SIXPACK

“Another in the line of great sports play, particularly those featuring young women...about friendship, mother-daughter relationships, and community. See this funny, real, and ultimately heart-warming world premiere play.”
— Cherry and Spoon, READ MORE

“Delivering a funny, nuanced, and at times serious look at friendship... a championship-winning play.”
— MPR, READ MORE

“A funny, absorbing and very rewarding 90-minute theater piece that chronicles the friendship of two St. Paul girls... 'Sixpack' entertainingly explores the ties that bind six women together...” — Read more from Pioneer Press

"Local playwright Katie Ka Vang is no stranger to weaving her life’s stories into her work. 'It’s the way I understand the world, and it helps me make sense of myself,' she says. Everything from her cancer diagnosis to stories about immigration and displacement is on the table. But until recently, she’d never been able to figure out how to write about her passion for Hmong volleyball—one of the largest sports in the Twin Cities that many have never even heard of..." — Read more from Mpls.St.Paul

AGAIN The Musical

“The world premiere is a musical, which is notoriously tricky to get right. It's largely about cancer, which does not scream ‘laugh riot.’ It's partially in Hmong, which I haven't seen in musical theater (although, as one character points out, it is an oral tradition). Despite or because of those things, Again is terrifically entertaining.” - Star Tribune

“[Katie Ka] Vang’s gift is in creating characters [who], despite having to deal with difficult things, also find the humor in life. ... Melissa Li proves once again that she is one of the best songwriters working in contemporary musical theater.” The Stages of MN

“Dexieng ‘Dae’ Yang as Mai See and Melody Her as Quest create an endearing older/younger sister dynamic in their interactions. … Pagnia Xiong is incomparable as Mai See’s ‘Type A’ older sister Shia—her voice and presence in both speech and song command every scene she is in. Aaron Komo steals the show in various roles.”- Twin Cities Agenda

“[Again] is about being human—relationships, career crises, disease, grief—from the specific [Hmong American] background of the artists. Despite the heaviness of the theme, I found the musical to be much lighter than I expected, really more about friendship, community, and perseverance than loss and dying.” - Cherry & Spoon

“The first professional musical production by a Hmong-American playwright” - One Fan Show

“an engaging, poignant, humorous and tender story of facing some of life’s toughest challenges.”- Play Off the Page 

“Again is very much in the musical comedy vein and it offers lots of laughs while also tapping into some more serious business.” - Talkin’ Broadway

“Along with the wonderful story and script that went through a wide range of comedic, hopeful, and sad moments for Mai See, Quest, and Shia, that had an unexpected and special moment at the end that I do not want to give away, the music was great. The songs were catchy that ranged from a good belter, comedic, to sad and hopeful.” - BroadwayWorld

“[“Again”] exemplifies the fact that it isn’t one story that follows the same way beat-for-beat after every person’s diagnosis, rather, it is a complicated and unique story for each person, determined by themselves, their friends and family and their culture.” - The Wheel