Tanglao-Aguas, FrancisLerman, MarkWeiss, LynnFerrao, Rodney B.Hsu, Jonathon I.2025-06-122015-05-142015-04-01https://scholarworks.wm.edu/handle/internal/11542In my one-person performance Coming Out Asian American, the racialized body is placed in deracinated space and time where identity is fluidly navigated as history moves and is exchanged. I contend that Asian American identity is ambiguous, schizophrenic, and complex, and the medium of staged performance allows for the exploration of the affective body as a site for cultural/historical memory, exchange, and re-imagination. In the play, Coming Out Asian American, theater and performance are used to create a counter-monument that challenges the dominant Western mainstream discourse. At the same time, I utilize performance to find agency and liberation in the telling of my transnational, and polycultural story on liminal abjection to add to the greater Asian American communal narrative.© The Authorhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/honorsthesis_restricted