Sun Mee Chomet

Theater artist and Korean adoptee Sun Mee Chomet explores identity, both onstage and off.

Actress Sun Mee Chomet is frequently seen in key roles in productions staged by The Guthrie Theater, Penumbra Theatre and other notable Twin Cities theater companies. But while the Asian American actress is readily cast in classical Greek or Shakespearean plays, she’s been challenged by some of the more rigid casting practices of  contemporary works. Seeking to break through this barrier, Chomet turned to playwrighting to create roles for the Asian American community. Her first play, Asiamnesia, was produced by Mu Performing Arts and voted Best New Script of 2008 by the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Her most recent work, How to Be a Korean Woman, reflects on the search for and discovery of her birth family. Chomet is a Playwrights’ Center 2013-2014 McKnight Theater Artist Fellow and a 2013-2015 Theatre Communications Group Fox Foundation Resident Actor Fellow. Ten Thousand Things’ A Midsummer Night’s Dream: Michelle Hensley, Director Peter Vitale, Music Director and Composer Nancy Wadoch, Production Manager Minnesota Music in This Segment: Lazerbeak Coach Said Not To Halloween, Alaska Jeremy Messersmith Acquired Media: Aaron Fenster Charissa Uemura Erika Ludwig John Autey Michael Brosilow Michal Daniel Rich Ryan Bo Hakala Cinematography Additional Actors in Media: Saikong Yang Rose Le Tran Stephanie Bertumen Kurt Kwan Mayano Ochi Sandy Augustin Noah Coon Special Thanks: Open Book The Loft Literary Center Joe Skifter Tanner Curl   MORE INFO: Sun Mee Chomet Open Book Ten Thousand Things Theater The Loft Literary Center Rich Ryan Photography Michal Daniel Photography The Playwrights’ Center Heidi B Photo

Air Date 3/29/14