Title
Interviewee
Mia Park
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
6-8-2018
Abstract
Bio: Mia Park is a multidisciplinary artist acting, writing, playing music, producing events, teaching yoga, and volunteering in Chicago, IL. She shares her passion for discovery and self-inquiry with hope and optimism. Mia began professionally acting in 1997 hosting the cult favorite cable access dance show Chic-A-Go-Go. Her acting career has brought her on stage, in film, on television and on the radio. Mia currently plays the recurring character Nurse Beth Cole on NBC's Chicago Med. She has advocated for Asian American representation in acting since 2006 when she co-founded A-Squared Theatre and hosted educational theater workshops for the Chicago Asian American Acting Industry Group. Mia now curates Chicago's first Asian American play reading series, "Our Perspective: Asian American Play Readings” and is the Chicago coordinator for the national Asian American Theater Conference and Festival.
Bio from http://www.miapark.com/
Recommended Citation
Fernandez, Justin. (2018) Mia Park Interview.
https://via.library.depaul.edu/oral_his_series/114
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Comments
Mia Park interview by Justin Fernandez.