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A
collection of four stunningly imaginative plays that examine and deconstruct
Asian American identity from the acclaimed writer of Cambodian
Rock Band. With a sharp
wit and a gift for the fantastical, Lauren Yee’s plays offer unexpected and
often irreverent explorations of cultural identity, family histories, and what
it means to find community. In
The Great Leap, a
hotshot basketball player from San Francisco’s Chinatown talks his way onto a
college basketball team, which is set to travel to Beijing for a “friendship”
game. When they arrive, however, they find a country in the throes of the late
1980s post-Cultural Revolution era—and a brewing rebellion that will soon test
the tolerance of the post-Mao Communist Party.
This collection also includes
Ching Chong Chinaman, The Hatmaker’s
Wife, and
King
of the Yees.
List of contents
The Collection includes Four Plays:
About the author
Lauren Yee is a playwright, screenwriter, and TV writer born and raised in San Francisco. She currently lives in New York City. Her plays include Cambodian Rock Band (Horton Foote Prize), The Great Leap (Susan Smith Blackburn Prize finalist), King of the Yees (Edward M. Kennedy Prize finalist, Ashland New Play Festival – Women’s Invitational winner), Ching Chong Chinaman (KCACTF Paula Vogel Award in Playwriting, PEN USA Literary Award for Drama finalist), and The Hatmaker’s Wife (Outer Critics Circle nomination, PEN USA Literary Award for Drama finalist). Yee is a Residency 5 playwright at Signature Theatre, New Dramatists member (class of 2025), Ma-Yi Writers’ Lab member, former Princeton University Hodder fellow, and Playwrights Realm alumni playwright. She has been a writer on Pachinko (Apple TV+), Soundtrack (Netflix), and a soon-to-be announced upcoming FX limited series. She is executive producing the adaptation of Anthony Veasna So’s Afterparties for television. She is currently developing new work for Apple TV+ and Netflix.
Summary
A
collection of four stunningly imaginative plays that examine and deconstruct
Asian American identity from the acclaimed writer of Cambodian
Rock Band.
With a sharp
wit and a gift for the fantastical, Lauren Yee’s plays offer unexpected and
often irreverent explorations of cultural identity, family histories, and what
it means to find community. In The Great Leap, a
hotshot basketball player from San Francisco’s Chinatown talks his way onto a
college basketball team, which is set to travel to Beijing for a “friendship”
game. When they arrive, however, they find a country in the throes of the late
1980s post-Cultural Revolution era—and a brewing rebellion that will soon test
the tolerance of the post-Mao Communist Party.
This collection also includes Ching Chong Chinaman, The Hatmaker’s
Wife, and King
of the Yees.
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