TEADA IMPACT REPORT 2022

  • March 9, 2022  – TeAda presented Refugee Nation: Youth Empowerment Workshop for the Big Read hosted by the Department of Arts and Culture City of Los Angeles.

  • March 26, 2022 – TeAda Productions, in collaboration with the Program for Torture Victims, presented the culminating community sharing TeAda Artists on the Frontlines a virtual community sharing. 

  • June 13, 2022 – TeAda awarded the National Theater Project Creation & Touring Grant, the MAP FUND Artist Grant and the National Endowment of the Arts Grants for Arts Projects for There is Nothing Micro about Micronesia, part 2 of TeAda’s currently touring show Masters of the Currents (MOC) which was created by Leilani Chan, Ova Saopeng and Innocenta Sound-Kikku with contributions by numerous multi-generational Micronesian community members in Hawai’i. Part 2 has come about as a result of MOC’s success and community leaders have requested that TeAda create the new work that focuses on the over-policing of the Micronesian community. Like MOC this new work combines community-based story collection and social justice practices with devised ensemble techniques to create a theatrical performance built with the involvement of the Micronesian community.

  • June 30, 2022 – The Consortium of Asian American Theaters & Artists (CAATA) National Asian American Theater Festival & Conference (ConFest) Virtual Showcase spotlight on the Micronesian experience in Hawaiʻi with CAATA Board Member and ConFest Co-Chair Leilani Chan and TeAda Productions’ Masters of the Currents. A discussion with the creators and community partner Micronesian Health Advisory Coalition was presented by TeAda Productions, Micronesian Health Advisory Coalition and Hawaii People’s Fund. A post show discussion with the cast was presented by USC Visions & Voices.

  • August 4, 2022 – TeAda awarded the California Arts Council Impact Projects Grant for Refugee Nation Youth Empowerment Workshop Series.

  • October 6, 2022 –  The Guam Premiere of Masters of the Currents was co-Produced by Breaking Wave Theatre Company and Presented by Humanities Guåhan at University of Guam.

  • TeAda continues to plan for the CAATA Conference and Festival in Hawaii building on the collaboration established by the Theater Communications Group (TCG) Audience (R)Evolution Cohort Grant in partnership with University of Hawai’i - Hawaiian Theatre Program (Honolulu, HI); Alliance for Drama Education - T-Shirt Theatre (Honolulu, HI); Lili'uokalani Trust (Honolulu, HI); Consortium of Asian American Theaters and Artists (New York, NY).

Thank you to our funders!

TeAda Productions is supported in part by funding from the California Arts Council, a state agency learn more at www.arts.ca.gov, City of Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs (DCA) Workforce Empowerment Grant, Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors through the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, Los Angeles County 2021-22 Second Supervisorial District Arts and Culture Recovery Grant Program, Hawai’i People’s Fund, LA Arts Recovery Fund, National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov.  

Masters of the Currents was made possible with funding by the New England Foundation for the Arts' National Theater Project, with lead funding from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Masters of the Currents is a National Performance Network / Visual Artists Network (NPN) Creation Fund co-commissioned by Maui Arts & Cultural Center (lead commissioner), TeAda Productions, UtahPresents in partnership with University of Utah’s Pacific Islands Studies Initiative and the Beverley Taylor Sorenson arts learning program, USC Visions and Voices: The Arts and Humanities Initiative Co-sponsored by Asian Pacific American Student Services, Brava Theater Center, Pangea World Theater, and NPN For more information: www.npnweb.org. The NPN/VAN Creation & Development Fund is supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA). Additional support from the National Endowment for the Arts , Network of Ensemble Theaters’ Travel & Exchange Network (NET/TEN), The MAP Fund, supported by the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation,  and Hawai’i People’s Fund and Kim Coco Fund for Justice of the Iwamoto Family Foundation.