Comfort Women: A Women's History Month Tribute

Tue Mar 14 2023 at 07:00 pm to 08:00 pm

The Spanish Benevolent Society - La Nacional | New York

Tabula RaSa Theater NYC and the Spanish Benevolent Society
Publisher/HostTabula RaSa Theater NYC and the Spanish Benevolent Society
Comfort Women: A Women's History Month Tribute
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In Tanya Ko Hong's original "Comfort Women," a halmoni struggles to break her silence when an unexpected visitor shines a light on her past.
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Comfort WomenA Women's History Month tribute performance
Doors: 7:00 p.m.
Event: 7:30 p.m.
Free, donation recommended*

Featuring
  • Tanya Ko Hong as Ae-Kyung

Tanya (Hyonhye) Ko Hong is an internationally published poet, translator, and cultural-curator who champions bilingual poetry and poets. She holds an MFA degree from Antioch University, Los Angeles. Born and raised in South Korea, she immigrated to the USA at the age of eighteen. She is the author of five books, including The War Still Within (KYSO Flash Press, 2019). Her poetry appears in Rattle, Beloit Poetry Journal, Entropy, Cultural Weekly, WSQ: Women’s Studies Quarterly (The Feminist Press), great weather for MEDIA, the Choson Ilbo, and The Korea Times, among others. She is on

  • Bee C.W. as Kelly-Eunmi

With
  • Susan Hahn
  • Bo Mi Jo
  • Esther Kim
  • Min Kim
  • Ina Ko
  • Dayoung Nam

After the play, Tanya Ko Hong will read select poems from her book, The War Still Within, inculding her anchor poem, “Comfort Woman”

Facilitated by Ramiro Antonio Sandoval with Tabula RaSa NYC Theater and the Spanish Benevolent Society - La Nacional


*Danationa can be made to Tabula RaSa NYC Theater on the event date
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Tanya Ko Hong performs a monologue titled "The War Still Within" as Ae-Kyung in A Tribute to The Feminine Spirit at Felt, Inc

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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Spanish Benevolent Society - La Nacional, 239 West 14th Street, New York, United States

Tickets

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