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| An event at East West Players on Friday, Nov. 14, will pair a production of The Joy Luck Club with information on bone marrow and blood cell donation. Photo courtesy of East West Players. |
East West Players Teams With Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches
by Julie Riggott
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - A fabulous night out at the theater with complimentary strawberries, champagne and wine is rare enough. But how often can you enjoy an evening like that and possibly save a life?
Theater company East West Players announced that it is staging the event "Ladies Night Out" on Friday, Nov. 14, in conjunction with its latest production, The Joy Luck Club. The Asian-American theater company in Little Tokyo has partnered with Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches to educate women about bone marrow and blood cell donation.
Starting at 7 p.m., women can partake of free sweets and learn about A3M's mission. According to Vietnamese Outreach and Recruitment Coordinator Ted Nguyen, Asian Americans are highly underrepresented in the donor database. But this event is timely because it is focused on A3M's Project Michelle.
"Michelle Maykin is dying of leukemia and has a rare tissue type. She is of Chinese/Vietnamese descent," said Nguyen in a statement. "We have been trying to find a match for Michelle for half a year now."
East West Players Artistic Director Tim Dang felt that teaming up with A3M for Project Michelle was a special way to follow The Joy Luck Club's theme of empowerment and its celebration of women.
For more information, call (213) 625-7000 or visit eastwestplayers.org.
page 11, 11/10/2008
© Los Angeles Downtown News. Reprinting items retrieved from the archives are for personal use only. They may not be reproduced or retransmitted without permission of the Los Angeles Downtown News. If you would like to re-distribute anything from the Los Angeles Downtown News Archives, please call our permissions department at (213) 481-1448.
by Julie Riggott
DOWNTOWN LOS ANGELES - A fabulous night out at the theater with complimentary strawberries, champagne and wine is rare enough. But how often can you enjoy an evening like that and possibly save a life?
Theater company East West Players announced that it is staging the event "Ladies Night Out" on Friday, Nov. 14, in conjunction with its latest production, The Joy Luck Club. The Asian-American theater company in Little Tokyo has partnered with Asians for Miracle Marrow Matches to educate women about bone marrow and blood cell donation.
Starting at 7 p.m., women can partake of free sweets and learn about A3M's mission. According to Vietnamese Outreach and Recruitment Coordinator Ted Nguyen, Asian Americans are highly underrepresented in the donor database. But this event is timely because it is focused on A3M's Project Michelle.
"Michelle Maykin is dying of leukemia and has a rare tissue type. She is of Chinese/Vietnamese descent," said Nguyen in a statement. "We have been trying to find a match for Michelle for half a year now."
East West Players Artistic Director Tim Dang felt that teaming up with A3M for Project Michelle was a special way to follow The Joy Luck Club's theme of empowerment and its celebration of women.
For more information, call (213) 625-7000 or visit eastwestplayers.org.
page 11, 11/10/2008
© Los Angeles Downtown News. Reprinting items retrieved from the archives are for personal use only. They may not be reproduced or retransmitted without permission of the Los Angeles Downtown News. If you would like to re-distribute anything from the Los Angeles Downtown News Archives, please call our permissions department at (213) 481-1448.
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