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'Wow, I Get to Finally Play a Southeast Asian': Courtney Reed is Embracing Her Heritage in Cambodian Rock Band

by Michael Appler

Cambodian Rock Band, Lauren Yee's new off-Broadway play that uses music to talk about the Khmer Rouge genocide, is about a lot more than history and trauma. Written by an Asian-American playwright with a mission to bring joy to stories of survival, the play is directed by Chay Yew and sports an entirely Asian-American cast, led by Courtney Reed and Joe Ngo, whose parents were labor camp prisoners under the K…

SOURCE: Broadway.com at 6:42pm on February 24, 2020