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NIC CHA KIM (1974 - ) |
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Nationality: Asian American Email: Click here to contact Website: n/a |
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Nic Cha Kim is a Korean-American writer, gallery owner, and community activist. The recipient of numerous distinctions from the City of Los Angeles, he is best known for founding Gallery Row and leading the effort to create a gallery district in Downtown Los Angeles. As owner of Niche.LA Video Art, Nic's work curating cutting-edge digital and video art has been recognized in Art Forum, Arts District Citizen, LA Times, and the Downtown News. In 2006, Nic was recognized as one of the top 10 most influential Angelenos by LA Alternative Press and profiled on LA18 in the segment Our Role Models. Nic currently serves as Resident Producer for Lodestone Theatre Ensemble and President/Founder of Gallery Row Organization.
Plays by Nic Cha Kim
(ala) asians in los angeles | ||
| 1st Produced: | staged reading The Japanese American National Museum | 1999 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #97701 | |||
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Genre: | Fantasy / Comedy 2-act play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | written by Daniel Cariaga, Ray Cervantez, Susan High, Emmie Hsu, Nic Cha Kim, Annette Lee, Mari Muki, Ken Narasaki, Henrietta Chico Nofre, Judy Soo Hoo; curated and assembled by Alice Tuan | |||||
Synopsis: | It's a Mall, it's the Hollywood Sign, it's an alien abduction. . .it's a freeway, it's a revolution. . .this ain't no disco. . .this is A.L.A. | |||||
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Hyperbola | ||
| 1st Produced: | staged reading | 2000 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #81881 | |||
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Genre: | Fantasy / Comedy 2-act play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
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Synopsis: | Lang thinks his wife is gay. Mary thinks her husband cheats. Mary's best friend thinks Lang is handsome. Lang's shrink thinks they're all crazy. It's bad timing to quit smoking when your marriage is failing. Don't worry, we can help you. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Point | ||
| 1st Produced: | staged reading | 2006 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #66697 | |||
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Genre: | Fantasy / Comedy 2-act play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 5 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | 4-Headed Horseman, Pinball, Shak, Elijah | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | When the lead actress drops out before the final scene is shot, two filmmakers go "on the road" in search of a new ending to their movie. When the world starts to collapse all around them, they find shelter in a runaway, preacher, magician, a four-headed horseman, and a prophet with a stuttering problem. Do they find their ending? Yah, well, sort of. . . if you can call it that. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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RE:verse | ||
| 1st Produced: | GTC Burbank | 2009 | ||||
Company: | Lodestone Theatre Ensemble | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #97702 | |||
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Genre: | fantasy One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 2 | ||
Parts other: | 2 | |||||
Notes: | Produced as part of Lodestone Theatre Ensemble's show, Ten To Life. | |||||
Synopsis: | A desperate loser resorts to experimental cosmetic surgery to seduce his high school crush at their 10 year reunion. | |||||
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Taste of Home, A | ||
| 1st Produced: | Berkeley Community Theatre | 1996 | ||||
Company: | Korean Students Association | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #97703 | |||
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Genre: | drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Korean-American students actualize their identities as college freshman. | |||||
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Trans Sans | ||
| 1st Produced: | East West Players, LA: Paper Or Plastic | 1999 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #110248 | |||
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| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Trapezoid | ||
| 1st Produced: | GTC Burbank | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Lodestone Theatre Ensemble | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #88108 | |||
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Genre: | Science Fiction 2-act play | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 4 | Female | 3 | ||
Parts other: | Master of Ceremony, Guard | |||||
Notes: | - | |||||
Synopsis: | Trapezoid tells the story of a Korean American poet in love hired by a technology think tank to put the "art" in artificial intelligence. When the robot creation falls in love with the human creator, it's man-made versus mankind with sometimes comic and sometimes tragic results. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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Tuba Player, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | KYCC | 2008 | ||||
Company: | Korean American Stories | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #97704 | |||
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Genre: | drama One Act | |||||
| Parts: | Male | 2 | Female | 1 | ||
Parts other: | - | |||||
Notes: | Presented on December 19, 2008 as part of Korean-American Stories, an oral history workshop by playwright Henry Ong | |||||
Synopsis: | Roy struggles with family life as he fights for his right to play tuba for his high school marching band. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
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