Dara Joan Dela Cruz
Accounting & Finance AssistantDara Joan Dela Cruz formerly worked in the KPBS newsroom as an assistant and call screener for Friday's Midday Edition. Dara attends San Diego State University where she plans to graduate with a business degree in accounting. She is a current member of the University Honors Program, which has encouraged her to also pursue a minor in interdisciplinary studies. After graduation, she later hopes to obtain an MBA, become a certified public accountant, and eventually manage her own firm. Before coming to San Diego, Dara lived in the Silicon Valley, where she grew up and graduated from Saint Francis High School in Mountain View, California. In her spare time, Dara likes to explore the city, watch films, and play the flute, as she is also a member of the university's wind symphony.
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Premieres Friday, May 16, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / PBS app. Enjoy Tony winner David Henry Hwang’s comedy starring Daniel Dae Kim as an Asian American playwright who protests “yellowface” casting in the musical “Miss Saigon” only to mistakenly cast a white actor as the Asian lead in his own play. -
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DHH (Daniel Dae Kim) brings Marcus G. (Ryan Eggold) to a talkback with Asian American students, where the question of his ethnicity and his portrayal of an Asian character comes up in this satirical play.
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DHH (Daniel Dae Kim) shares a phone call with his father (Francis Jue) in the wake of the Miss Saigon casting controversy.
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