neutron dosimeter told him that he'd achieved success: Fusing hydrogen nuclei into helium.
While it takes far more energy to run than it produces, Olson's nuclear reactor is pretty bad-ass, producing 200 million-degree plasma at its core -- or, as Olson points out, “several times hotter than the core of the sun.”
I'm going to be having a reading as part of a Second Generation production on April 30 and May 1. If you know any Asian actors or actresses who might be interested in auditioning, please let them know about the open call dates. It's a really awesome line up of playwrights of which i'm really really honored to be included (i am the token rookie). The reading itself will be at the Joseph Papp Public Theater which to me is like Madison Square Garden (april 30 and may 1 at 7 pm). So I'm very excited, even if you don't act, I hope you can come and watch!
ASIAN AMERICAN ACTORS AND ACTRESSES OF ALL TYPES SOUGHT
for
TEN
a staged reading of brand new ten-minute plays by CARLA CHING, JULIA CHO, ANDREW CHU, MICHAEL GOLAMCO DAVID HENRY HWANG, MRINALINI KAMATH, CHIORI MIYAGAWA QUI NGUYEN, A. REY PAMATMAT, and SUNG RNO
Produced and directed by LLOYD SUH Associate Directors MICHAEL LEW and REHANA MIRZA
Performances on MONDAY, APRIL 30TH AND TUESDAY, MAY 1ST AT 7:00pm at the JOSEPH PAPP PUBLIC THEATER
Up to 15-20 roles available for actors and actresses of all Asian ethnicities, ages, and types.
No experience necessary. Especially seeking new talent.
Rehearsal period during the week of April 23-30th. Both day and evening rehearsal hours possible.
Auditions to be held at 440 Studios, 440 Lafayette Street, New York, NY, April 6-11. For an appointment, please email casting@2g.org with requested audition times. Appointments will be schedueld in five minute increments during the following hours:
Friday, April 6th, 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm Saturday, April 7th, 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Monday, April 9th, 3:00 pm to 9:00 pm Tuesday, April 10th, 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm
In your email, please include your full name, contact information, and preferred appointment times (attach headshot and resume, if possible), along with any conflicts with the above schedule. We will respond to your email with the exact time of your appointment, and provide copies of the audition sides that you will be asked to prepare.
For further info, please visit www.2g.org (www.2g.org)
Second Generation is celebrating its 10th anniversary season of bringing Asian American stories to the world's stage. Previous productions include Making Tracks and The Wedding Banquet: The Musical, Masha No Home (co-produced with Ensemble Studio Theatre) and the Diane Paulus directed The Karaoke Show. 2g's productions have been performed and hosted by Carnegie Hall, the New York State Theatre at Lincoln Center, the Asia Society, regionally at the Village Theatre in Seattle and San Jose Repertory, and via international tours through Taiwan and Singapore. Via its "In The Works" series, 2g has developed dozens of new plays by early-career and emerging Asian American writers since 1997, as part of its mission to identify, nurture and support the next generation of Asian American dramatic literature.
A friend sent me this quote:
