REUNION

REUNION is currently in development. The first work in progress is expected to be presented in early 2024.

REUNION started with two best friends writing a list. This list was, at it's longest, 55 people. Hong Lau Shi, Bex’s Primary 1 Mandarin teacher in Singapore who stomped over and smacked their table with a rolled up newspaper when Bex would speak English in her class. Lucy Liu. Confucius. Mrs. Chew, who offered So’s mom a job at the laundromat when she first got to New York. Murray MacLehose, the former Governor of Hong Kong who set up the handover of Hong Kong from the UK to the People's Republic of China. And so on. 55 people who had a hand in So and Bex being (and understanding themselves as) Chinese.

A performance with elements of mystery, puppetry, and the best kind of history lesson, REUNION is a lively conversation between So and Bex and all 55 characters through intense research, home videos, newsreel footage, library manuscripts, and more. As So and Bex reconstruct memories and moments they never lived through, audience members witness two friends who often are mistaken for each other unraveling the edges of their shared Chinese-ness.

Expect lots of laughter, tea, and a healthy number of wigs. So’s gong gong, Sun Yat Sen, and maybe even the yellow power ranger will be there.