My teammates and I had the great excitement of learning that our short film, "The Perfect Donor," was awarded second place for the Asian American International Film Forum's 72-Hour Film Festival! Truly a rush, working on this short film! And I mean that in more ways than one: yes, it was exciting, but it also had to be written, filmed and edited within 72 hours, as per contest rules. The film also had to be under five minutes long, and address issues of xenophobia and sexis

UPDATE: You can now listen to the soundtrack of Sugarland! Click here! ------------------------------------------------------ In March, I was cast to act as a jazz singer in a movie. The perfect marriage of my worlds. I sat down with the writer/director, Jason Chiang, who handed me his script: a true labor of love. As we sat in a cafe, I read it the script start-to-finish. It was a story about music and love. A love letter to his own mother and her struggles to come to t

"Dress of Fire," by Nina Kethevan, brought me two wonderful opportunities: first, acting with film and theatre legend Austin Pendleton, and second, a role so meaty, this vegetarian had to sharpen her fangs to sink her teeth in. Nina Kethevan's "Dress of Fire" uses a backdrop of the Trojan war to explore the perils of a nation that only operates in its own interests. By the end of the play, King Priam, played expertly by Austin Pendleton, has been convinced by his daughter Ca