Frame 1
Harold & Crisalma
A love story carried across childhood, war, memory, and migration
A love story carried across childhood, war, memory, and the long road between the Philippines and America.
Love storyPhilippinesFamily memory
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Archive program
Stay with the stories after the lights dim.
Wander the room first. Then come here for the story index, the printed-program roster, the cast wall, and the creative credits from the May 17 performance.
May 17, 2026|6:00 PM - 8:00 PM|Bainbridge Island Museum of Art (BIMA)
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Carry the program with you.
Scan into the room, browse the cast and stories, or open the final printed program as a PDF.
Printed program
Read the final booklet online
The print edition is now part of the digital program. Open it in a new tab, download it to keep, or browse it here while moving between the room, story summaries, and artist biographies.
Tonight's stories
A guide to the frames on the wall
Every frame in the room opens toward a larger life. Use this index to move between the visual scene and the fuller summaries you may want before or after the show.
On the wall
Frame 2
Stephanie Reese
A performer carrying family sacrifice into every song
A performer carries her family's sacrifices with her every time she sings.
PerformanceFamily sacrificeVoice
Frame 3
Steve Fong
Belonging, citizenship, and the moment identity changes shape
A funny and moving story about citizenship, belonging, and the moment one immigrant becomes American.
CitizenshipBelongingImmigrant story
Frame 4
Gina Corpuz
Poetry as truth-telling, resistance, and becoming
A teenage poet's voice becomes an act of truth-telling, resistance, and self-discovery.
PoetryResistanceSelf-discovery
Frame 5
Clarence Moriwaki
A childhood wound and the long shadow of racism
A childhood wound reveals the lasting harm of racism and the fight to belong.
RacismBelongingCommunity memory
Frame 6
Felomina Flores Salanga
A mother, a community, and the spirit of bayanihan
A tribute to a mother, a community, and the Filipino spirit of bayanihan.
BayanihanMotherFilipino community
Frame 7
Sam Omoto
Camp, war, Hiroshima, and the stubborn work of survival
A child's memories of camp, war, Japan, Hiroshima, and survival.
CampWar memorySurvival
Frame 8
Akiko Omoto
A daughter honoring her mother with tenderness and care
A daughter honors her mother through one final act of tenderness and care.
Mother and daughterTendernessCare
Frame 9
Jan Fong
A wedding, a dress, and the joy of beginning again
A wedding, a dress, and a late-life love of dance become a celebration of reinvention.
ReinventionDanceCelebration
Frame 10
Sara's Adoption Story
Adoption, China, identity, and loving a child into herself
A mother reflects on adoption, China, identity, and loving a child into herself.
AdoptionIdentityMotherhood
Frame 11
Emma & Grandpa Keizo
A granddaughter remembering the man who kept Japan close
A granddaughter remembers the man who kept her connected to Japan.
GrandfatherJapanGranddaughter
Frame 12
Mere & Jason
Romance, family history, and the meeting of two worlds
A South Pacific love story told through romance, family history, and the meeting of two worlds.
Love storySouth PacificTwo worlds
Frame 13
Frank Tsuchiya
Incarceration, impossible choices, and citizenship reclaimed
A story of incarceration, impossible choices, and the long fight to reclaim citizenship.
IncarcerationCitizenshipJustice
Frame 14
Larry Nakata
Trust, business, and community after wartime injustice
A story of trust, business, and community after wartime injustice.
TrustBusinessCommunity
Frame 15
The Manzanar Table
Beauty, silence, and resilience carried in one family artifact
A family artifact made in captivity becomes a symbol of beauty, silence, and resilience.
ManzanarArtifactResilience
More voices still to join the wall
These stories belong in the larger Asian Monologues world and can be added to the visual room as portraits, artifacts, or new frames become ready to share.
Giselle "Gigi" VincentAnonymous ReflectionMaya Guggenheimer
Cast, storytellers, and crew
Meet the people carrying the night
The printed program lists the full roster for the evening. The web version keeps that same roster visible while opening the wall into a cast-and-crew exploration built from the printed biographies and framed portraits.
Cast wall and sponsor reel
Browse the cast, storytellers, and crew hanging on the wall.
Selected frame
Stephanie Reese
Creator | Producer and Director | Story Performer
Selected frame
Stephanie Reese
Creator | Producer and Director | Story Performer
Focused moment
Stephanie Reese
Creator | Producer and Director | Story Performer
Founder, host, and artistic anchor of the evening.
Stephanie Reese brings the room together as a performer, producer, and festival founder, shaping Asian Monologues as an invitation to memory, struggle, and belonging.
FounderDirectorStory performer
Community sponsors
Sponsor mode and the festival reel keep the evening's supporters visible between stories and cast moments instead of hiding them in a separate thank-you page.
Still in the written program
Some roster names are still present below even though their framed portraits are not hanging on this wall yet.
Cole Rees
Listed in the printed program
Storytellers
Stephanie ReeseEloisa CardonaVanessa AciertoKevin TannerTim Takechi
Listed in the printed program
Special guest performers
Sarah DeJongAvery LeeTeo MalatestaMarco MalatestaMicaela Omoto
Pulled from the printed program credits
Creative and production team
Stephanie ReeseSabrina FianderMisty MunroYuki MoxonKatrina NobleCole ReesBeau Ross
Program credits
Created and Directed By
Stephanie Reese
Produced By
Stephanie Reese, Sabrina Fiander, Misty Munro, and Yuki Moxon
Musical Director and Pianist
Katrina Noble
Stage Managers
Misty Munro and Yuki Moxon
Sound and Tech
Cole Rees
Brand and Visual Design
Beau Ross
In remembrance
The evening also carries the names of loved ones whose presence continues to shape these stories.
Felomina Flores SalangaJohn Tari SineAkiko OmotoKeizo UsuiFrank Tsuchiya
Order of appearance
The printed program guides the night through this sequence of stories, performers, and memory keepers.
Harold & Cris ReeseMark Salanga-SharmaSteve FongCarol ReitzSabrina FianderEmma Usui-VillarealVern & Wayne NakataGina CorpuzSam OmotoYuki MoxonMere Tari SovickIntermissionGigi VincentClarence MoriwakiLarry NakataMaya GuggenheimerStephanie ReeseJan Fong
Printed-program roster
These profiles now follow the names and roles that appear in the final printed booklet, so the digital program reflects the same cast roster guests receive in hand.
Stephanie ReeseEloisa CardonaVanessa AciertoKevin TannerTim TakechiSarah DeJongAvery LeeTeo MalatestaMarco MalatestaMicaela Omoto
Show Creator | Producer and Director | Story Contributor | Story Performer
Stephanie Reese
Stephanie Reese leads Asian Monologues as its creator, director, producer, and one of the storytellers carrying the evening in person.
The printed program introduces Stephanie as an international singer, actress, and philanthropist whose work moves between performance, civic care, and cultural celebration. As founder of the Asian Arts and Heritage Festival and host of the Citizen Sister podcast, she built this room as a place where memory, struggle, and pride can stand together.
StorytellerDirectorFestival founder
Story Performer
Eloisa Cardona
Eloisa Cardona brings long-rooted Seattle theater experience and a practice of culture-centered storytelling into the room.
The printed bio names Eloisa as a Filipina American actor, director, and teaching artist with deep ties to the greater Seattle theater community. A UW Drama graduate, she began with Seattle Rep's outreach work and has since appeared with ACT, Book-It, Island Shakespeare Festival, Pork Filled Productions, and other regional companies while championing work rooted in culture, community, and connection.
Story performerTeaching artistSeattle theater
Storyteller | Actor
Vanessa Acierto
Vanessa Acierto speaks from lived experience as the daughter of first-generation Filipino immigrants and a longtime community-theater performer.
Vanessa describes representation as essential, both on stage and in the audience. Her theater work spans Kitsap County productions including Silent Sky, multiple Ten Minute Play Festivals, Doubt: A Parable, Romeo and Juliet, Narnia, and The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane.
StorytellerCommunity theaterFilipino American
Story Performer
Kevin Tanner
Kevin Tanner is a Seattle-area actor with strong ties to Bainbridge and Kitsap theater communities.
The printed bio highlights work with Bainbridge Performing Arts, Kitsap Forest Theater, Dacha Theatre, Reboot Theatre, Seattle Public Theater, Taproot Theatre, and UW Drama. Across those stages, Kevin's work reflects a lasting commitment to live performance, community storytelling, and the broader Pacific Northwest arts scene.
Story performerActorBainbridge and Kitsap
Storyteller | Actor
Tim Takechi
Tim Takechi joins the program with a commitment to carrying stories forward for future generations.
An actor and nonprofit communications professional based in Federal Way, Tim has appeared in Okaeshi at Island Theatre's Ten Minute Play Festival as well as Picasso at the Lapin Agile and Snow Falling on Cedars at Bainbridge Performing Arts. His work in Asian Monologues is grounded in the act of passing stories on.
StorytellerActorFuture generations
Special Guest Performer
Sarah DeJong
Sarah DeJong appears in the printed program as one of the evening's special guest performers.
The guest performer pages pair Sarah with Avery Lee and Marco and Teo Malatesta, making her part of the intergenerational performance thread woven between the story-centered monologues.
Special guestFeatured performancePrinted roster
Special Guest Performer
Avery Lee
Avery Lee joins the evening as part of the special guest performer group featured in the printed program.
The printed guest performer page places Avery alongside Sarah DeJong and Marco and Teo Malatesta, giving the night a youth-driven musical and interpretive layer between the story performances.
Special guestPrinted rosterLive program
Special Guest Performer
Teo Malatesta
Teo Malatesta is part of the special guest performer roster anchoring the younger ensemble voices in the program.
In the printed guest performer spread, Teo appears together with Marco Malatesta. That shared feature now carries through on the digital program as one of the framed portraits hanging on the cast wall.
Special guestPrinted rosterLive performance
Special Guest Performer
Marco Malatesta
Marco Malatesta is also part of the printed program's special guest performer roster.
The digital companion keeps Marco's credit paired with Teo's framed portrait so the online cast wall matches the way those guests are grouped in the printed booklet.
Special guestPrinted rosterLive program
Special Guest Performer | Singer
Micaela Omoto
Micaela Omoto brings youth artistry and intergenerational presence into the evening.
The granddaughter of Sam Omoto and niece of Stephanie Reese, Micaela has sung with the Northwest Girlchoir for eight years and is beginning studies at the University of Washington. This is her second year participating in the Asian Arts & Heritage Festival on Bainbridge Island.
Special guestSingerIntergenerational presence
Creative team and credits
The official credits behind the room
This section now tracks the printed program more directly, keeping the credited creative and production roles visible on the web alongside the roster guests see in the booklet.
Created and Directed By
Stephanie Reese
Stephanie Reese shaped the entire experience across performance, direction, festival leadership, and the emotional frame of the room itself.
The printed program describes Stephanie as an international singer, actress, and philanthropist whose work has ranged from Carnegie Hall to community-rooted cultural organizing. The digital program now keeps that same leadership visible while carrying her curatorial voice across the room, the booklet, and the public site.
CreatorDirectorArtistic vision
Producer | Story Contributor | Story Performer
Sabrina Fiander
Sabrina Fiander moves through Asian Monologues as producer, contributor, and performer, helping shape both the logistics and the tone of the evening.
The printed bio describes Sabrina as a Cornish graduate in Theater and Original Works who built a career across Pacific Northwest stages and Los Angeles television before returning to Bainbridge Island. That mix of performance intelligence and production care is part of what keeps the room intimate and steady.
ProducerDirectionPerformance care
Produced By | Stage Manager
Misty Munro
Misty Munro brings heart, humor, organization, and backstage steadiness to the evening.
The printed bio introduces Misty as a teacher in Mukilteo, a Bainbridge Island resident, and a passionate performer who shares musical theatre with her children while continuing to study voice and performance with Stephanie Reese. As stage manager, she helps create a thoughtful, welcoming space for the stories and performers to shine.
Stage managementProducerBackstage flow
Producer | Story Contributor | Story Performer
Yuki Moxon
Yuki Moxon carries a deeply intergenerational story of identity, family, and belonging into the room while also helping produce the event.
The printed bio names Yuki as a Yonsei, or fourth-generation Japanese American, born in Los Angeles, raised in Seattle, and shaped by four years spent living in Japan. Her life between cultures and generations gives her work in Asian Monologues a clear emotional center rooted in family identity and belonging.
Stage managementProducerPerformer care
Musical Director and Pianist
Katrina Noble
Katrina Noble builds the musical spine of the evening as both musical director and pianist.
The printed bio traces Katrina's musical life from beginning piano at age three to accompanying choirs, soloists, operas, and musicals across the community. Now based in Silverdale, she describes it as an honor to help create the soundtrack for these stories.
MusicPianoDirection
Sound and Tech
Cole Rees
Cole Rees supports the technical delivery of the evening at BIMA.
The program credits list sound and tech as part of the creative backbone of the event, helping the stories land clearly without pulling attention away from the people carrying them.
SoundTechProduction
Brand and Visual Design
Beau Ross
Beau Ross shaped the public-facing visual language carrying Asian Monologues across the web, the printed program, and the wider audience journey.
The printed bio frames Beau's work at the intersection of strategy, story, technology, and culture. The digital program now keeps that brand and visual design credit visible alongside the rest of the official creative team instead of leaving it implicit.
BrandVisual designProgram identity
Special thanks
Arts & Humanities Bainbridge board support, especially Glynnis Cowdery, Yasmin Guggenheimer, Patty Bell, Ron Stewart, and Rob LaRubbio.
Bainbridge Island Museum of Art support, especially Cole and Lexie.
Thuy at Thuy's, The Agency, Philippine Airlines, Mama Fong's Kitchen, Town & Country Markets, BECU, UPS, and Bainbridge Community Foundation.
Beau Ross for design work and for helping create the larger public journey for the project.
The printed program also closes with thanks to Stephanie Reese's collaborators, family, and supporters who helped carry the work into the room.
Archive next steps
Keep the archive close while recap media is still to come
This digital program now does the main public work: it links the room, the printed booklet, the cast biographies, and the story summaries in one place. A fuller recap or video can be layered in later without changing the structure.
Story submission, future performance interest, and support for future productions are still available through the story submission page, artist interest page and the support page, but this companion now points first to the cast wall, story guide, and final printed program.