NEWS: Hot Asian Doctor Husband in Demand (Theater Mu) Arts Theatre by Hanne Appelbaum - August 5, 2019August 6, 2019 A photo of hot peppers. It seems that everyone wants to get their hands on a hot Asian doctor husband right now. Theater Mu’s production of Hot Asian Doctor Husband, a play by Leah Nanako Winkler, has sold out its opening night two weeks before the show is scheduled to open. Read a 2017 interview with playwright Leah Nanako Winkler. Official Synopsis Following the sudden death of her Japanese mother – Emi, a twenty-something biracial woman – begins to urgently question her own legacy. Afraid that she is white-washing her Asian culture, she dumps her perfect white boyfriend in pursuit of a hot Asian doctor husband. But nobody is what they seem to be in this highly theatrical comedy that asks the question: is love truly blind? Or are our relationships just a carefully curated conglomeration of our own racial bias? Hot Asian Doctor Husband is the final work in Mu’s 2018-2019 season, which was titled “Being Extraordinary”. Among other things, the play interfaces with cultural expectations, a search for identity, and the middleground that biracial individuals often find themselves between the different aspects of their heritage. A promotional photo for Hot Asian Doctor Husband. Photo by Rich Ryan. In related news, fans of the television series Gray’s Anatomy have been enjoying a hot Asian doctor for the past season, thanks to Alex Landi’s portrayal of Dr. Nico Kim. (Landi, himself half Korean and half Italian, has inspired many a Pinterest gallery of hot Asian doctors…or at least the film/TV kind.) Hot Asian Doctor Husband was last seen in a staged reading by Mu on March 17, 2018, and will play at Mixed Blood in Minneapolis from August 16-September 1, 2019. About Latest Posts Hanne AppelbaumHanne Appelbaum was the Editor-in-Chief of the Twin Cities Arts Reader from 2005-2020. Now a contributing writer, she was born in Michigan's Upper Peninsula and moved to the Twin Cities to take up a career as a classroom paraprofessional. She is the mother of three children, an enthusiastic educator, and a passionate fan of dance in all of its forms. She is currently reading Laxmi Hariharan's Knotted Series. Latest posts by Hanne Appelbaum (see all) FEATURE: A Host of New Operas, Minnesota-Born - October 4, 2020 NEWS: 20% Theatre Company to Sunset After 15 Glorious Years - August 20, 2020 AWARDS: Keith Hovis = Composer of the Year - December 7, 2019 Share on Facebook Share Share on TwitterTweet