From The Artistic Team

Thank you for joining me in my Search for the Kitchen Gods. I’m excited to finally bring this piece to fruition. When I first conceived of this solo show, I knew that I wanted to communicate why my family’s stories mattered, and why Vietnamese food conveyed so much meaning for me as an American woman of Vietnamese descent. It was through the Jilline Ringle Solo Performance Program here at 1812 Productions, that I began this exploration. I created my first draft during that residency ten years ago. And then I left the piece alone for a long time. In the years in between, I grew more confident in myself as an Asian American woman in this society. I found myself having more to say and having even more questions. I’m incredibly grateful to the glorious Jen Childs, because she kept asking me to revisit this show, and I’m honored to have been given this opportunity to premiere this play at 1812 Productions. It has been a thrilling and heart-opening process to reimagine this work, not in a vacuum, but in collaboration with a supportive production and design team that also includes five fellow Asian Americans in the Philadelphia theatre community, among them my dear friend, Director & Collaborator Makoto Hirano. I am so proud of our work, and I can’t wait to share it with all of you. I’m honored to have you all join me as our guests, as our friends, and as our community this evening.

With love,
Bi Jean Ngo, creator & performer

Welcome to our kitchen. It means a tremendous amount that you are here and reading this note. Since last fall until basically right now, I have had the great honor and privilege to spend countless hours with Bi, creating and crafting something that we are proud to share with you. This is certainly Bi’s story, as well as my own. And if I were writing this note several years ago, it might have read like, “This story of diaspora, cultural legacy, blending of narratives, and somethingsomething… is not just an Asian American story—it is wholly an American one.” But I couldn’t, with good conscience, insert that as an actual sentence for you to read here. Because, the truth is, we’ve written these words before. Year after year, decade after decade, people like Bi and myself have been expressing the same sentiment over and over—working hard to convince people that our story is as American as the usual gamut of classic comparisons. But if you are here reading this, then you probably already know. You’re probably already aware of how one person’s experience rhymes with another person’s experience. You’ve probably already thought about how the journey to finding one’s identity, in a place where change is constant, has no destination or end goal. Because this is theatre… sharing stories, strengthening our empathy “muscles,” and being in community with one another is all what makes this work. So to that, I say: Thank you for making this work with us.

with deep gratitude,
Makoto Hirano, director & choreographer

Meet The Team

Bi Jean Ngo (she/her) (Writer/ Performer): Bi is delighted to be back at 1812 Productions. She previously appeared in The Way I Walk and It’s My Party: The Women and Comedy Project. She is also a member of 1812’s Artistic Core. Bi is an Actress, Director, and Educator, and a member of Actors’ Equity Association. She is based in Philadelphia and has also appeared onstage at Theatre Exile, Azuka Theatre, Arden Theatre, Walnut Street Theatre, Theatre Horizon, Delaware Shakespeare, InterAct Theatre, and more. She holds an MFA from The Actors’ Studio Drama School at New School University and a Bachelor’s of Science in Film and Television from Boston University. She additionally trained at Dell’Arte International, The Suzuki Company of Toga, Shakespeare and Company, and The Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski. She is a recipient of the Fox Foundation Fellowship Award administered through TCG and a recipient of the F. Otto Haas Emerging Artist Barrymore Award. website: www.bijeanngo.com, instagram: @bijeanngo (Love to David and Archie.)

Makoto Hirano (he/him) (Director/ Choreographer): Makoto Hirano is a Philadelphia-based choreographer and theatre artist. His award-winning, original performance projects have been presented nationally in numerous venues and festivals including Off-Broadway at the National Asian American Theatre Festival (NYC), DanceTruck (Atlanta, GA), Ringling Museum (Sarasota, FL), Yale University (CT), and FringeArts (Philadelphia, PA). As a freelance collaborating performer, Hirano has originated over 20 roles, with highlights that include projects with Bill Irwin, Pig Iron Theatre Company, Nichole Canuso Dance Company, and Thaddeus Phillips/Lucidity Suitcase Intercontinental. Hirano is a founding member and current advisor to the arts collective PAPA (Philly Asian Performing Artists); co-founder of installation art duo Gatto+Hirano; co-founder of Team Sunshine Performance where he is a creator, producer, performer, administrator, and choreographer (2018 Barrymore-Award nomination for Outstanding Choreography for ¡Bienvenidos Blancos! Or Welcome White People!). From 2007-2014 Hirano was a Facilitator with Philly/Baltimore/South Carolina-based professional development program Artists U. A former U.S. Marine, Hirano earned his BFA in dance at Temple University. (Photo by Bill Hebert.)

Ariel Wang (she/her) (Costume Designer): Ariel (Liudi) Wang is a freelance Costume Designer and Makeup Designer. She came to the US from Beijing, China for graduate school and achieved her MS in Communication Management and MFA in Costume Design at Temple University. Her recent credits include Costume Designs for Today is My Birthday, Extreme Home Makeover, Babel, Among the Dead at Theatre Exile, The Chinese Lady at InterAct Theatre Company, Reverie, Sunset Baby, Ready Steady Yeti Go at Azuka Theatre, Natural Shocks, Cry It Out at Simpatico Theatre, The Weir, Medea at Hedgerow Theatre, A Hundred Words for Snow at Inis Nua Theatre Company. www.arielwangld.com


Lily Fossner (she/her) (Lighting Designer): For 1812: The Roommate, Happy Birthday, I Will Not Go Gently. Recently: Athena for Theatre Horizon, Shakespeare in Love for People’s Light, Lost Girl for Abington Friends, Sunset Baby for Azuka, A Fierce Kind of Love for the Temple Institute on Disabilities. Theatre Includes: Lantern, Delaware Theatre Company, Act II, WAM, TACT, Culture Project, Public Theatre, Prospect Theater Company, NYU/Grad Acting, Chautauqua Theater Company, Berkshire Theatre Group, Radio City Christmas Spectacular. Dance Includes: Nichole Canuso, Doug Varone & Dancers, Monica Bill Barnes & Company. Opera Includes: Juilliard Opera Theatre, Glimmerglass Festival. Training: MFA, NYU/Tisch. Website: lilyfossner.com

Jennifer Hiyama (she/her) (Scenic Designer): After graduating from Ithaca College with a BFA in Theatrical Production Arts, Jennifer moved to Philadelphia to pursue the Scenic Art Apprenticeship with the Walnut Street Theatre. Since completing the apprenticeship Jennifer has been designing and painting sets in the Philadelphia area such as 1812 Productions, The Arden. When not working in theatre, Jennifer teaches visual art to children with Yes! And…Collaborative Arts. In her spare time she enjoys working on a smaller scale, whether it be watercoloring or model-building.


Becca Austin (she/her) (Stitcher): Becca Austin is a costumer in Philadelphia. She is a proud member of IATSE 799. She has worked as a stitcher, first hand, dresser, set costumer, assistant, and supervisor for stage, film, and fashion.

Elizabeth Atkinson (she/her) (Sound Designer): Liz Atkinson is delighted to be returning to 1812. Liz is currently based in Philadelphia, after many years in Pittsburgh where she was Resident Sound Designer at the City Theatre Company. Her freelance career includes regional theatre credits at Arden Theatre Company, Inis Nua Theatre, The Wilma, InterAct Theatre Company, Walnut Street Theatre, Yale Repertory Theatre, and Hartford Stage. She is a faculty member at Swarthmore College, and previously at Point Park University and Carnegie Mellon University. Liz has also had the honor of exhibiting at the 2007, 2011 and 2015 Prague Quadrennials.

Nat Merrill (she/they) (Assistant Sound Designer): Nat Merrill is a sound and technology designer and engineer excited to be working with 1812 Productions! Based in Philadelphia, she has been the sound designer for productions including Shakespeare’s R&J, Fucking A, Riot Antigone and Cabaret. She has worked with Theatre Exile, 11th Hour Theatre Company, the Bearded Ladies Cabaret, Bryn Mawr and Swarthmore Colleges, and the Williamstown Theatre Festival. A recent graduate of Haverford College with a major in physics, she researched and wrote a thesis on acoustics in performance halls with RWTH Aachen University in Aachen, Germany. She is also a singer and composer.

Melody Wong (she/her) (Stage Manager): Melody Wong is thrilled for her first show with 1812, and to work on this meaningful show! Recent credits include Group!, Janet Wide Awake and Ok Trenton with Passage Theatre. The Ongoing Plight of the Ferryman at Plays & Players. Pandemic credits: SM for Pandemic Radio Play with PYP, Shakuntala with PAC, Christmas 2.0 and Twist of Water with Passage Theater, Come to PAPA festival with PAPA, Production Assistant for Cinespeak’s Film series in Clark Park. Additional credits: SM for; TURN! Polly Mope, Lashed but not Leashed, Black Light, The Outer Space, The Kinetic Tree, PIFA 2016 at the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts, Minorityland with PowerStreet Theater, The Wiz with Theater in the X, Tiger Style with Philadelphia Asian Performing Artists, Master Harold and the Boys with EgoPo Classic Theater, Barrymore Awards 2018/2019, ASM Whitman! Contradict this! with Bearded Ladies Cabaret, Assistant to the Director for the live capture of La Traviata, Turandot, The Marriage of Figaro with Opera Philadelphia. Certain communities that Melody belongs to: Temple Alum, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia Chinatown.

Kenny Nguyen (he/him) (Assistant Stage Manager/COVID-19 Compliance Officer): As a Vietnamese American artist, Kenny is super excited to assist in this production about Vietnamese heritage and the love language of food. Kenny’s a Temple University graduate in Film and Media Arts with a theater background in stage combat. He’s certified advanced as an actor combatant with the Society of American Fight Directors and Intermediate with Fight Directors Canada. His previous credits include Midsummer Night’s Dream with Delaware Shakespeare and Cherry Orchard with Wilma Theater.

Ben Levan (he/him) (Production Manager & Master Electrician): Ben is in his fifth season as the Production Manager for 1812 Productions. He is a Norristown native and WCUPA alum. Past PM credits include work with: Azuka Theatre, Orbiter 3, and Tiny Dynamite. Ben can also be spotted behind a lighting board as a freelance lighting designer. Past credits include designs with: Azuka Theatre, Iron Age Theatre, and Team Sunshine Performance Corp. In addition to his production work Ben likes to write stories about the real world getting in the way of our digital lives. Other likes include: bicycling, cooking, and sunset strolls to the stage door.

Lauren Parrow (she/her) (Wardrobe & Run Crew): Lauren is an artist who likes to stitch and design in addition to doing wardrobe work. She has recently worked as the Wardrobe Coordinator with OperaDelaware and as a Dresser with Delaware Theatre Company. She also did some stitching work on 1812’s last production, This Is the Week That Is! She has an interest in sustainability in fashion and does independent upcycling work.

Lance Kniskern (he/him) (Technical Director): Lance is a freelance set designer in the Philadelphia Area and is now in his fifth season as Technical Director with 1812 Productions. Design highlights with 1812: The Roommate, Intimate Exchanges, Shoplifters, The Carols, Happy Birthday, and Broken Biscuits. Other design credits: The Last Match, Heir Apparent, The Tempest, The Gospel According To..., and Taming of The Shrew (2015 Barrymore Award Nomination for Best Set Design) with The Lantern Theater; The Merry Wives of Windsor with Delaware Shakespeare; A Christmas Carol: A Radio Play and Spamalot with Resident Theater Company; Godspell with Drexel University; Two Gentlemen of Verona with Shakespeare in Clark Park; Hairspray: The Musical (Broadway World’s Best Set Design in Philadelphia 2012) with Media Theatre. You can see more of his work at his website, www.lancekniskern.com.

Jaime Konowal (she/her) (General Manager): Jaime has been with 1812 for 13 seasons. Jaime has worked in the Arts for many years, starting her career at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, before moving to Rutgers Camden Center for the Arts as the Box Office and Assistant Marketing Manager. Jaime is a graduate of the Art Institute of Philadelphia with a Bachelor of Science in Interactive Media and Design. Jaime is currently the Rectors Warden at Gloria Dei (Old Swedes’) Episcopal Church. In her free time, Jaime enjoys spending time with her family and friends, creating things in wood, and watching a good crime documentary. I love you Nora and Teddy.

Jennifer Childs (she/her) (Producing Artistic Director): Jennifer Childs is a Co-Founder of 1812 Productions and has served as the company’s sole Artistic Director since 2006. For 1812 she has created over 20 original works of comedic theater including The Carols, To the Moon, It’s My Party: The Women and Comedy Project, Cherry Bomb and the annual political humor show, This Is The Week That Is. She created a series of shows that looks at comedy history which enabled her to develop relationships with and perform the work of pioneering comedians such as Phyllis Diller, Tom Lehrer, Sid Caesar, Mort Sahl, Dick Gregory, Bob Elliot, Steve Martin, Bob Newhart and others. Her solo shows, Why I’m Scared of Dance and I Will Not Go Gently have been performed at City Theatre in Pittsburgh, Act II Playhouse, the Kohler Center for the Performing Arts in Wisconsin, People’s Light and Delaware Theatre Company. She is the recipient of three Barrymore Awards (Best Supporting Actress in a Play 1996; F. Otto Haas Award for an Emerging Theatre Artist 1999 and Best Actress in a Musical 2016) and two Independence Foundation Fellowships in the Arts. In 2003 she was the recipient of the Silver Star Outstanding Alumni Award from her Alma Mater, the University of the Arts.

Special Thanks

Linda & David Glickstein, Leonard C. Haas, The Board of the Charlotte Cushman Foundation, Sean McClendon, Lily Greer, Anthony Bourdain, Danielle Gatto, Anne Ishii and Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia Asian Performing Artists, and Alex Torra.

And our sincere thanks to all of the generous individual and institutional supporters

1812 Staff and Board of Directors

Jennifer Childs, Producing Artistic Director
Jaime Konowal, General Manager
Tyler Melchior, Marketing Director
David Jadico, External Relations Director
Ben Levan, Production Manager
Lance Kniskern, Technical Director
Kate Sabato, Associate General Manager; Box Office Manager
Tanaquil Márquez, Education Director
Peter Marshall, Development Assistant
Bryan Buttler, Publicist

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Glenn Gundersen, President
Jeff Weiss, Vice President
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