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Bowen Yang, who is of Chinese descent, was named to the repertory cast in 2019, making him the first “full-blooded” Asian cast member.

My dad had a long career as an actor, transcending a fairly bleak working-class upbringing in the Pacific Northwest, to repertory theater and then innumerable roles in TV and movies.

Last year, I went to a repertory screening of the 2001 horror film “The Others” at IFC Center in New York, where I’m typically safe from phone users — typically.

The proximity to repertory theater, the best video stores at the time.

“I could see people coming down from Hollywood — especially if there was 35mm every night. Retro repertory stuff? Oh, my God.”