SPOTLIGHT — The official Launch Cabaret. October 29, 2026, 6 pm. Busboys and Poets, Takoma. Reserve your seat. SPOTLIGHT The official Launch Cabaret
October 29, 2026 · 6 pm · Busboys & Poets, Takoma Reserve Your Seat

AAPI Artists
Database
in the DMV.

A living directory of AAPI theatre artists working in the DC, Maryland, and Virginia region — built so that no one can say the talent is hard to find. A collaboration between Jaemi Theatre Company and HEART: DMV AAPI Theatre Alliance.

In collaboration with

Help Every Asian Rise Together, or HEART: DMV AAPI Theatre Alliance, is a DMV AAPI artist-driven coalition, dedicated to building and cultivating the AAPI theatre community in the DMV through community care, an artistic network, amplification, and professional development.

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AAPI Artists
Database

Search AAPI actors, directors, designers, writers, and technicians across the DMV.

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Submit
Yourself

Add your name, discipline, and contact so casting teams and producers can find you.

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Why this exists

“I kept hearing from companies that it was hard to find Asian actors, and I heard it so often that I started to believe it myself.”
Youri Kim, Artistic Director — DC Theater Arts, March 2026

The database is our answer to that. It is open to any AAPI theatre artist living or working in the DMV, at any career stage, in any discipline. There is no fee, no membership, and no gatekeeping.

Producers, casting directors, and companies are welcome to use it freely. If you have a correction or want your entry removed, write to jaemitheatre@gmail.com.

Our launch cabaret SPOTLIGHT is October 29 at Busboys & Poets Takoma.

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