For second time ever, The Second City to perform show with all-AAPI cast

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For the past three months, a cast of 10 Asian American/Pacific Islander comedians has been working on the new program, 'Youth in Asia (Are You Proud of Me Yet?)'

CHICAGO -- When a new show hits the stage at The Second City this month – Asian American & Pacific Islander Heritage Month – it will feature an all-AAPI cast and crew.It's the second year the famed improv and sketch comedy company has put on such a show as part of the Victor Wong Fellows program.

For the past three months, a cast of 10 AAPI comedians has been working on the new program.Johanna Medrano contributed with a piece about her own experience, as the eldest daughter trying to live up to her parents' ambitious goals for her future.'The immense pressure is on us to be their wildest dreams come true, and being an actor/comedian was not it,' she said.Medrano said acting has opened her to new opportunities.

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