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THE GUTHRIE THEATER PRESENTS A THEATER MU PRODUCTION IN THE DOWLING STUDIO

1967: a new political identity called Asian American emerges and a young literary hippie named Frank essays an inscrutable Chinese detective. A harmless sing-song orientalist minstrel show that ends in a grotesque carnival of murder!

At once both comedic and political, Lloyd Suh’s play within a play delves into the history and politics of yellowface with a keen eye, dark humor, and a sharp wit. The New York Times calls the show “a metatheatrical polemic about the way Asian-Americans have been characterized and caricatured in popular culture.”

GENERAL INFORMATION

DATES

May 12 - 28, 2017

TICKETS

$9, general admission

VENUE INFO

This production will take place at The Guthrie Theater’s Dowling Studio, located at 818 S 2nd St, Minneapolis, MN 55415

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ACCESSIBLE PERFORMANCES

Thursday, May 25: ASL, Audio Described, and Open Captioned performance

AGE RECOMMENDATION

This performance is recommended for ages 14+.

CAST

PRODUCTION TEAM

PHOTOS

MEET THE PLAYWRIGHT

Lloyd Suh is the author of American Hwangap, The Wong Kids in the Secret of the Space Chupacabra Go!, Jesus in India, Great Wall Story, The Children of Vonderly, Masha No Home and others, produced with Ma-Yi, The Play Company, Ensemble Studio Theatre, La Mama ETC, Magic Theatre (SF), ArtsEmerson (MA), Denver Center Theatre Company, Children’s Theatre Company (MN), East West Players (LA), and internationally at the Cultural Center of the Philippines in Manila, and with PCPA in Seoul, Korea. He has received support from the NEA Arena Stage New Play Development program, the Andrew W. Mellon Launching New Plays Into the Repertoire initiative via The Lark, the New York Foundation for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts, Jerome Foundation, Theatre Communications Group and Dramatists Guild. His plays have been published by Samuel French, Playscripts, Smith & Kraus, Duke University Press and American Theater magazine. He is a member of Ensemble Studio Theatre and The Actors Studio, an alum of Youngblood and the Soho Rep Writer Director Lab, and from 2005-2010 served as Artistic Director of Second Generation and Co-Director of the Ma-Yi Writers Lab.  He has served since 2011 as Director of Artistic Programs at The Lark.