Contemporary Asian Theater Scene (CATS) in San Jose, CA, in collaboration with award-winning director and playwright Jeffrey Lo, is happy to announce the return of its annual Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI) Playwright Festival. This one-of-a-kind theater arts experience fosters and showcases the talent of local Bay Area AAPI theater artists, writers, actors, directors, stagehands, and other talent.

Contemporary Asian Theater Scene is casting Bay Area-based Non-Equity performers for staged readings of the six ten-minute plays and monologues that make up the AAPI Playwright Festival. A detailed character breakdown is listed here → http://bit.ly/4e5466I 

Important dates are:

July 6-9 - 6:00-10:30p, Rehearsals in SJ Japantown

July 10 - 10:00a-5:00p, Tech at San Jose Stage

July 11 - 12:00-10:00p, Rehearsal & Performance at San Jose Stage

This year’s playwrights are: Tasi Alabastro, Anne Yumi Kobori, Suhashini Krishnan, Jenny Nguyen Nelson, Aimee Suzara, and Phil Wong, with directors Reed Flores and Melissa Mei Jones.

Actors will be given an Honorarium of $225.

To audition, you will need to prepare:

- A video of two contrasting monologues totaling no more than 3 minutes to a watchable YouTube or Vimeo link

- Headshot

- Resume

- Biography

- Social Media Handles (optional)

Please submit your materials here → https://forms.gle/248bSxBrnHZu3aEE7 

Submissions are due Friday, May 8, 2026 at 11:59 PM.

For More Information on the festival, please visit: https://www.catsasiantheaterscene.org/playwright-festival