PLAYS
Kung Fu is a depiction of international martial arts star Bruce Lee, and his journey from troubled youth to martial arts legend. Kung Fu follows Lee as he struggles to prove himself as a fighter, a husband, a father, and a man. The play blends dance, Chinese opera, martial arts and drama into a bold theatrical experience.
Chinglish follows a Midwestern American businessman as he travels to China, desperate to score a lucrative contact for his family's firm, only to discover how much he doesn't understand. Named for the unique and often comical third language that evolves from attempts to translate Chinese signs into English, Chinglish explores the challenges of doing business in a culture whose language—and ways of communicating—are worlds apart from our own.
FOB ("Fresh off the boat") traces the difficulty of assimilation for Asian newcomers to the United States and the hostility they receive from Americans of Asian descent.
M. Butterfly is inspired by a true story of a French diplomat who carried on a twenty-year affair with a Chinese actor and opera singer, without realizing the true gender of his lover. French diplomat Bernard Boursicot and Shi Pei Pu, a Peking opera singer lived together for decades before Shi Pei Pu was discovered to be a Chinese spy and Boursicot was charged with treason.