“There’s no better feeling than bringing the epic experience of CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND home to Southern California for its LA premiere at a theater I have long admired and whose importance to the Asian American theater movement cannot be overstated.”

“In CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND, Lauren has deftly fused history, arts, politics, rock concert, family drama into a potent work. This funny intimate epic touches on the timely issues of genocide, human rights abuses and immigration; the rights of refugees and emigres; the consequences of apathy when a country shifts under the brutal regime; and the destruction of freedom of expression and art in the midst of personal and political upheavals. In Lauren’s astute eyes, one thing remains consistent throughout our temperamental world: the resilience and enduring power of art and artists. CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND celebrates the indomitable legacy of art — how artists capture our individual and national spirit and hopes; and the uncanny ability of art to inspire, affirm our humanity, and to bring us together. I can’t think of a more important play for our current times.”