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But Eng remained one of the neighborhood's few Chinese citizens who did not speak fluent Chinese. Finding his way in the downtown theater and performance world of Manhattan, he discovered the under-chronicled Chinese influence on Thornton Wilder's foundational Americana drama, Our Town. This discovery became the unlikely catalyst for a psyche-healing pilgrimage to Hong Kong and Guangzhou, China—his ancestral home in southern China—that led to writing and performing his successful autobiographical monologue, The Last Emperor of Flushing. Learning to tell his own story on stages around the world was what proudly made him whole.  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The NYC Asian American Experience on Stage\" presents a vibrant portrait of a burgeoning theater scene. Alvin Eng, \"Tokens?\"'s editor and contributor, describes the ten plays and performance pieces included in the collection as offering 'a great viceral snapshot of what Asian American theater was like in New York City in the 1990s'. Other playwrights whose work is found here include David Henry Hwang, Jessica Hagedorn, and Han Ong. This book concludes with 'The Verbal Mural', a discussion of the history, current directions, and future prospects for Asian American theater in New York City, gathered from interviews with founders, leading members, and rising stars of the Asian American theater. Through their powerful words and passionate voices, \"Tokens?\" chronicles the struggles of Asian American artists to find a place in the off-Broadway and off-off-Broadway theater world. 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