With support from the California Arts Council, Eth-Noh-Tec (ENT) will sustain its programs, staff and operations from July 2023 to June 2025. Our programs will include the creation and staging of original storytelling and theater productions, storytelling events about anti-AAPI violence and discrimination, monthly online storytelling programs, apprenticeship program and the ongoing archiving of the company’s 42-year history.
ENT presents 4 performance programs: 1. Asia Fantasia, a solo performance of folktales and myths from SE Asia; 2. Asian Treasure Bag, a tandem duet telling of pan-Asian folktales and myths; 3. contemporary personal stories of Asian American heroes, historical Asian American family stories, and of other Asian American issues; and 4. Eth-Noh-Tec Ensemble [includes apprentices] performing Asian folktales. Three workshops include: 1. Tell it with Movement and More, teaching performance skills, choreography and staging; 2. Cultural Appropriation vs. Innovation, understanding the difference and the rules of appropriate ethnic representation; 3. ImmiGratitude®, communities sharing immigrant stories through narrative and art making. Eth-Noh-Tec also offers tailored classes in storytelling and a training program. Since the pandemic, Eth-Noh-Tec has created 1. monthly storytelling Zoom concerts free to the public and 2. a group called Asian American Storytellers in Action consisting of Asian American storytellers from across the country, creating programs that address who we are as Americans of Asian descent through our stories in response to anti-Asian hate. We have created Asian American Storytopia for K-5th with stories and activities. Adult programming continues in various festivals and venues Including online festivals and conferences.

