"Cambodian Rock Band" by Lauren Yee | S17.E05

What happens when the music you love is also tangled up with the history you’re trying to forget? Lauren Yee’s play "Cambodian Rock Band" follows a father and daughter as they return to Cambodia, confronting the ghosts of the Khmer Rouge regime, and the choices made so long ago. Oh, and there’s a live rock concert happening along the way.

Jackson and Jacob dig into Yee’s wildly theatrical collision of history, music, memory, and family. Join us for the conversation!

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Please enjoy these other conversations on "Cambodian Rock Band":

This interview with Lauren Yee for "Backstage Pass": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3v9kdD9k7c

This interview with Yee for "Hyphen": https://hyphenmagazine.com/blog/2020/11/%E2%80%9C-play-gateway-many-other-stories%E2%80%9D-conversation-lauren-yee-her-play-cambodian-rock-band

This panel on Asian American Arts Activism with Brooke Ishibashi and Joseph Ngo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=In36OnELzCY

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