ANCESTRAL TABLE
“This was incredible – one of the best experiences and meals I’ve ever had. Thank you!”
“Very grateful to be fully immersed in Thai American storytelling of family lineage and connection to our mothers’ stories. An amazing fully embodied experience.”
Ancestral Table (2026) is a shared meal and live interdisciplinary performance (music, text, film) that examines the relationships between ecology, migration, cultural inheritance and maternal legacy through my Thai mother’s family recipes. As the meal is served, audiences are immersed in original music entwined with text from my mother’s personal memoirs and film layering personal archives with newly-made media. Through deeply experienced sense memory, storytelling and conviviality, audiences are transported to the sounds, environments, time, space and place of my ancestors.
Through this multi-sensory approach of combined performance and meal, Ancestral Table engages audiences at the intersections of cuisine, ecology, politics, migration, personal histories and memory.
Ancestral Table’s world premiere was held March 19 & 20, 2026 at The Millwick in Downtown LA. Co-produced by the LA Phil and Liquid Music. In partnership with Chefs Jazz Singsanong and Sugar Sungkamee of Jitlada Southern Thai Restaurant. MORE INFO
Read more about Ancestral Table’s world premiere in the LA Phil’s post, “A Recipe for Sharing” HERE.
Upcoming productions:
Roulette in NYC: January 15-16, 2027
Minneapolis Institute of Art (Mia): May 5-6, 2027
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“An incredibly moving evening that will be with me for a long time. I hope that it will make its way to more grateful audiences and diners in the near future!!!”
Co-commissioned by The LA Phil, Roulette, The Great Northern Festival, and National Performance Network. In partnership with Liquid Music and American Composers Forum.
Development support provided by Harlem Stage, Mabou Mines, Loghaven Artist Residency and The Bogliasco Foundation.
NY premiere made possible in part with funding from National Performance Network, NYSCA, Princess Grace Foundation, Café Royal Foundation and private donors. In partnership with Roulette and Liquid Music.
