Asian Story Theater

03/14/2026

Announcing "Big Money"- a New Show Coming Soon...

🏝️An Irish sailor finds unexpected business success on Yap, a remote Micronesian island. For centuries, outsiders tried to claim this land, but O’Keefe’s story challenges the idea that newcomers can “fix” or truly own places with deep local histories. His real-life adventure shows why the myth of the White Savior doesn’t hold up—and reminds us to question who gets to tell these stories.

📖Learn more: https://asianstorytheater.org/big-money

03/07/2026

Thank you Donna Lee for thinking of Asian Story Theater and gifting us with some beautiful fabrics collected by Kay Fung that we can use for our productions. Kay lived a wonderful and full life, very active in the Chinese Community in San Diego. We will think of her as we use these fabrics.

https://www.dignitymemorial.com/obituaries/san-diego-ca/kay-fung-12431088

03/02/2026

🐴Pictures from THE GREAT HORSE OF MONGOLIA shows recently, featuring performers Antaria Junco, Rhys Green, Gingerlily Lowe, Natasha Papousek, Kali Kamaria, written and directed by Kent Brisby, with set design by Jay Newington.

🌠This program was seeded by a grant from the San Diego Chinese Womens San Diego Chinese Women's Association

03/01/2026

Come to the Chinese New Year Fair downtown. Asian Story Theater will be there 1:30 on the stage with a Mongolian horse story to celebrate this year of the fire horse.
This show is made possible by the San Diego Chinese Women's Association.

02/28/2026

Meet Antaria - a writer, actor, dramaturg, and occasional producer whose creative practice is rooted in q***r joy, messy growth, and communal repair. A proud q***r Filipino-American and first-gen storyteller, Antaria approaches artmaking as an act of healing—for self and others. Whether on stage, behind the camera, or at the writers’ table, their work explores identity, intergenerational dialogue, and the liminal spaces between cultures.

They are excited to debut with Asian Story Theater as Suho (THE GREAT HORSE OF MONGOLIA). Previous stage performances of EVERYDAY VANILLA (Square Pen) and recent film work includes "Fam De Ube" (48HR Film Project and The FilAm Film Collective).

They believe in holding space for underrepresented voices without tokenization, and view collaboration as a sacred act of resistance and love. Through performance, writing, and dramaturgy, Antaria is committed to crafting stories that challenge, nourish, and connect us—especially across communities too often silenced.

💫🐴Come see The Great Horse of Mongolia show this weekend at the Chinese New Year Food & Cultural Fair, 1:30pm Saturday & Sunday, February 28 & March 1 in Downtown San Diego!

02/21/2026

Join us TODAY 1 PM at Mission Hills Knox Library for a special Lunar New Year performance of The Great Horse of Mongolia!

02/19/2026

San Diego's Balboa Park Puppet Guild Proudly brings to the Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater...

Asian Story Theater Presentation of

The Great Horse of Mongolia

February 22, 2026

11am ONLY

The Chinese zodiac provides the basis for this year’s folktale celebrating the bold and playful YEAR OF THE HORSE as one of the animals in Lunar New Year tradition.;The story features a beautiful and bittersweet Mongolian folktale about a young boy and his extraordinary horse, stolen away by an envious Warlord, but ultimately immortalized in the voice of the Morin Khuur, “horse fiddle” in Mongolian. Performance features this unique instrument performed live.

Tickets are $7.00 per attendee.

Balboaparkpuppets.com or 20 minutes before showtime!

The Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater is celebrating 78 years! It was established as a puppet theater in 1947. We are located in Balboa Park, San Diego, California. The Puppet Theater, originally called the Hollywood Building, then the Palisades Building, was one of the buildings constructed for the Ca...

02/17/2026

🎭𝗔𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀𝗹𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿

🐴𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘰𝘧 𝘔𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘢
The Chinese zodiac provides the basis for this year’s folktale celebrating the bold and playful YEAR OF THE HORSE as one of the animals in Lunar New Year tradition. The story features a beautiful and bittersweet Mongolian folktale about a young boy and his extraordinary horse, stolen away by an envious Warlord, but ultimately immortalized in the voice of the Morin Khuur, “horse fiddle” in Mongolian. Performance features this unique instrument performed live.

𝗨𝗽𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗚𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗛𝗼𝗿𝘀𝗲 of 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗶𝗮 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄𝘀

The Marie Hitchcock Puppet Theater @ Balboa Park - Sunday February 22nd, 11am. Get tickets for just $7 at https://balboaparkpuppets.com/products/tickets or pay at door!

𝘈𝘥𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘗𝘶𝘣𝘭𝘪𝘤 𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘸𝘴

Mission Hills-Hillcrest/Knox Branch Library - Saturday February 21st at 1pm at 215 W. Washington
House of China, San Diego Lunar New Year Celebration - 2:30pm Sunday, February 22, Balboa Park
San Diego Chinese New Year Food & Cultural Faire - 1:30pm Saturday & Sunday, February 28-March 1 at 1:30pm, Downtown San Diego
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💰BIG MONEY is coming in May, as part of San Diego International Fringe Festival in Balboa Park. This year's festival is also hosting the World Fringe Congress 2026. Learn more about San Diego Fringe 2026: https://sdfringe.org/tickets26/
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❤️🤍💙A special AMERICAN R***E planned for the last weekend of June, just in time for America's birthday. New music as well as a few favorites, highlighting realities of immigration, citizenship, the census, as well as the real challenges and concerns surrounding those goals.
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02/09/2026

🎇We're thrilled to announce that we've been accepted back into the San Diego International Fringe Festival this year! Look forward to more updates on what productions we'll doing and when, as we get closer to May! 🎭Follow along for more: San Diego International Fringe Festival