Caro Asercion

Caro Asercion

A native to the San Francisco Bay Area, Caro has experience as a literary manager, dramaturg, stage manager, technical director, and scenic and lighting designer. Having served on the board of the Stanford Asian American Theater Project for four years in technical and literary positions, they are passionate about supporting emerging playwrights, developing new works, and stories that amplify the voices of...
A native to the San Francisco Bay Area, Caro has experience as a literary manager, dramaturg, stage manager, technical director, and scenic and lighting designer. Having served on the board of the Stanford Asian American Theater Project for four years in technical and literary positions, they are passionate about supporting emerging playwrights, developing new works, and stories that amplify the voices of marginalized communities.

Professional history includes work with Crowded Fire Theater, Ma-Yi Theater Company, American Conservatory Theater. Education: Stanford University.

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    10 Apr. 2018
    “ It’s rare to see plays that deal specifically with STEM themes in a way that edifies without losing entertainment value, but “Queen” succeeds here—regally!—with flying colors. The plot stays compelling without becoming a dramatization of the scientific process, thanks to playwright Madhuri Shekar’s charismatic and dynamic characters. “Queen” succeeds at being exactly as self-contained as its narrative requires: every scene advances the characters toward the script’s stirring culmination without a beat feeling extraneous or misplaced. ”
  • Hookman by Lauren Yee
    10 Apr. 2018
    “ “Hookman” starts out grounded in the world of classic horror tropes, but builds with unshaking tonal consistency until it becomes apparent that this is really a platform to explore a larger theme. Lauren Yee delicately peels back the layers on her young protagonists, both leaning into and subverting the conventions of the genre until the line between memory and reality is fully blurred. A stirring examination of grief, loss, and confronting your own fear of letting go. ”
  • Snowflakes, or Rare White People by Dustin H. Chinn
    8 Apr. 2018
    “ As the U.S. inches ever slowly toward the Minority Majority, “Snowflakes, or Rare White People” is a sandbox in which playwright Dustin Chinn digs beyond harmless white stereotypes and asks pressing questions: how do we as a culture currently view race, and how might that change in the future? What could a world untouched by western, Eurocentric ideals look like, and what does that world look like when it collides with those ideals for the first time? “Snowflakes…” dissects the very notion of a post-racial society. ”
  • HANNAH AND THE DREAD GAZEBO by Jiehae Park
    8 Apr. 2018
    “ Jiehae Park’s “Hannah and the Dread Gazebo” merges the mythic and the modern in a dexterous and syncretic collision of time and space. The play takes on an almost Wonderlandian edge at times, but never to its detriment—Park keeps the story grounded (seamlessly!) through tight, polished characterization and meaningful familial relationships. A keen meditation on the power of folklore, legacy, coping with grief, and searching for a culture that was never quite yours to claim, “Hannah…” is an artfully-structured adventure from start to end to denouement and everywhere in between. ”
  • Fast Company by Carla Ching
    7 Apr. 2018
    “ The heist-that-goes-wrong is a genre that is rife with potential: for tense interpersonal conflict, for dramatic irony, for comedy that stems from characters’ overambitious goals. Carla Ching’s “Fast Company” takes this already delightful genre and pushes at its boundaries by bringing onto the scene a family of four—each with their own distinct personality tics and familial baggage. The stakes of the play rise quickly, driven not just by the plot but by the relationships between characters, culminating in an unexpectedly heartfelt ending. ”
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