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TeAda on Television - “Weaving Stories of Oceania”
Part I of “Nothing Micro About Micronesia Interview” on Weaving Stories of Oceania (above)
Part II of “Nothing Micro About Micronesia Interview” on Weaving Stories of Oceania (above)
TeAda on Podcasts
TeAda on PBS
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October 30, 2024 - UH Hilo Stories
Visiting theater company immerses UH Hilo Pacific literature class in community building workshop
October 22, 2024 - Hawai’i Public Radio
Local play 'Nothing Micro About Micronesia' begins tour across Hawaiʻi
October 21, 2024 - The Maui News
pacific island tour coming to maui
October 20, 2024 - The Husk Newsletter
‘Nothing Micro About Micronesia’ fall tour
October 19, 2024 - Pacific Island Times
'Nothing Micro About Micronesia' to premiere in Big Island, Maui this week
October 4, 2024 - Maui Now
MACC presents new play ‘Nothing Micro About Micronesia’ on Oct. 26
August 27, 2024 - Hawaii Tribune Herald
UH-Hilo PAC ready for new season
July 19, 2024 - University of Hawaiʻi News
Social work alumna shines spotlight on Micronesian culture
May 28, 2024 - Medium
IMMIGRATION STORY TOLD ON STAGE
May 21, 2024 - University of Hawaiʻi News
ConFest 2024: Kānaka Maoli, Asian American theatre take spotlight
May 21, 2024 - Oceania Currents (Podcast Episode)
Pacific Stories on Stage: "Nothing Micro About Micronesia"
May 16, 2024 - KHON2 | Living808 (News Feature)
This Five-Day Festival Makes its Hawaii Debut this Summer
May 6, 2024 - Hawai’i Public Radio
ConFest theater showcase returns to Hawaiʻi after 4-year pause
January 5, 2024 - The Conversation (Podcast Episode)
TEADA PRODUCTIONS FEATURED ON The Conversation: Public corruption; New sour candy comes to Hawaiʻi PODCAST EPISODE
January 5, 2024 - Hawai’i Public Radio
Local play 'Nothing Micro About Micronesia' combines magic with social justice
November 15, 2023 - PBS SoCal
Meet the Local Heroes 2023 Nominees and Honorees
September 3, 2023 - Theatre Journal
Alongside and Behind the Community: TeAda’s Decolonial Ensemble Theater Practice
May 9, 2023 - Visual Communications
2023 Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Awards Jury Announced! (Featuring Ova Saopeng)
October 20, 2022 - CalArts
August Grahn Memorial Thriving Artist Series
October 17, 2022 - Kuam News
'Masters of the Currents' is first nationally-touring play about Micronesians in America
October 6, 2022 - PNC Guam
“Master of the Currents” Aims to Instill a Sense of Pride in the Community
October 3, 2022 - The Guam Daily Post
'Masters of the Currents' theater show promotes social change
October 1, 2022 - Pacific Daily News
Theater production 'Masters of the Currents' explores experiences of Micronesian diaspora
March 14, 2022 - Asian Voices Radio Show
Asian Voices Season 4 Episode 6: TeAda Productions (Podcast Episode)
February 1, 2022 - Western Arts Alliance
Hyphen+Asian Lunchtime Art Share Featuring TeAda Productions
November 20, 2021 - The Daily Utah Chronicle
TeAda Productions Brings Micronesian Culture Center Stage with ‘Masters of the Currents’
August 4, 2021 - California Arts Council
California Arts Council Announces 2021 Grant Award RecipientS: TeAda awarded the impact projects and arts & Cultural Organizations General operating relief.
Thursday, July 29th, 2021- Sundance Institute
Sundance Institute Announces Inaugural Uprise Grant Fund Recipients and Arts Organization Grants Supporting BIPOC Artists
June 22, 2021 Aired - PBS KVIE DIGITAL STUDIOS
TeAda Productions | Preserving Culture Through Art
May 20,2021 - (Los Angeles, California)—The LA Arts Recovery Fund
90 NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO RECEIVE $36.1M FROM LA ARTS RECOVERY FUND FOR POST-PANDEMIC REBUILDING
April 9, 2021 - Daily Trojan
‘Masters of the Currents’ celebrates Micronesian communities
March 25, 2021 - Consortium of Asian American Theatres & Artists (CAATA)
NAtional Theatre Anti-Asian Hate PSA which includes the voices of 50+ artists from Asian/ Pasifika/ Native/ Indigenous/ MENA Theatre LeaderS including TeAda artistic Director Leilani Chan and Co Artistic Direcor Ova Saopeng.
January 12, 2021 - Consortium of Asian American Theatres & Artists (CAATA)
CAATA Announces Rescheduling of ConFest to May 2022
December 30, 2020 - TeAda Productions
Hear from TeAda Staff and ReaD the 2020 Impact Report
June 9, 2020 - TeAda Productions
TeAda In Solidarity with Black Lives Matter
October 19, 2020 - AAPI Civic Engagement Fund
#VotingTogether by the AAPI Civic Engagement Fund and Culture Surge, features 13 Asian American and Pacific Islander artists including TeAda's Leilani Chan & Ova Saopeng.
September 16, 2020 - TeAda Productions
ANNOUNCING TeAda’s 2020/2021 SEASON
April 23, 2020 - TeAda Productions
TeAda Productions Announces Creative Lab Series
April 2, 2020 - TeAda Productions
TeAda’s Covid-19 Response
February 18, 2020 - Grotto Network
Helping Refugees and Immigrants Heal Through Theater
December 3, 2019 - TeAda Productions
2019 TeAda Impact Report
2019 - Theatre Communications Group
The Center Theater Group Audience (R)Evolution Cohort Grant Awarded to TeAda & partners.
2019 - Santa Monica Cultural Affairs
TeAda Artistic Director Leilani Chan named the 2019/20 Santa Monica Artist Fellow
December 27, 2018
2018 TeAda IMPACT REPORT
February 22, 2018 - Hawaii Tribune Herald
‘Masters of the Currents’: Performing Arts Center to explore Micronesian immigration
March 2, 2018 - Hawai'i Public Radio
The Conversation
March 8, 2018- This Week Hawai’i
Masters of the Currents in This Week Hawai’i
February 25, 2019 - Howl Round
TeAda on Howl Round’s ‘From the Ground Up’ Podcast.
July 2, 2018 - St. Louis Public Radio
Theater professionals of color decry the Muny's casting, unwelcoming culture
May 29, 2017 - Los Angeles Times
When weary L.A. activists need relief from Trump, this is where they go
August 29, 2017 - Truthdig
Power to the Peaceful
