A love letter to a father
Larry Yee (Rob Narita) is missing amidst a scandal in Chinatown, and his daughter Lauren (Sandra Lee) is looking for him. In Lauren Yee‘s semi-autobiographical, semi-fantastical play King [...]
Elegance and Irony
In 1834, 14-year-old Afong Moy (Barbie Wu) arrives in New York City from China’s Guangzhou Province. Sold as chattel by her family, she will perform in a museum to paying gawkers. She will [...]
Talent, beauty, nastiness
Middle schools and high schools are notorious for their sub-cultures of nasty, mean girls. This phenomenon is not unique to the United States, as we learn in Jocelyn Bioh‘s breakout hit [...]
A hilarious Reign of Terror
It’s an odd collection of characters assembled on the Artists Repertory Theatre stage in Lauren Gunderson‘s The Revolutionists. They include the French feminist, activist, and artist [...]
An Octoroon – Melodrama in the Land of Cotton
It’s a modern (2014) play based on an old play (1859). It’s a madcap melodrama with a golden-haired hero and a lecherous villain. It’s a chilling statement on race. An Octoroon [...]