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(l-r) Kayla Amistad, Reanne Acasio, and Danielle Louise Mendoza in Center Theatre Group's production of "Here Lies Love."
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‘Here Lies Love’ asks who gets to tell Filipino history, then dances around the answer
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(l-r) Jodi Long, Jennifer Ikeda, Anna Zavelson, and Jully Lee in "Chinese Republicans."
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‘Chinese Republicans’ bickers brilliantly. Until it doesn’t.
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Caoline Aaron and Noah Galvin in "The Reservoir" Off-Broadway.
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In ‘The Reservoir,’ Noah Galvin faces addiction & a family at its limit
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Kelvin Roston Jr, Mi Kang, and Rebecca Spence in "Miss Julie."
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