NYC: I AM NOTHING LIKE MY MOTHER (A One Filipino-American Woman Show)

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Yvette Cuenco

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Dec 13, 2007, 9:01:38 AM12/13/07

Anybody down to go when I get back from Cali?

From: Christine Corpuz [mailto:cco...@gmail.com]
Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2007 4:48 PM
To: Christine Corpuz
Subject: I AM NOTHING LIKE MY MOTHER (A One Filipino-American Woman Show)

Hello my fellow Filipinos!

My name is Christine Corpuz and I'm a recent graduate of NYU's Graduate Acting Program last May. A one-woman show I wrote and acted in last Spring as a final "Freeplay" project at NYU, entitled I AM NOTHING LIKE MY MOTHER, just got picked up for a professional 4 week run and is being produced by The Nuyorican Poets Cafe in New York. It's a ground-breaking event, as The Nuyorican has never produced, invested in, nor promoted a Filipino-American artist ever before. The show opens on December 21, 2007 thru Jan. 13th, 2008.

Being the only Filipino-American actress at NYU's Tisch Graduate Acting program during the three years I attended, I found it very important to place myself in a starring role when we were given an opportunity to create whatever work we wanted during the "Freeplay" festival last Spring. Though I was blessed with great "character-driven" roles, I was never seen as a lead actress during those years, thus I decided to create my own show. Auditions got slow for me about 2 months ago. Instead of getting frustrated and angry with not being seen as a "mainstream" actress, I decided to remount my show and create my own work instead of waiting for a role to be written for me. I pitched my show to several theater companies here in New York, and was finally picked up for a full produced run by The Nuyorican Poets Cafe. I saw that it was a contradiction in itself, being an Asian-American as well as an actress, and so I created my show around that concept on a more universal level.This show being produced is not only proof that a Filipino-American can be seen in a starring-role, but it's also the result of a passionate drive in a new Asian-American artist here in the city.

So, with that being said, I humbly ask for your support in not only publicizing and seeing the show, but in also aiding in bringing Filipino-American artists into the mainstream light. Thanks for your time and hope to see you soon! Maraming salamat po!!!

Sincerely,
Christine Corpuz
cco...@gmail.com