40 years of mishaps and miracles, betrayals and triumphs, tragedy and comedy –
no more secrets in Eth-Noh-Tec’s anniversary online concert!
||| FROM DANA SHERRY, ETH-NOH-TEC MANAGING DIRECTOR |||
Have you ever wondered what makes a relationship last? What makes an arts organization last? What makes activists keep making good trouble?
Through story, song, and banter, this multi-media performance performed by Nancy Wang and Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo of Eth-Noh-Tec promises to take you on the roller coaster ride of their life as a couple, as artists and as activists, revealing the betrayals and recoveries, the bewilderment and blessings that they encountered on their 40-year journey together. In other words, you’ll hear the dirt and the hard-earned successes that Asians are not supposed to talk about!
APICC is proud to feature the Eth-Noh-Tec’s If Only We Knew as part of the 24th annual United States of Asian America Festival: Forging Our Futures – SoMa & Chinatown.
Shhhh….In If We Only Knew, Robert and Nancy defy cultural mandates and hang out their dirty laundry with humor and insight, sharing the naivete and the hard-earned wisdom that pushed and pulled them to their 40th year – and counting! If We Only Knew ponders “if we knew at any given moment in our lives what life held in store for us, how would our lives have been different?”
7-8:30 pm CST; 8-9:30-pm EST
Tickets and details HERE
If We Only Knew — the TRUE story of their marriage and their big baby Eth-Noh-Tec — premieres on June 12 and 13 as part of the 2021 United States of Asian America Festival! Between mishaps and miracles, betrayals and triumphs, tragedy and comedy, Nancy Wang and Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo will spill all in the story of their implausible partnership and their 40 year journey to create Eth-Noh-Tec.
ABOUT THE UNITED STATES OF ASIAN AMERICA FESTIVAL
This year’s 24th annual United States of Asian American Festival (USAAF) presents over 20 different programs reflecting the artistic accomplishments and cultural diversity of San Francisco’s Pacific Islander and Asian American communities. USAAF showcases artists representing a diverse range of ethnic and cultural groups and aims to heighten the visibility of Asian and Pacific Islander (API) artists working in all disciplines – theater, music, dance, film, literature, visual arts, and more! Our goal is to nurture and empower these groups to be self-sufficient while providing the support they need to grow.This year’s theme, Forging Our Futures – SoMa & Chinatown, explores how we are fostering recovery, resilience and regeneration in our communities, what place-making and community building looks like, past, present and future and how we’re imagining and manifesting empowered future for ourselves and our communities.USAAF 2021 is funded by the San Francisco Arts Commission , San Francisco Grants for the Arts , California Arts Council , Fleishhacker Foundation , Zellerbach Family Foundation , startsmall and National Endowment for the Arts.
This show is made possible through support from the California Arts Council, the San Francisco Arts Commission, the Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center of San Francisco, San Francisco Grants for the Arts, and members of our community.
