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"CHING CHONG CHINAMAN"
Cast & Creators |
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A new comedy by Lauren Yee
Directed by May Adrales
Limited run!
March 19 - April 11, 2010
at the West End Theater
263 W 86th Street
(Broadway and West End Avenue)
Tue - Sat 7:30; Sat - Sun 3:00
(No matinee Sat 3/27 or Sun 4/4)
Tickets $45, Senior $35,
Student $20
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or call 212-352-3101
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Meet the Cast |
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JAMES
CHEN (The Chinese Man, or 'J') is honored to be
working with Pan Asian Rep and such a talented cast in this exciting
new work by Lauren Yee. NY Theater: FIVE KIND OF SILENCE
(Boundless Theater); SHE PLUNDERED HIM (INTAR); JOAN
OF ARC (Gorilla Rep Theater Co.). Regional: POSTCARDS FROM
EARTH (Guthrie); TWELFTH NIGHT (Chautauqua Theater
Co.); THE CHERRY ORCHARD (Yale Rep); TAKE ME OUT
(Philadelphia Theater Co.) You can find his award-nominated audiobooks
on Audible.com. Film: “Watching TV with the Red Chinese,”
“Boy Wonder.” TV: Evan and Gareth pilot for Comedy Central,
“Mercy.” MFA Yale Drama. Many thanks to Tisa and May
and family.
FAY ANN LEE (Grace) Theatre credits include:
MISS SAIGON, INTO THE WOODS, THE COMEDY OF ERRORS, KING LEAR,
HEADING EAST and four Pan Asian Rep’s shows – THE
JOY LUCK CLUB, FORBIDDEN CITY BLUES, LETTER TO A STUDENT REVOLUTIONARY
and her favorite theatrical role as Sybil in Noel Coward’s
PRIVATE LIVES. She is delighted to collaborate with Pan
Asian once again as Grace in CHING CHONG CHINAMAN. Most
recently, Lee wrote/directed and starred in the romantic comedy,
“Falling for Grace” as a response to the lack of Asian
American characters in film. It opens in NYC on March 19 at Big
Cinemas at E 59th St and is also available on DVD. www.fallingforgrace.com
JENNIFER LIM (Desdemona) U.S. theater
includes: VENGEANCE CAN WAIT (P.S.122); PITCH
(La MaMa, E.T.C.); SONGS OF THE DRAGONS FLYING TO HEAVEN
(HERE Arts Center); DEVIANT (Vortex Theatre); MEDEA/MACBETH/CINDERELLA,
IPHIGENEIA AT AULIS (Yale Rep) and A CHRISTMAS CAROL
(ATL). International credits include: THIS ISN’T ROMANCE
(London Soho Theatre); SONGS OF THE DRAGONS FLYING TO HEAVEN
(Vienna, Hannover, Zurich, Berlin, Brussels, Salamanca, Toulouse,
Trondheim, Oslo & Bergen); THE MEDEA (ASTF Turkey);
HAMLET (Chinese production in Shanghai); as well as productions
in Hong Kong and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Film/TV credits
include: “The Savages,” “27 Dresses,” “The
Boy Who Cried Bitch,” “Law & Order,” “Law
& Order SVU,” “Dirty Sexy Money,” “As
The World Turns,” and “Guiding Light.” Training:
MFA in Acting, Yale School of Drama.
ANGELA LIN (The Chinese Woman) Broadway:
CORAM BOY (Miss Price), TOP GIRLS (u/s, performed).
Off-Broadway: SAKE WITH THE HAIKU GEISHA (Sumiko/Haiku
Geisha), AGE OF GRACE (Sarah/Anna). Regional: World premiere
of Lloyd Suh’s AMERICAN HWANGAP (Magic Theatre),
East Coast premiere of Donald Margulies’ SHIPWRECKED!
(Long Wharf Theatre), A CHRISTMAS CAROL (McCarter Theater),
TWELFTH NIGHT, OTHELLO (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park),
SECRET ORDER (Repertory Theatre of St. Louis), METAMORPHOSES
(Pioneer Theatre), MISS SAIGON (Gateway Playhouse), THE
JOY LUCK CLUB (TheatreWorks, CA). Film: “Falling Awake,”
“Miracle Dogs,” “Within The Ivory Tower.”
TV: “The Jury,” “As the World Turns,” “Pulse.”
Visit www.angelalin.com for more. Training: Carnegie Mellon Drama.
Isaiah 41:10
RON NAKAHARA (Ed) is Artistic Associate
with Pan Asian Rep and has directed or acted in numerous plays for
the company. Notable productions at Pan Asian Rep include: SHOGUN
MACBETH, CAMBODIA AGONISTES, ALOHA LAS VEGAS, PRIVATE LIVES, CARRY
THE TIGER TO THE MOUNTAIN, THE TEAHOUSE OF THE AUGUST MOON, THE
POET OF COLUMBUS AVENUE, RASHOMON, FORBIDDEN CITY BLUES, EMPRESS
OF CHINA, and THE LEGACY CODES. He has worked at various
NYC theatres including The Second Stage Theatre, NYSF/Public Theatre,
La MaMa E.T.C., & Ensemble Studio Theatre. Regional credits:
The Shakespeare Theatre & The Studio Theatre (Washington DC),
Hartford Stage Co., Fulton Opera House (Lancaster, PA), New York
State Theatre Institute, The Guthrie Theatre, ACT (San Francisco),
and Actors’ Theatre of Louisville. Film: “College Road
Trip,” w/ Martin Lawrence and Raven, “I Think I Love
My Wife,” w/Chris Rock. TV: “The Good Wife,” “Fringe,”
“3 Lbs” (Recurring), “Whoopi,” “Law
& Order: SVU,” “Cosby Mysteries,” “Law
& Order,” “All My Children,” “One Life
To Live,” “As The World Turns,” and several “Hawaii
5-0s.”
JON NORMAN SCHNEIDER (Upton) NY: A
PLAY ON WAR (NAATCo), THUNDER ABOVE DEEPS BELOW (2G),
QUEENS BOULEVARD (THE MUSICAL) (Signature), DURANGO
(Public), BLIND MOUTH SINGING (NAATCo), THE FIRST
TREE IN ANTARCTICA (EST), LIFE SCIENCE (Bulldog Theatrical),
among others. Regional: AMERICAN HWANGAP (Magic), DURANGO
(Long Wharf), CITIZEN 13559: THE JOURNAL OF BEN UCHIDA
(Kennedy Center), O'Neill Playwrights Conference, REDCAT. TV: "The
Electric Company" (recurring), "30 Rock," "Law
& Order: Criminal Intent." Film: “Last Night”
(upcoming), “The Rebound,” and HBO's “Angel Rodriguez”
(opposite Rachel Griffiths).
LAUREN YEE (Playwright, CHING CHONG CHINAMAN)
is the recipient of a 2009 MacDowell Colony residency, a member
of the 2009 Public Theater Emerging Writers Group, and a 2008/09
Dramatists Guild fellow. She was also a finalist for the Jerome
Fellowship, the PONY Fellowship, the Djerassi Resident Artists Program,
the Jane Chambers Playwriting Award, and the Humana Festival’s
Heideman Award. Lauren has received fellowships from the American
Antiquarian Society, the Byrdcliffe Artist Colony, the Edward Albee
Foundation, the Hawthornden International Retreat for Writers, the
New York Mills Arts Retreat; commissions from the Bay Area Playwrights
Festival, the O’Neill Studio at Yale, and PlayGround; and
funding from the Ludwig Vogelstein Foundation and Theatre Bay Area.
Other awards include Kumu Kahua Theatre’s 2007 Pacific Rim
Prize and the 2007 Yale Playwrights Festival. Lauren is a member
of the Dramatists Guild and a recent graduate of Yale University.
She is currently pursuing her MFA in playwriting at UCSD.
MAY ADRALES (Director, CHING CHONG CHINAMAN)
has directed and developed work at Williamstown Theater Festival;
The Public Theater; Second Stage Theatre; New York Theater Workshop;
The Hangar Theatre; Long Wharf Theatre; Midtown International Theater
Festival (Best Solo Show); Partial Comfort Productions (Time Out
NY Critic Pick); New Jersey Repertory; Ensemble Studio Theater;
New York University, Bard College, Fordham University and The New
York International Fringe Festival. Awards: SSDC Denham Fellowship;
Williamstown Theater Festival's Bill Foeller Fellowship; Van Lier
Directing Fellowship, New York Theatre Workshop Directing Fellowship,
SDCF Observership, and Drama League Directing Fellowship. She is
an alumnus of the SoHo Rep Writers/Director's Lab and Women's Project
Directors Lab and former Artistic Associate at The Public Theater.
Currently, May is in residence at The Lark Play Development Center
as the recipient of the TCG New Generations Grant. Faculty, Public
Theater Shakespeare Lab. MFA, Yale School of Drama, directing. Upcoming:
MARY by Thomas Bradshaw (The Goodman Theatre).
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