"Always You Can Talk to Us": A Reader's Theatre Script

Resumen

This paper presents a Reader's Theatre Script co-produced by six Chinese-Canadian youths that highlights some of the challenges faced by Chinese-Canadian students during the COVID-19 pandemic. It also includes the participants' individual reflections on the scripting process and how it helped them make sense of both their personal and shared experiences. The script explores themes such as the stigma surrounding mental health in Asian communities, intergenerational trauma, cultural and generational differences between parent and child, and the model minority myth.

Key words: Readers Theatre, youth, identity, arts-based research, mental health stigma, intergenerational trauma, model minority myth.