Confessions Of A Boba Liberalist

Bubble tea, K-pop, how to pronounce “pho” – Nita has some things she needs to confess… 

Do we create our own identities or are our identities projected onto us? How do we find a sense of community and belonging when we feel like we don’t fit in? 

Join Nita on a conversational journey as she uses anecdotes from her real life to discover what it means to live in a predominantly white society as a Person of Colour. Is she Asian? Is she Latina? Is she Australian? Who gets to decide? Sometimes you just need to talk things through to remember what you forgot you already knew. 

The audience is invited into Nita’s world as she talks and eats her way through memories and moments that left her questioning who she is in this world. There’s bubble tea and snacks along the way – not just for Nita, she’ll share her food with everyone! From the school yard, to working in hospitality, to becoming a working artist – Confessions of a Boba Liberalist is a bid to prove she is in fact NOT a Boba Liberal and an answer (or not) to dreaded question “where are you from?” 

“The performer’s comic timing and pop-culture references are exemplary” – On The Record 

“good things happen when people gather over a meal, and if her guacamole can’t change things for the better than nothing can.” – The List 

“Rising star…somebody to watch” – Broadway World 

Written and performed by Juanita Navas-Nguyen 

Directed by Kidaan Zelleke 

Development supported by ActNow Theatre 

This production was created on the lands of the Kaurna People and we acknowledge the traditional custodians of the lands we travel as we present this work. It is a privilege to be able to live, work and contribute to the tradition of sharing culture and stories that has been practiced for thousands of years. This land was never ceded. Always was, always will be First Nations land.