Stage Talk: My Heart Runs in Two Directions at Once and Refugee Nation

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This week on Stage Talk, host Mark Muro is joined by Alaska Native Storyteller, Jack Dalton from My Heart Runs in Two Directions at Once, which is now playing at Cyrano‘s Off-Center Playhouse.

Along the way on their nationwide tour, Ova Saopeng, Leilani Chan and May Lee Yang also stopped by the KSKA studios to discuss Refugee Nation, presented Teada Productions at Out North theatre in Anchorage.

In honor of Alaska Native Heritage Month, My Heart Runs in Two Directions at Once is now playing at Cyrano‘s Off-Center Playhouse from November 8 – 14. A different Alaska Native Heritage Month related panel discussion will follow each show. Show times are:

  • Thursday, November 8 – Saturday, November 10 at 7:00 PM
  • Sunday, November 11 at 3:00 PM
  • Monday, November 12 -Wednesday, November 14 at 7:00 PM

In Refugee Nation, Leilani Chan collaborates with members of Laotian communities to create artistic works that reconstruct the story of this untold American experience. Presented by Teada Productions, Refugee Nation is now playing at Out North theatre, November 8 – 12. Show times are:

  • Thursday, November 8 – Sunday, November 11 at 7:00 PM
  • Monday, November 12 at 4:00 PM

HOST:

  • Mark Muro, actor and theater critic

GUESTS:

  • Jack Dalton, storyteller, My Heart Runs in Two Directions at Once
  • Ova Saopeng, actor, Refugee Nation
  • Leilani Chan, actress, Refugee Nation
  • May Lee Yang, Refugee Nation

ORIGINAL BROADCAST: Fri, Nov 9 at 1:30p.m.

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