The Chinese Lady by Lloyd Suh
photography by Nile Scott Shots
Production Team
- Qingan Zhang – Scenic Design
- Sandra Zhihan Jia – Costume Designer
- Kat C. Zhou – Lighting Designer
- Kai Bohlman – Sound Designer
- Arielle Greenspan – Props Designer
- Alison Yueming Qu – Dramaturg
- Jingwen Zhang – Assistant Director
- Kira Gandolfo – Assistant Dramaturg
- Maegan A. Conroy – Stage Manager
- Winnie Chiang – Assistant Stage Manager
Cast
- Sophorl Ngin* – Afong Moy
- Jae Woo* – Atung
- Cindy Tsai – Afong Moy Understudy
- Ken Yotsukura – Atung Understudy
Press
“…The Chinese Lady” is now at Central Square Theater under the sensitive and astute direction of Sarah Shin…Those of us in the Central Square Theater essentially function as stand-ins for 19th-century spectators, implicating us in all we see and hear in “The Chinese Lady” — a notion shrewdly underscored by director Shin…” – The Boston Globe – In ‘The Chinese Lady,’ prejudice and exploitation, seen from a stage
“director Sarah Shin bring[s] a heartbreaking poignancy… “ – WBUR – Central Square Theater poignantly revisits the time when ‘The Chinese Lady’ was put on display
“The CST-CHUANG version of The Chinese Lady educates and entertains, and puts the talents of Asian American theatre artists on display.” – Theatre Mirror: ‘The Chinese Lady’ Educates, Entertains
“The show is simply and ingeniously directed by Sarah Shin, and unfolds in layers of meaning over time. ” – Joyce’s Choices – Theatre to See: Six/The Chinese Lady/The Play That Goes Wrong
“Wisely, director Sarah Shin and her talented performers embrace the play’s increasing layers of sorrow and self-reflection. ” – Arts Fuse Theatre Review: “The Chinese Lady” Woman in a Cage
“director Sarah Shin ensures that the tone is melancholic and heartrending throughout.” – Stage and Cinema Theatre Review: “The Chinese Lady” Bone Deep China
“Directed impressively by Sarah Shin….Director Sarah Shin and author Lloyd Suh’s clever unfolding of historical and contemporary events and the actors’ subtle navigation in their performances on issues that are anything but subtle are weaved into a striking and message driven historical work that peels away that subtlety piece by piece and by the final act, leaves everything astonishingly and unsettling bare.” – The Sleepless Critic – Review Central Square Theater brings Lloyd Suh’s ‘The Chinese Lady’ to light
Sampan: A Preview of “The Chinese Lady” (Interview with Director Sarah Shin and Dramaturg Alison Qu)