Works by Ashil Lee:
ME NO KNOW KOREAN
ROOTING FOR YOU!
PARTY @ THE END OF THE WORLD
Synopses:
Me No Know Korean – Me does not know Korean…and does not care to learn (HARD PASS)!!! But, unfortunately, the Lingos are here to teach and aren’t about to leave Me the fuck alone with their tests, games, and KOOOREAN LESSOONS!!! Inspired structurally by Korean shamanistic folk theatre, which is non-linear and often made up of a collection of short comedic scenes, ‘Me No Know Korean’ is a chaotic romp that explores resistance to one’s cultural connection, alienation aggravated by language barriers, and communication versus connection.
Rooting for You! – It’s the Season Six premiere of ‘Sava Swerve’s: The Model Detector’ and Cameron is on it!!! June, Willa, and (by proximity) Sunny are hosting weekly viewing parties every week until Cameron gets cut, which, fingers crossed, is going to be the freakin’ finale!
Rooting for You! is an exploration into the multiplicity of ‘who we are’, the social expectations put on ‘girls’, and personal responsibility. It’s also about a modeling competition show, a fictional, completely-not-inspired-by-any-real modeling competition show.
A theatrical playground of a play that serves an entire season of ‘so-bad-it’s-good’ reality TV embedded in the social lives of a friend group working through queerness, adolescence, judgment, and self-actualization.
Party @ the End of the World – It’s December 21st, 2012 and the Mayan calendar has supposedly “predicted the end of the world”, but what-freaking-ever, it’s a perfect excuse for these high school Seniors to party! ‘Party @ the End of the World’ is an exploration into depression, passive suicidal ideation, having the entire world ahead of you (or not), and the power of human connection – all wrapped up in a dope-ass rager.
Bio:
Ashil Lee (they/he/she) NYC-based actor, playwright, and sex educator. Korean-American, trans nonbinary child of immigrants. 2023 Lucille Lortel nominee (Outstanding Ensemble: The Nosebleed). Selected acting credits include: The Nosebleed (LCT3/Lincoln Center Theater, Woolly Mammoth), World premiere of Gina Femia’s The Virtuous Fall… in rep with Measure for Measure (Spicy Witch Productions), Juliet+Romeo (Pocket Universe), theatrical premiere of Dogville (dir.Robert O’Hara). Playwriting credits: Echoes Emerging Writer’s Group 22-23 (Primary Stages), Pataphysics 2020 with Clare Barron. NYU: Tisch. BFA in Acting, Minor in Youth Mental Health. Masters Candidate in Mental Health and Wellness (NYU: Steinhardt).
Website: www.ashillee.com