Hung Ha ‘26.5’s Honors Thesis: I Am That I Am Performances
Fri, Oct 23 | 7:30 PM (followed by a post-show talk) | Directing Studio in the ’62 Center
Sat, Oct 24 | 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM | Directing Studio in the ’62 Center
As part of the culmination of her studies, senior Hung Ha presents an original Honors thesis project, developed over the course of her senior year under the guidance of a faculty advisor.
The word of my mother, my father, my sister, my roots: tiếng. The word of my oppressor, my lover, my partner: la parole. The word of the world that I have come to know, foreign yet familiar, oppressive yet loving, all at once: the word.
This movement-based choreopoem is a “bible” for an entire theatrical world—shaping the dance, music, lighting, and staging through text that operates on multiple registers: spoken word, multilingual passages, and directorial inspiration. Rooted in the literary tradition of Holy Scripture, the work explores the indistinguishable relationship between worship and performance, asking what theater is if not a tribute to the divine. Across its chapters, it navigates liminalities of language, gender, sex, and sexuality—an archetypal story that transcends personal experience to speak to the universal condition of being in-between, in transition, and always crossing imaginary boundaries.