| Ma-Yi and WP Theaters present Stefani Kuo’s FINAL BOARDING CALL, March 10-14 | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 12:48 pm EST 03/05/21 | |
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| MA-YI THEATER COMPANY AND WP THEATER PRESENT READING OF STEFANI KUO'S FINAL BOARDING CALL, MARCH 10-14 Ma-Yi Theater Company and WP Theater are pleased to present a reading of Stefani Kuo's timely new play, Final Boarding Call, which centers on the 2019-2020 protests in Hong Kong. Directed by Mei Ann Teo (Jillian Walker's SKiNFoLK: An American Show), the online event, designed by Hao, will take place on March 10 at 7pm ET and will be available on-demand until midnight on March 14 at https://ma-yistudios.com/. Reservations are required and donations are encouraged for this free event. Final Boarding Call revolves around the interconnected stories of seven characters whose backgrounds and perspectives run the spectrum - a protesting brother and flight attendant sister struggling to keep her job; a Mainland Chinese mother and her estranged Hong Kong daughter; a non-Cantonese speaking reporter and her Indian partner; and an American expat CEO and Hong Kong lover living in the shadows. The play begins and ends with a flight, an entrance into the Hong Kong protests, and how the politics we see on the news every day affect the citizens of Hong Kong in their day-to-day lives. It gives the audience a window into China's grip on global capitalism. How far will they go to fight for family, freedom, and the right to be heard? Kuo, a native of Hong Kong and Taiwan, says, "The anti-extradition movement in Hong Kong had been going on for two months when a friend of mine asked, 'are you writing a play about Hong Kong?' I was surprised. Of course, I wasn't. Why would I want to capitalize on my city's pain? But then I decided to try, because if I didn't, as my friend said, some British white guy who had never been to Hong Kong would do it. And I realized that I have the voice and responsibility to tell a (not the) story about Hong Kong because it is important; not just to me or my city, but to the rest of the world, which is affected by it whether they realize it or not. With the recent passing of the National Security Law and invocation and use of old colonial laws from the British, Hong Kong is being stripped of its freedoms; its oppression is not unique, it is closely tied to capitalism, as we all are." Please visit ma-yistudios.com or wptheater.org for more information. About the Artists Stefani Kuo ??? (she/her) is a playwright/performer and native of Hong Kong and Taiwan. She received her B.A. from Yale and is an MFA Playwriting Candidate at the Yale School of Drama. Currently based in New York, Stefani has worked in Hong Kong, Taiwan, Berlin, Provence, and the U.S. She has been an awardee of the Jerome Fellowship at PWC, Dramatist Guild Fellowship, finalist for the National Playwrights Conference, Jerome fellowship at Lanesboro Arts Centre, Many Voices Fellowship at PWC, the Working Farm with SPACE on Ryder Farm, Van Lier New Voices Fellowship, NAP Series, DVRF Playwrights' Program, BRIC Lab, a semi-finalist for the Page 73 Playwriting Fellowship, Princess Grace Fellowship, Ground Floor at Berkeley Rep, Scratchpad Series at Playwrights Realm. She is fluent in English, French, Mandarin, and Cantonese. Her work in translation and non-fiction involves all four languages and has appeared in China Hands and The New York Times. She is currently commissioned to write a play for Roundhouse Theater Company in D.C. which will be produced in the spring of 2021. www.stefanikuo.com Mei Ann Teo (they/she) is a Singaporean director/dramaturg/devisor. At the intersection of artistic/civic/contemplative practice, they make work across genres, including experimental participatory work, music theatre, and documentary theatre. Teo's work has been seen internationally including Belgium's Festival de Liege (Lyrics From Lockdown, "Truly polished, meaningful and entertaining" -New York Times), Edinburgh International Fringe (MiddleFlight, "Stunning" -Scotsman), Beijing International Festival (Labyrinth - Top 8 in Beijing News). They have directed and/or developed new work at OSF (Phil Killian Fellow 2015), Goodman, Public, Berkeley Rep, Playwrights Realm, and the National Black Theatre. Recent work: Dim Sum Warriors the Musical by Colin Goh and Yen Yen Woo, composed by Pulitzer Prize-winner Du Yun for national China twenty-five city tour, Jillian Walker's world premiere SKiNFoLK: An American Show at the Bushwick Starr (NYTimes Critics Pick, NYMag's matrix "Highbrow and Brilliant") Upcoming: Nia Witherspoon's Chronicle X: Windows (with composer Troy Anthony) at the Shed. Teo is the Artistic Director of Musical Theatre Factory, a resident company of Playwrights Horizons and an artist service organization that provides all access and affinity spaces for the development of new musical theatre that dismantles oppressive ideologies towards collective liberation. www.meiannteo.com Hao is a multidisciplinary designer in lighting, sound, and video projection for live and virtual performances. She works with groundbreaking and innovative artists including Charlotte Braithwaite, Abigail DeVille, Mei Ann Teo, Ping Chong Company, The Talking Band, Mabou Mines, The Wooster Group, The Builders Association, The Hawtplates (Justin Hicks), Pioneers Go East Collective, Loco7, Nia Witherspoon, and New Stage Theatre, etc. Hao's work has been seen internationally at Asia Culture Center (South Korea), WuZhen Festival (China), in the states at CAC (Cincinnati), Stanford, Jone Hall (Houston), and in New York at The Public Theatre, NYU Skirball, BAAD!, La MaMa, JACK, Bushwick Starr, Performance Space New York, New Stage Theatre, 59E59, A.R.T/New York Theatres, 14 Street Y, Stella Adler, The Performing Garage, The Gallery Players, The Tank, etc. About Ma-Yi Theater Company Founded in 1989, Ma-Yi Theater Company (Ralph B. Peña, Producing Artistic Director) is a Drama Desk, Lortel, and Obie Award-winning, Off-Broadway not-for-profit organization whose primary mission is to develop and produce new and innovative plays by Asian American writers. Since its founding, Ma-Yi has distinguished itself as one of the country's leading incubators of new work shaping the national discourse about what it means to be Asian American today. The Ma-Yi Writers Lab, a signature program founded in 2004, is the largest resident company of Asian-American playwrights ever assembled. The Lab emboldens a new generation of Asian American artists to voice their experiences. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Ma-Yi launched Ma-Yi Studios, a digital streaming platform, and live capture studio. About WP Theater WP Theater (Lisa McNulty, Producing Artistic Director; Michael Sag, Managing Director) is the nation's oldest and largest theater company dedicated to developing, producing, and promoting the work of Women+ at every stage of their careers. For over four decades they have served as leaders of a global movement towards gender parity, receiving a 2018 Lucille Lortel Award, a 2019 Obie Award, both for Outstanding Body of Work; and a 2020 Special Drama Desk Award recognizing WP and its founder, Julia Miles. WP empowers Women+ artists of all kinds to reach their full potential, challenging preconceptions about the kinds of plays those artists write and the stories they tell. www.wptheater.org |
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