King of the Yees
by Lauren Yee

Name: King of the Yees
Brand: Lauren Yee
SKU: 9780573707254
Rating: 4.34 (5 reviews)

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Highlights

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120 mins Present Day Role(s) for Asian Actor(s) Unit Set/Multiple Settings Comedy

Synopsis

For nearly twenty years, playwright Lauren Yee’s father, Larry, has been a driving force in the Yee Family Association, a seemingly obsolescent Chinese American men’s club formed a hundred fifty years ago in the wake of the Gold Rush and the building of the transcontinental railroad.

But when her father goes missing, Lauren must plunge into the rabbit hole of San Francisco Chinatown and confront a world both foreign and familiar.

At once bitingly hilarious and heartbreakingly honest, King of the Yees is an epic joyride across cultural, national and familial borders that explores what it means to truly be a Yee.

Press Reviews

"Delightfully disorderly entertainment, as sprawling and silly as it is unexpectedly moving."
— Los Angeles Times

"In case you weren’t aware, this play is kind of a big deal."
— DC Metro Theater Arts

Characters

Character	Gender	Age	Description
Lauren Asian American, female, 30.	female	—	Asian American, female, 30.
Actor 1 Asian American, male, 30s to 50s. Also plays Someone, the Erhu Player, Parke Skelton, Shrimp Boy, a Lum Elder, and Sichuan Face Changer.	male	30s	Asian American, male, 30s to 50s. Also plays Someone, the Erhu Player, Parke Skelton, Shrimp Boy, a Lum Elder, and Sichuan Face Changer.
Actor 2 Asian American, female, 20s to 40s. Also plays Jenny Pang, the First Lion Dance, Betty Yee, the FBI Agent, a Lum Elder, and the Whiskey Seller.	female	20s	Asian American, female, 20s to 40s. Also plays Jenny Pang, the First Lion Dance, Betty Yee, the FBI Agent, a Lum Elder, and the Whiskey Seller.
Actor 3 Asian American, male, 20s to 30s. Also plays Danny Ma, Leland Yee, the Chiropractor, a Lum Elder, the Second Lion Dance, and the Model Ancestor.	male	20s	Asian American, male, 20s to 30s. Also plays Danny Ma, Leland Yee, the Chiropractor, a Lum Elder, the Second Lion Dance, and the Model Ancestor.
Larry Asian American, male, 60.	male	—	Asian American, male, 60.