Using dance, documentary theatre, performance and drama, A Beautiful Country follows 150 years of Asian American history in vignettes, told through the eyes of Miss Visa Denied, a transgender drag queen, who guides the audience through the turbulent history of Asian peoples coming and living in the United States. Addressing issues of race, gender, and appropriation, the play also explores this country’s history of xenophobia toward Asian Americans, assimilation and the intersecting identities of immigrants, including what it means to be an American.