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Her transdisciplinary arts practice engages poetry, voice, puppetry & other forms of theatre & visual performance.

 
  • Huynh, D.H. (Poet) & Eng, K. (Director). (2020, February). Milk. Filmed performance by Huynh, D.H., Ostlund, A., & Alesna, I. at Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center.

    Vu, O. (Writer) & Vu, O. (Director). (2020, September). 7th Short Films: Di Ve. Filmed performance with Huynh, D.H., et al. at Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center & Trilingua Cinema.

    Vu, O. (Writer) & Vu, O. (Director). (2018, June). Northern Spark & Walker Art Center: Di Ve. Filmed performance with Huynh, D.H., et al. at Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center & Trilingua Cinema.

    Vu, O. (Writer) & Vu, O. (Director). (2017, July). MNKINO Film Fest: Di Ve. Filmed performance with Huynh, D.H., et al. at the Science Museum of Minnesota.

  • Huynh, D.H. (Poet) & Thao Worra, B. (Curator). (2021, September). Poets & Pints. Live poetry reading by Huynh, D.H., et al. at Sisyphus Brewing.

    Huynh, D.H. (Poet) & Tripp, H. (Curator). (2021, September). Herstories: Asian Women in America. Live performance by Huynh, D.H., et al. at Central Minnesota Arts Board.

    Huynh, D.H. (Poet) & Tripp, H. (Curator). (2021, July). Women of the Sea. Live poetry reading by Huynh, D.H., Vilayphonh, C., Vongsay, S., & Tripp, H. at Central Minnesota Arts Board.

    Huynh, D.H. (Poet) & Lee-Yang, M. (Curator). (2021, April). The Poetry of Vengeance. Live poetry reading by Huynh, D.H., Shin, S.Y., Myers, M., Vilayphonh, C., Lee-Yang, M., et al. at Funny Asian Women Kollective (FAWK).

    Huynh, D.H. (Poet) & Eng, K. (Director). (2020, February). Milk. Filmed performance by Huynh, D.H., Ostlund, A., & Alesna, I. at Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center.

    Huynh, D.H. & Huynh, H.N. (Poets) & Huynh, D.H. (Director). (2019, December). Open House Series - Welcome Home: Di Ra. Live performance with Huynh, D.H., Young, A., & Chapman, T. at Minneapolis Institute of Art.

    Huynh, D.H. (Poet), Huynh, D.H. (Director) & Howls, L. (Curator). (2019, September). Full Moon Puppet Show: Ra Di. Live performance with Huynh, D.H., Young, A., & Chapman, T. at Open Eye Theater.

    Huynh, D.H. (Poet), Huynh, D.H. (Director), & Sommers, M. (Curator). (2019, May). Hand Mind Gesture Salon: Sanh Ra. Live performance by Huynh, D.H., Young, A., Eng, K., Vairavan, C., & Olsen, J. at Open Eye Theater.

    Huynh, D.H. (Poet) & Shin, S.Y., Hwang, S., & Williams Shen, C. (Curators). (2019, April). People’s Poetry Minnesota & Poetry Asylum’s Great Twin Cities Poetry Read. Live poetry reading by Huynh D.H., et al. at Moon Palace Books.

    Huynh, D.H. (Poet) & Vongsay, S. (Curator). (2018, September). University of Minnesota Asian American Studies Program 15th Anniversary Celebration. Live poetry reading with Huynh, D.H., et al. at the University of Minnesota.

    Huynh, D.H. (Poet) & Bayliss, D. (Curator). (2018, June). Poets & Pints. Live poetry reading with Huynh, D.H., et al. at Sisyphus Brewing.

    Huynh, D.H. (Poet) & Vongsay, S. (Curator). (2018, June). Claiming Home: Refugee Poets for World Refugee Day. Live poetry reading with Huynh, D.H., Thao Worra, B., Yang, K., Mansour, I., Kuoch, J., Lee-Yang, M., Vongsay, S., Saleh, L. et al. at Springboard for the Arts.

    Huynh, D.H. (Writer), de Leon, A. (Spanish Translator), Ndosi, M. (Musician), & Van Avery, M. (Curator). (2017, June). Poetry and Pie Picnic: Picnic de poemas y tartas. Live poetry reading with Huynh, D.H., Kleber-Diggs, M., Bok Lee, E., Ceballos, A., Deus, V., Fuentes, V., Merchant III, R., Regulus, M., Soliman, M., & Van Avery, M. at Powderhorn Park.

  • Vongsay, Saymoukda (Playwright), & Lee-Yang, M. (Director). (2022, May). Little Mekong Murder Play. Live reading by Huynh, D.H., et al. at Indigenous Roots Cultural Arts Center.

    Phi, Bao (Writer), & Sharp, E. & Remedios, R. (Directors). (2021, October). You Shall Hear Me Audio Play Series: Revolution Shuffle. Audio recording with Huynh, D.H. & Sharp, E. at Theater Mu.

    Huynh, D.H. (Playwright), Huynh, D.H. (Lyricist), & Huynh, D.H. (Director). (2021, October). Theater Mu’s Family Explorations Day: The Grandmother. Live performance by Huynh, D.H., Vu, O., & Vo, T. at Springboard for the Arts.

    Vu, O. & Huynh, D.H. (Playwrights) & Vu, O. (Director). (2021, October). Theater Mu’s Family Explorations Day: Banh & Bao’s Great Escape. Live performance by Vu, O., Huynh, D.H., & Vo, T., et al. at Springboard for the Arts.

    Blighton, T. & Vo, T. (Playwrights) & Blighton, T. & Vo, T. (Directors). (2021, October). Down to the Wire. Live performance by Blighton, T., Vo, T., & Huynh, D.H. at People’s Movement Assembly: Reimagining Public Safety as Asian Americans with Asian Minnesotan Alliance for Justice at North Mississippi Regional Park.

    Huynh, D.H. & Galick, B.T. (Playwrights) & Huynh, D.H. & Galick, B.T. (Directors). (2021, October). Game Night. Live performance by Huynh, D.H., Galick, B.T., & Blighton, T. at People’s Movement Assembly: Reimagining Public Safety as Asian Americans with Asian Minnesotan Alliance for Justice at North Mississippi Regional Park.

    Huynh, D.H. (Playwright), Huynh, D.H. (Lyricist), & Huynh, D.H. (Director). (2021, August). Theater Mu’s Family Reunion: The Grandmother. Live performance by Huynh, D.H., Vu, O., Eng, K., & Galick, A. at 56 Brewing.

    Vu, O. & Huynh, D.H. (Playwrights) & Vu. O. (Director). (2021, October). Theater Mu’s Family Reunion: Banh & Bao’s Great Escape. Live performance by Vu. O., Huynh, D.H. Vo, T., et al. at 56 Brewing.

    Huynh, D.H. (Playwright) & Huynh, D.H. (Director). (2020, October). Get out the Childcare Vote! Live performance by Huynh, D.H., Melvin, K., & Diehl, S. at Community Change Action.

    Huynh, D.H. & Vu, O. (Playwrights) & Lampone, J. (Director). (2020, September). Trauma from Above. Filmed performance with online K-12 curriculum component by Huynh, D.H., Vu, O., & Bergmann, K.G. https://new.artsmia.org/learning-resources/arts-of-asia/en/lessons/what-is-the-value-of-introducing-our-students-to-more-contemporary-examples-of-asian-art

    Huynh, D.H. (Writer) & Huynh, D.H. (Director). (2020, May). Family Exploration Series: Meow! Learn Vietnamese with Puppet Denise. Live performance with Huynh, D.H., Vu, O., Nguyen, M.K., & Galick, B.T. at Theater Mu. https://fb.watch/bRg50HBBH8/

    Huynh, D.H. & Vu, O. (Writers) & Huynh, D.H. & Vu, O. (Directors). (2020, May). Happy Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month! Filmed performance with Huynh, D.H., Vu, O., & Kutscheid, T. at Minneapolis Institute of Art. https://vimeo.com/414328913

    Huynh, D.H. & Kivnick, C.K. (Writers) & Kivnick, C.K. (Director). (2020, April). Pandemic Storytime: A Quarantine Workshop. Live

    performance with Huynh, D.H., Kivnick, C.K., & Galick, B.T. at In the Heart of the Beast Puppet & Mask Theatre.

    Vu, O. & Huynh, D.H. (Writers) & Vu, O. (Director). (2020, April). Family Exploration Series: The Secret Sauce to Survival. Live performance with Vu, O., Huynh, D.H., Galick, B.T., & Kutscheid, T. at Theater Mu. https://fb.watch/bRkSQ0x1wG/

    Wanduragala, C. (Playwright) & Wanduragala, C. (Director). (2020, February). Renegade-ism: Artists on the Edge Series - Crucial Excursions. Live performance with Chapman, T., Choi, N., DiaToti, L., Huynh, D.H., Martinneau, A., Melvin, K., Vong, L., Vu, O., & Young, A. at Pillsbury House Theatre.

    Huynh, D.H. (Playwright), Huynh, D.H. (Lyricist), & Wanduragala, C. (Director). (2020, February). Renegade-ism: Artists on the Edge Series - Crucial Excursions: The Grandmother. Live performance with Huynh, D.H., Vu, O., & Choi, N. at Pillsbury House Theatre.

    Huynh, D.H. & Huynh, H.N. (Poets) & Huynh, D.H. (Director). (2019, December). Open House Series - Welcome Home: Di Ra. Live performance with Huynh, D.H., Young, A., & Chapman, T. at Minneapolis Institute of Art.

    Huynh, D.H. (Poet), Huynh, D.H. (Director) & Howls, L. (Curator). (2019, September). Full Moon Puppet Show: Ra Di. Live performance with Huynh, D.H., Young, A., & Chapman, T. at Open Eye Theater.

    Young, A. (Playwright) & Young, A. (Director). (2019, July). Sweet Songs & Flying Objects Series: The Alluvial. Live performance with Huynh, D.H., Eng, K., Chapman, T., Olsen, J., & Blighton, T. at Open Eye Theater.

    Vu, O. & Huynh, D.H. (Playwrights) & Vu, O. (Director). (2019, July). Free Minds Free People Conference: Banh & Bao’s Great Escape. Live performance with Vu, O., Huynh, D.H., & Young, A., et al. at Springboard for the Arts.

    Vu, O. & Huynh, D.H. (Playwrights) & Vu, O. (Director). (2019, July). Monkeybear New Puppetworks: Banh & Bao’s Great Escape. Live performance with Vu, O., Huynh, D.H., Mayson, E. & Young, A. et al. at Pillsbury House Theatre.

    McGrady, R. (Playwright), McGrady, R. (Director), & Sommers, M. (Curator). (2019, May). Hand Mind Gesture Salon: Glossa. Live performance by Diehl, S., Huynh, D.H., Rusley, B., Downes, D., & Tibbott, R. at Open Eye Theater.

    Diehl, S. (Playwright), Diehl, S. (Director), & Sommers, M. (Curator). (2019, May). Hand Mind Gesture Salon: A Mooving Evening at the Cowbaret. Live performance by Diehl, S., McGrady, R., & Huynh, D.H. at Open Eye Theater.

    Huynh, D.H. (Poet), Huynh, D.H. (Director), & Sommers, M. (Curator). (2019, May). Hand Mind Gesture Salon: Sanh Ra. Live performance by Huynh, D.H., Young, A., Eng, K., Vairavan, C., & Olsen, J. at Open Eye Theater.

    Huynh, D.H., Nguyen, M.K., & Valliant, E. (2019, March). ISAIAH Minnesota’s Children’s Book Story Time with Puppet Denise. Live performance by Huynh, D.H., Nguyen, M.K., & Valliant, E. at the Minnesota State Capitol.

    Young, A. (Playwright) & Howls, L. (Director). (2019, March). Puppet Lab: The Alluvial. Live performance with Huynh, D.H.,

    Bergmann, K.G., Eng, K., Melvin, K., Olsen, J., & Osberg, A. at In the Heart of the Beast Puppet & Mask Theatre.

    Huynh, D.H. & Vu, O. (Playwrights) & Howls, L. (Director). (2018, August). ReleaseMN8 Fundraiser: Trauma from Above. Live performance with Huynh, D.H., Vu, O., & Howls, L. at Kolap Restaurant.

    Huynh, D.H. & Vu, O. (Playwrights) & Howls, L. (Director). (2018, June). Monkeybear New Puppetworks: Trauma from Above. Live performance with Huynh, D.H., Vu, O., & Melvin, K. at Pillsbury House Theatre.

    Melvin, K. (Playwright) & Howls, L. (Director). (2018, June). Monkeybear New Puppetworks: Not here, not there. Live performance with Huynh, D.H., Young, A., et al. at Pillsbury House Theatre.

    Lee-Yang, M., Huynh, D.H., Mom, S., Moua, Y., & Yang, L. (Writers) & Lee-Yang, M. (Director). (2017, June). River Stories. Live performance with Huynh, D.H., Lee-Yang, M., Mom, S., Moua, Y., & Yang, L. at Northern Spark & Little Mekong Night Market.

  • Phi, Bao (Writer), & Sharp, E. & Remedios, R. (Directors). (2021, October). You Shall Hear Me Audio Play Series: Revolution Shuffle. Audio recording with Huynh, D.H. & Sharp, E. at Theater Mu.

    Huynh, D.H. (Writer) & Kelly, B. (Director). (2020, February). Minneapolis Institute of Art: When Home Won’t Let You Stay - Art & Migration [Radio broadcast]. Audio recording with Huynh, D.H. Minneapolis, MN: KRSM Radio.

    Huynh, D.H. (Writer) & Kelly, B. (Director). (2019, September). Minneapolis Institute of Art: Artists Respond - American Art & the Vietnam War [Radio broadcast]. Audio recording with Huynh, D.H. Minneapolis, MN: KRSM Radio.