Grafting, Rooting, Growing
by Trinity University

Oct. 25

Trinity alum Leah Ai Ling Woehr (’20) will present a performance piece she developed during her graduate studies at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The piece, recently performed at the FLIPT Festival in Italy, is titled Grafting, Rooting, Growing. It is an autoethnographic solo performance that explores Chinese transnational adoption and Chinese-American identity.

In this piece, Leah interweaves family stories, music, and personal reflection as she works through understanding how her daughterhood was performed into being and how this affects her sense of self. She then places her own narrative in conversation with other Chinese adoptees to demonstrate the communal relationship between their experiences and how this contributes to the larger Asian American diaspora.

The 40-minute solo performance will be followed by a talkback.

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Grafting, Rooting, Growing
by Leah Ai Ling Woehr
Trinity University

Saturday, October 25, 2025 at 2 p.m.

Attic Theatre, Ruth Taylor Theatre Bldg, Trinity University, San Antonio