FAWK on the Prairie: A Mini-mini Rural MN Tour!
Tour Dates:
02/07/25: Little Theater Auditorium in New London, MN – 6 PM doors | 7 PM show
02/08/25: The YES! House in Granite Falls, MN – 6 PM doors | 7 PM show
02/09/25: Madison Mercantile in Madison, MN – 2 PM doors | 3 PM show
The Funny Asian Women Kollective, in partnership with The YES! House, Little Theatre Auditorium, and Madison Mercantile, present FAWK on the Prairie: A Mini-Mini Rural MN Tour!
Live standup comedy, sketch videos, and comedic storytelling that centers Asian American women. Featuring Patti Kameya, May Lee-Yang, Brenda Tran, and Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay.
Free & open to the public!
About FAWK:
Funny Asian Women Kollective (FAWK) was founded in 2014 by Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay, May Lee-Yang, and Naomi Ko to combat the invisibility and dehumanization of Asian Pacific Islander Desi American (APIDA) women using humor and comedy. FAWK is an uncensored space where APIDA women can tell their truths without compromise. For us, “comedy” can exist as standup, sketches, storytelling, music, poetry, and videos and is powerful because it makes talking about controversial issues more accessible and engaging.
Artist Bios:
Patti Kameya is the great-grandchild of Okinawan and Japanese sugar plantation laborers in US-controlled Hawaiʻi. She edits, writes, and researches in Saint Paul, and teaches classes at the Loft Literary Center. She performed with FAWK for the 2019, 2022, and 2024 Super Shows. Find her work at pattikameya.com.
Saymoukda Duangphouxay Vongsay is a Lao American writer best known for her KUNG FU ZOMBIES plays and children’s book WHEN EVERYTHING WAS EVERYTHING. Saymoukda’s an artist-in-residence at the Kennedy Center, Mellon Foundation; a fellow at Bush Foundation, Jerome & Camargo Foundations; a Playwrights Center Core Writer; and recipient of 40+ grants and fellowships. refugenius.net @refugenius
May Lee-Yang is a playwright, poet, prose writer, and performance artist. Her theater-based works include The Korean Drama Addict’s Guide to Losing Your Virginity and Confessions of a Lazy Hmong Woman. She has received grants and fellowships from Hedgebrook, Kundiman, The Playwright Center McKnight Fellowship in Playwriting, the Bush Leadership Fellowship, the Minnesota State Arts Board, the National Performance Network, the Midwestern Voices and Visions Residency Award, the Loft Literary Center, and the Ordway Sally Award for Arts Access. She holds an MFA in Creative Writing from The University of Minnesota where she currently teaches.
This work is funded in part by the Minnesota Humanities Center with money from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund that was created with the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008.