My old friend David Lutken has co-written and is acting in a lovely play called The Porch on Windy Hill that’s now showing at Urban Stages in New York City – and I’ll be moderating a conversation after the performance this Wednesday!
More on the play:
The Porch on Windy Hill blends Appalachian, Old Time and Bluegrass songs with a deeply personal, contemporary story of discovery and reconciliation. The show follows Mira, a biracial Korean American classical violinist, and her folk-song-collector boyfriend Beckett as they escape pandemic isolation in Brooklyn and journey to the mountains of western North Carolina. When they unexpectedly reconnect with Mira’s estranged grandfather, Edgar, they uncover a tangled legacy of love, loss, and music—and discover the unforeseen harmony that can arise when generations and genres collide.
More on the talkback session:
A Conversation about Biracial Identity in America
With Tora Nogami Alexander, Lisa Helmi Johanson, Greg Pak and Rebecca White of the Halfie Project (thehalfieproject.com)