https://nac-cna.ca/en/event/15932
A Gateway Theatre (Richmond, BC) production It’s mid-rehearsal, and two actors playing Lauren and Larry deliver their lines. All is well until the real Larry wanders onstage. When the real Lauren – who, it seems, is also the playwright – leaps up from the audience, chaos ensues. Throw in some rogue spectators, a corrupt senator, lion dancers, ghostly ancestors, and a few firecrackers, and you have King of the Yees, an unapologetic and hilarious take on Chinese culture and...
Babs Asper Theatre,1 Elgin Street,Ottawa,Canada
“Jaw-droppingly funny... satirizing western stereotypes of Chinese culture while lovingly sending up some actual, traditional Chinese customs. ” Georgia Straight
- English
- ≈ 2 hours · With intermission
A Gateway Theatre (Richmond, BC) production
It’s mid-rehearsal, and two actors playing Lauren and Larry deliver their lines. All is well until the real Larry wanders onstage. When the real Lauren – who, it seems, is also the playwright – leaps up from the audience, chaos ensues. Throw in some rogue spectators, a corrupt senator, lion dancers, ghostly ancestors, and a few firecrackers, and you have King of the Yees, an unapologetic and hilarious take on Chinese culture and tradition in North America. From stage to backstage to audience and back on stage again, this play within a play bulldozes the fourth wall in an epic joyride through Chinatown.
- By Lauren Yee
- Directed by Sherry J. Yoon
- featuring Milton Lim, Donna Soares, Jovanni Sy, Andrea Yu, Raugi Yu
- Set Designer Pam Johnson
- Lighting Designer Gerald King
- Sound Designer Stefan Smulovitz
- Costume Designer Mara Gottler
- Technical Director Liam Kupser
- Stage Manager Susan Miyagishima
- Assistant Stage Manager and Company Manager Yvonne Yip
