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…mehr
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.
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.
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The Collection includes Four Plays: The Great Leap Ching Chong Chinaman The Hatmaker’s Wife King of the Yees
