Hmong Class 101
Written & Performed by Jasmine Vang		Jasmine Vang - Detroit, MI
V.8 - The Rachel Browne Theatre 
What's a Ha-mong? Jasmine Vang is teaching Hmong class and finds herself questioning what it means to be Hmong American. This solo play investigates her dual identities through her personal experience as a Hmong teacher. As she shuffles through her lesson plans, you will peek into her history and peer into her broken identity. Join her journey as she fights her way through a disarray of identities, trying to find her truest self within them.

Cast:
Jasmine Vang

Director:
Laura Quiqley

  		Show Info:
45 minutes
Genre:
Play-Comedy

Audience:
Parental Guidance

Mild Language

Fri July 18 4:15 PM
Sat July 19 2:30 PM
Mon July 21 9:30 PM
Tue July 22 7:45 PM
Thu July 24 12:45 PM
Fri July 25 6:00 PM
Sun July 27 11:00 AM

Hmong Class 101

Jasmine Vang—The Rachel Browne Theatre

Jasmine Vang delivers a surprisingly relatable yet personal tutorial on life as a Hmong-American. Her experience echoes that of many second and third generation North Americans who feel caught between competing identities: disconnected from the traditional expectations, language, and culture of their parents and grandparents; feeling out of place in the country where they were born; and conforming to or confronting the ideals and stereotypes that outsiders might assume of one’s ethnic background.

Vang’s polished celebration of her heritage features excellent physical portrayals of her intergenerational Hmong relations, along with an exploration of her insecurities around identity growing up Hmong in the United States. While audiences will certainly learn something about the ethnic and historical nuances of Hmong culture, the show also offers a broader, resonant insight into the push and pull of competing identities, something many descendants of immigrant diaspora will recognize.

Ashley Frantik