Productions

[2025 Season] She Kills Monsters tells the story of Agnes Evans as she leaves her childhood home in Ohio following the death of her teenage sister, Tilly. When Agnes finds Tilly’s Dungeons & Dragons notebook, however, she finds herself catapulted into a journey of discovery and action-packed adventure in the imaginary world that was her sister’s refuge. In this high-octane dramatic comedy laden with homicidal fairies, nasty ogres, and 90s pop culture, acclaimed playwright Qui Nguyen offers a heart-pounding homage to the geek and warrior within us all.

[2024 Season] 4000 MILES is a dramatic comedy by Amy Herzog. Directed by Samantha Saunders. After suffering a major loss while on a cross-country bike trip, 21-year-old Leo seeks solace from his feisty 91-year-old grandmother in his West Village apartment. Over the course of a single month, these unlikely roommates infuriate, bewilder, and ultimately reach each other. 4000 Miles looks at how two outsiders find their way in today’s world.

[2023 Season] Say My Name depicts Sheung Min, a Korean immigrant, who stands at a crucial moment in her life-to become an American. While preparing for her citizen test, she is haunted by ghosts day and night, asking her to release their souls…

[2020 Season] A collaborative and devised piece by local artists on identity, love, and hope in 2020 Colorado. Featuring the Baoli Action Table visual art installation by artist Sammy Seung-Min Lee.

[2018 Season] What do Johnny Unitas, ecstatic sex, Szechuan stir-fry, a Chinese Barbie doll and martial arts have to do with the Tao of spirituality? Find out as Spirit & Sworded Treks examines with cheeky aplomb yet serious inquiry the highs and lows of pursuing a spiritual path in hectic capitalistic America.

[2018 Season] To conclude our fifth anniversary season, we are restaging the two  hits from our first year! Dust Storm is a powerful and poignant coming of age story of a rebellious youth enmeshed in the Japanese internment tragedy of WWII. TEA is proud to introduce the brilliant Michael Chen in the role of Seiji. Spirit & Sworded Treks is a hilarious tale of one woman’s attempt at maintaining a spiritual path while pursuing the American Dream!

[2018 Season] Three generations of brilliant musicians meet to celebrate the matriarch’s 80th  birthday. Secrets, jealousies, lost dreams and future hopes collide and unfold with humor and grace in a lush villa, under-scored by strains of Bach, Beethoven, Mahler, Johann Strauss, Tchaikovsky, Chinese folk and milonga – music of the barrios of Buenos Aires. What is Grandma’s secret? Can Da Jieh overcome her ghosts? Will Shiow May face the consequences of her own choices? Can Sabrina forgive her mother’s disapproval?

[2017 Season] The satirical comedy, Hearts of Palm, follows a group of American corporate executives intent on purchasing a palm oil plantation in the fictional Southeast Asian island nation of Marititu. Relaxed safety standards, nonexistent environmental regulations, and dirt-cheap labor attract Empire Holdings to close a deal. This scenario plays out against a local rebellion, a failing romance, and a rogue negotiator. Hearts of Palm subverts several well-worn tropes, including white savior complex, gender bias, white male privilege and the notion that women don’t know how to negotiate.