Aquino played the character Claire in the play written by David Greig. The lone survivor of a mass shooting, Claire yearns to find the compassion, understanding and peace that she needs to overcome her trauma, but thoughts and visions of the shooter haunt her every step.
“The role of Claire wasn’t written as an Asian,” she continued. “But it was enriched by my ethnicity. Colin cast me as an American in a play that examines white supremacy, toxic masculinity and the plague of mass shootings.“We must end gun violence,” she said, to cheers and applause from the audience. “We must combat toxic masculinity with love. We must dismantle white supremacy. And it begins here in the theater. We can all do it! Salamat, salamat.
“It began like all the greatest adventures, at 2 a.m. in a dive bar in Hell’s Kitchen. We were trying to come up with the next project to collaborate on, knowing it was going to be his last season as Artistic Director at Theater Alliance.Preparations “We also had a shooting survivor in our choir, so there was firsthand knowledge on the terror experienced in a mass shooting.”
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