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Ken Choy is an American writer of Chinese-Hawaiian descent. He also is a performance artist and actor and owns
and operates a shopping business in Southern California. He is gay.
Choy received a Jerome Fellowship from the Playwright's Center in Minnesota in 1992. Upon arriving in the Twin
Cities, Choy immediately involved himself in the Asian American Renaissance, an Asian American arts organization.
He taught classes and hosted AARGH, the Asian American Cabaret with poet and performance artist David Mura.
In 1993, Choy along with Juliana Pegues staged a protest at the Minnesota Opera performance of Madama
Butterfly. Choy and Pegues protested inside the theater during the performance and were arrested for disorderly
conduct. Although Choy was dressed in women's clothing, erroneous press accounts stated that he was naked. The
two were ordered to pay a $25 fine.
Choy founded and was co-chair of PAVE (Pan Asian Voices for Equality) and the Miss Saigon Protest Committee
with Rita Nakashima Brock.
In 1992, Choy toured his one man show Buzz Off Butterfly around the country. Under the auspices of the
performance group he founded, Asian Pacific American Renegades, he also directed and organized the large scale
Asian American performance presentation at the Walker Art Center, "Miss Appropriated." He is discussed in
Dorinne K. Kondo's "About Face," and Linda Frye Burnham's "High Performance" as well as David A Schlossman's
"Actors and Activists," and Deborah Wong's "Speak it Louder."
Choy was the subject of a two-part series on KCBS-TV Los Angeles that featured his book, "Make Money
Shopping," his web site, Makemoneyshopping.org, and his shopping and mystery shopping business.
Choy is the author of the novel "My Loveable Combustible Asian American Nuclear Family” and his popular video
blog, "From Chaos to Love: "My Loveable Combustible Asian American Nuclear Family" journey.
He is the creator of the journalistic dialectic, "Living with Bill and Rob," an ongoing research project which explores
the link between racism and mental illness and how those both are unflinchingly harnessed as a viable excuse for
lack of human and community involvement and participation. Choy traversed those manifestations in a roommate
situation with the titular subjects.
Choy is the producer and founder of Breaking the Bow: The Independent Asian Pacific Islander Performing Artists
and Writers Festival. The 1st festival was held October 22-25, 2009. The festival was co-producer by Pan Asian
Women's Writer's Workshop (PAWWW) and [Mavericks of Asian Pacific Islander Descent] http://www.Mapid.us
(MAPID). Choy founded MAPID.
His screenplay Lazy Susan won first place in the Boulder Asian Film Festival in 2005.
Notable Theater Works
Charlene Chan in "Me?"
Sticky Substances
Buzz off Butterfly
Miss Appropriated
Ken Choy's Theatrical Extravaganza Lazy Susan
OSOJI (October 2010)
Screenplays
Miss Appropriated
Lazy Susan
Like Lee
My Loveable Combustible Asian American Nuclear Family
Alex Wong and the White Guy Under the Table
effe'd
Novels
My Loveable Combustible Asian American Nuclear Family
My Loveable Combustible Asian American Nuclear Family (myspace)
My Loveable Combustible Asian American Nuclear Family (facebook)
My Loveable Combustible Asian American Nuclear Family Youtube
Make Money Shopping web site
Wikipedia Ken Choy
Youtube Ken Choy
Facebook.com/kenchoy
Ken Choy is an American writer of Chinese-Hawaiian descent. He also is a performance artist and actor and owns
and operates a shopping business in Southern California. He is gay.
Choy received a Jerome Fellowship from the Playwright's Center in Minnesota in 1992. Upon arriving in the Twin
Cities, Choy immediately involved himself in the Asian American Renaissance, an Asian American arts organization.
He taught classes and hosted AARGH, the Asian American Cabaret with poet and performance artist David Mura.
In 1993, Choy along with Juliana Pegues staged a protest at the Minnesota Opera performance of Madama
Butterfly. Choy and Pegues protested inside the theater during the performance and were arrested for disorderly
conduct. Although Choy was dressed in women's clothing, erroneous press accounts stated that he was naked. The
two were ordered to pay a $25 fine.
Choy founded and was co-chair of PAVE (Pan Asian Voices for Equality) and the Miss Saigon Protest Committee
with Rita Nakashima Brock.
In 1992, Choy toured his one man show Buzz Off Butterfly around the country. Under the auspices of the
performance group he founded, Asian Pacific American Renegades, he also directed and organized the large scale
Asian American performance presentation at the Walker Art Center, "Miss Appropriated." He is discussed in
Dorinne K. Kondo's "About Face," and Linda Frye Burnham's "High Performance" as well as David A Schlossman's
"Actors and Activists," and Deborah Wong's "Speak it Louder."
Choy was the subject of a two-part series on KCBS-TV Los Angeles that featured his book, "Make Money
Shopping," his web site, Makemoneyshopping.org, and his shopping and mystery shopping business.
Choy is the author of the novel "My Loveable Combustible Asian American Nuclear Family” and his popular video
blog, "From Chaos to Love: "My Loveable Combustible Asian American Nuclear Family" journey.
He is the creator of the journalistic dialectic, "Living with Bill and Rob," an ongoing research project which explores
the link between racism and mental illness and how those both are unflinchingly harnessed as a viable excuse for
lack of human and community involvement and participation. Choy traversed those manifestations in a roommate
situation with the titular subjects.
Choy is the producer and founder of Breaking the Bow: The Independent Asian Pacific Islander Performing Artists
and Writers Festival. The 1st festival was held October 22-25, 2009. The festival was co-producer by Pan Asian
Women's Writer's Workshop (PAWWW) and [Mavericks of Asian Pacific Islander Descent] http://www.Mapid.us
(MAPID). Choy founded MAPID.
His screenplay Lazy Susan won first place in the Boulder Asian Film Festival in 2005.
Notable Theater Works
Charlene Chan in "Me?"
Sticky Substances
Buzz off Butterfly
Miss Appropriated
Ken Choy's Theatrical Extravaganza Lazy Susan
OSOJI (October 2010)
Screenplays
Miss Appropriated
Lazy Susan
Like Lee
My Loveable Combustible Asian American Nuclear Family
Alex Wong and the White Guy Under the Table
effe'd
Novels
My Loveable Combustible Asian American Nuclear Family
My Loveable Combustible Asian American Nuclear Family (myspace)
My Loveable Combustible Asian American Nuclear Family (facebook)
My Loveable Combustible Asian American Nuclear Family Youtube
Make Money Shopping web site
Wikipedia Ken Choy
Youtube Ken Choy
Facebook.com/kenchoy
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Ken was quoted in NY Times. Click here
Ken will be covering Korean Film festival LA for Hyphen
Magazine and aarisings.com. He will also participate in
Actorfest