| Pan Asian Repertory Theatre Announces Return of "The Emperor's Nightingale" at Theatre Row beginning Jan 15 | |
| Posted by: Official_Press_Release 04:11 pm EST 12/14/21 | |
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| LUNAR NEW YEAR HOLIDAY SPECIAL! CAST AND CREATIVE TEAM ANNOUNCED PAN ASIAN REPERTORY THEATRE PRESENTS THE ANNUAL RETURN ENGAGEMENT OF THE EMPEROR'S NIGHTINGALE BY DAMON CHUA DIRECTED BY CHONGREN FAN FEATURING DEANNA CHOI, JONATHAN WONG FRYE. FENTON LI, HYUNMIN RHEE, MANDARIN WU, AND XIAOQUIN ZHANG PERFORMANCES BEGIN JANUARY 15, 2022 FOR A LIMITED ENGAGEMENT THROUGH JANUARY 30, 2022 AT THEATRE ROW TICKETS GO ON SALE DECEMBER 27, 2021 New York, NY - A Lunar New Year Special: Pan Asian Repertory Theatre (Tisa Chang, Founding Artistic Producing Director) ) launches its 45th Milestone Season of recovery and healing with the return to LIVE theater beginning after the new year and celebrating the Lunar New Year with the annual return engagement of the acclaimed 2018 production of The Emperor's Nightingale by Damon Chua (Incident at Hidden Temple ). The limited return engagement that includes public and student matinee performances is set to begin Saturday afternoon, January 15, 2022 and will conclude Sunday afternoon, January 30, 2022 at Theatre Row (410 West 42nd Street). Directed by Chongren Fan (Lost in Shanghai), the six-member cast will feature DeAnna Choi, Jonathan Wong Frye. Fenton Li, Hyunmin Rhee, Mandarin Wu, and Xiaoquin Zhang. The Emperor's Nightingale is a family-friendly staged adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's story "The Nightingale," set in 18th century China, and brings to light the youthful exploits of the future Emperor Qianlong. This production employs traditional Chinese puppetry, folk songs and new illustrations teaching the art of Chinese calligraphy. Nominated by the Off-Broadway Alliance for "Best Family Show", this TYA production emphasizes the importance of leadership guided by a moral compass, through the story about two rival teen brothers competing for the throne. The Emperor's Nightingale by Damon Chua is produced by special arrangement with Plays for New Audiences. "Chongren Fan's staging, for Pan Asian Reparatory Theatre, uses shadow puppets, playful costumes, and goofy humor to bring the story to life," said Elisabeth Vincentelli of The New Yorker. "It is refreshing to be able to bring kids to such a show, rather than to one of the corporate monoliths crowding the holidays." The creative design team includes Set by You-Shin Chen (Acquittal), Costumes by Karen Boyer (Romulus the Great), Lights by Leslie Smith (Acquittal, No-No Boy), and Sound by Joseph Wolfslau (Romulus the Great). The Stage Management team is Kristine Schlachter and Sabrina Morabito. The Emperor's Nightingale will play select public performances and student matinees. ON SALE BEGINNING DECEMBER 27: Tickets for Public Performances are priced at $40.50 (includes $2.50 restoration fee). Premium seating is available in Row A only at $52.50 (includes $2.50 restoration fee). Public Performances will play the following schedule: Saturday & Sunday afternoons, January 15 & 16 at 2:30 p.m.; Thursday - Saturday evenings, January 20 -22 at 7:00 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday afternoons, January 22 & 23 at 2:30 p.m.; Thursday - Saturday evenings, January 27 -29 at 7:00 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday afternoons, January 29 & 30 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets for Public Performances may be purchased online at https://bfany.org/theatre-row/ , or by calling the Box Office at (212) 714-2442, ext 45 (phone hours are 12:00PM - 5:00PM daily), or by visiting the Box Office. When ordering ticket, please use the CODE: EN22. Tickets for School Matinees are priced at $15 per student (minimum of 20 per class; one free chaperone ticket for every 10 students.) School Matinees will play the following performance schedule: Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday: January 18 - 20 at 11:00 a.m. and Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday: January 25 - 27 at 11:00 a.m. Reservations and payment is through Pan Asian office only by calling (212) 868-4030, or via email to Simon Rogers at srogers@panasianrep.org, or info@panasianrep.org. For more information about Pan Asian Rep, visit www.panasianrep.org . For information about Theatre Row, visit www.theatrerow.org. ABOUT THE CREATIVE TEAM Damon Chua (Playwright) is the recipient of an Ovation Award (Best World Premiere Play) for Film Chinois, which made its Off-Broadway debut with Pan Asian Repertory Theatre. He is an alumnus of The Public Theater's Emerging Writers Group and Ma-Yi Theater's Writers Lab. His short play Molong, dealing with climate change, is currently on a worldwide rollout with Climate Change Theater Action. Damon's plays are published by Samuel French, Smith & Kraus, and Plays for New Audiences. He is also a published poet and short story writer, and co-created the ten-part drama series "Devoted" for VIU Malaysia. www.damonchua.com. Chongren Fan (Director) is a New York-based bilingual stage director, originally from Shanghai, China. He is the Artistic Director of Yangtze Rep and Producing Associate at Pan Asian Rep. Directing Credits: Damon Chua's The Emperor's Nightingale (Theatre Row, 2019 OBA Award nomination); Friedrich Dürrenmatt's Romulus the Great (TBG Theatre); Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig's 410[GONE] (TFTNC), China Premiere of Marie Jones' Stones in His Pockets (Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center). Upcoming productions: Tiger Style! (TheatreSquared, AR); Citizen Wong (Off-Broadway World Premiere at Pan Asian Rep). He has been a guest lecturer at Barnard College and Yale School of Drama. He is a member of Off-Broadway League's Equity Inclusion Diversity committee. SDC member.. www.chongrenfan.com. Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, celebrating its 45th Milestone Season, is the most veteran Asian American theatre company on the East Coast. Tisa Chang founded Pan Asian Rep in 1977 at Ellen Stewart's La Mama ETC with the vision to promote equity and access that Asian Americans artists can equally follow, focusing on stories of probing social justice issues with distinctive Off-Broadway Productions, Tours, National Outreach, and Community Service. Mel Gussow of The New York Times described it as "A Stage for All the World of Asian -Americans" and wrote that "Before Pan Asian Rep, Asian Americans had severely limited opportunities in the theater...." The company has nurtured thousands of artists and is a "who-is-who" of Asian American theatre history, with notable alumni/ae: Ako, Ernest Abuba, Tina Chen, Philip Gotanda, Wai Ching Ho, David Henry Hwang, Daniel Dae Kim, Lucy Liu, Ron Nakahara, R.A. Shiomi, Lauren Yee, and Henry Yuk. Pan Asian Rep Programs are made possible, in part, by the National Endowment for the Arts; the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature; the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council; City Council member Margaret Chin; and major support from Doris Duke Charitable Foundation, Howard Gilman Foundation, Shubert Foundation, NY Community Trust COVID-19 Response & Impact Fund, Fan Fox & Leslie R. Samuels, Lucille Lortel Foundations; and many generous individuals. # # # # # www.panasianrep.org |
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