CALARTS STUDENT-RUN PAN-ASIAN SCI-FI DRAMEDY PLAY SOMETHING IN THE AIR PERFORMS AT HOLLYWOOD FRINGE IN JUNE

“These are our stories, not theirs.”

After a successful workshop production at California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) Coffeehouse Theater, Something In The Air will premiere this summer at the Hollywood Fringe Festival.

An original play from BFA students at CalArts, Something In The Air focuses on the lives of eight college students from across the Asian diaspora living in America. They all arrive for spring break at the Denver International Airport, popular among conspiracy theorists, but are forced to deal with issues in both fiction and reality.

Something In The Air is a dark sci-fi “spring break gone wrong” dramedy about identity, culture, stories, dreams, and the reality of living as a young Asian in America today during a period of rising hate crimes against Asians across the country.

The show will have four performances at the Hudson Backstage Theater located at 6539 Santa Monica Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90038. Thursday, 6/16 through Saturday, 6/18 at 8:15 PM PST and a Saturday matinee at 3:15 PM PST. There will also be a ticketed livestream of the 6/16 show.

Written and directed by CalArts BFA Acting student Chacha Tahng, the play features an entirely pan-Asian cast of CalArts BFA actors including Brian Nai, Chacha Tahng, Ishika Muchhal, Ling Chang, Sanghun Kim, Shireen Heidari, Skylar Shen, and Willington Liu.

Prior to its premiere at Hollywood Fringe, the show had a workshop production at CalArts in May that was a “phenomenal production” and “really funny and really touching” by audience members.

For press information and press comp requests for Something In The Air, contact Ishika Muchhal or visit https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/7309. Tickets are available for purchase at https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/7309?tab=tickets. More about the show can also be found on the Instagram page https://www.instagram.com/something.intheair/.

Event Details:

Something In The Air

Thursday, June 16 | 8:15 PM (Livestream available)
Friday, June 17 | 8:15 PM
Saturday, June 18 | 3:15 PM
Saturday, June 18 | 8:15 PM

There will be a ticketed livestream of the Thursday, June 16th performance.

Tickets: $15
https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/projects/7309?tab=tickets

Performance Duration: 90 minutes
Ages 14+
Content Warnings: violence, foul language, blood, haze, alcohol/drug use

Cast (in order of appearance)
Daisy: Skylar Shen
Armin: Shireen Heidari
Daniel: Ling Chang
Pierre: Brian Nai
Terrence: Willington Liu
Minho: Sanghun Kim
Arissa: Chacha Tahng
Shreya: Ishika Muchhal

Director: Chacha Tahng
Playwright: Chacha Tahng

Lighting Designer: Georgia Shupper
Lighting Operator: Grady Schleuder
Sound Designer: Ying Xin
Costume Designer: Emerson Bualat
Fight Choreographer: Brent Charles

EPK: https://tinyurl.com/SITAEPK

Photos:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17My_sEpiJ_lslFF-ZYTMFTm5bDhNzoEk/view?usp=sharing

Social Media:
Instagram: @something.intheair

Media Contact:
Ishika Muchhal
[email protected]

Show Contact:
Chacha Tahng
[email protected]