The Funny Asian Women Collective (FAWK), a St. Paul organization dedicated to providing uncensored comedic expression for Asian women, presented their Legacy-funded production, The Hmong Plus Friends Super Show, to a sold-out Ordway Theater in April 2025.
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This is Minnesota's Legacy, a look at the organizations and the people who have benefited from Minnesota's Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment.
Katharine DeCelle: In St Paul, three women found each other, a community and a lot of laughter.
Mooks and May: We enjoy storytelling. We like to be around each other, and comedy comes up naturally in all of our work. Not all of us.
Katharine DeCelle: That's Mooks and May, both playwrights and both founding members, along with Naomi Ko of the Funny Asian Women Collective, or FAWK. Here's May.
May: We have a rolling roster of artists who participate with us, and a lot of them are Hmong.
Katharine DeCelle: Founded in 2014, FAWK is a collective of artists dedicated to Asian women being themselves uncensored with comedy.
May: Can we do a Hmong show that is unapologetically bilingual?
Katharine DeCelle: To commemorate 50 years of Southeast Asians in Minnesota, FAWK received Legacy funds to create a live comedy show.
Mooks and May: We called it Hmong Plus Friends Super Show.
Katharine DeCelle: The Hmong Plus Friends Super Show was performed at the Ordway Theater in St Paul to a sold-out crowd.
Mooks and May: Five solo acts, skit, live sketch, yeah, some video work that really centered Southeast Asian stories.
Katharine DeCelle: FAWK will be releasing video of the show on their website soon.
Minnesota's Legacy is produced by AMPERS with support from the Minnesota Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Online at AMPERS dot ORG.