Passage (Chen)
by Christopher Chen

Name: Passage (Chen)
Brand: Christopher Chen
SKU: 9780822241225
Rating: 3.63 (60 reviews)

Passage (Chen) Book Cover — Passage (Chen) Cover

Highlights

Present Day Multicultural Casting Unit Set/Multiple Settings

Synopsis

A fantasia inspired by E.M.

Forster’s A Passage to India , Passage is set in the fictional Country X, which is a neocolonial client of Country Y. B, a local doctor, and F, an expat teacher, begin to forge a friendship that is challenged after a fateful trip to a local attraction.

A meditation on how power imbalances affect personal and interpersonal dynamics across a spectrum of situations, the play allows a director wide latitude in casting the roles by race, ethnicity, and gender, with different casting choices highlighting different societal structures.

Press Reviews

"Christopher Chen’s tense, fascinating Passage is a delicate walk through a field of landmines… To Chen’s great credit, Passage struggles not to prescribe… it tries to stay true to its title, fashioning itself as a long dark corridor through which we’re all stepping together – tentatively, fearfully, hopefully – without a light or a door yet in sight."
— New York Magazine

"A real and affecting drama… Passage dares to raise questions that make the audience profoundly uncomfortable, but simultaneously creates a welcoming space to which everyone is invited. Unashamedly political yet deeply humane, it’s a difficult journey that is well worth the trouble."
— Time Out New York