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King of the Yees
Lauren Yee
The Joy Luck Club
by Susan Kim, Amy Tan
Highlights
90 mins1980sRole(s) for Asian Actor(s)Unit Set/Multiple SettingsContemporary Costumes/Street Clothes
Synopsis
Based on the best-selling novel, this heartwarming play tells the story of four older Chinese-American women and their complex relationships with their American-born daughters.
The play moves from China in the early twentieth century and San Francisco from the 1950s to the 1980s, as the eight women struggle to reach across a seemingly unpassable chasm of culture, generation and expectations to find strength and happiness.
Press Reviews
"Wrenching… A chorus of eight voices telling scores of tightly-woven stories that only at the very end come together in a single vision of the rich complexity of family affections... When they laugh we laugh, and when, more often, they suffer, we grieve."
— The New York Times
"Genuine catnip for moms of all ethnicities and their female progeny."
— Backstage
Characters
| Character |
|---|
An-Mei Hsu |
Lindo Jong |
Ying-Ying St. Clair |
Jing-Mei Woo |
Rose Hsu Jordan |
Waverly Jong |
Lena St. Clair |
Canning Woo |
Tin Jong |
Clifford St. Clair |
Rich Shields |
Ted Jordan |
Harold Livotny |
Mother Of An-Mei |
Huang Taitai |
Amah |
Popo |
Second Wife |
Tyan-Yu |
Voice Of M.C. |
Male Actor |
Chess Onlooker |
Drunk Man |
Mr. Chong |
Watermelon Man |
+ 13 more characters
Publication
The Joy Luck Club is a play written by Susan Kim and published by Dramatists Play Service.
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Restrictions: Major Markets Plus (US) / Standard Plus Add'l Postcodes (UK)
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