ELIZABETH WONG'S NEW PRODUCTIONS, PUBLICATIONS, WORKSHOPS & READINGS
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WORLD PREMIERE -- MARCH 2010
THE TRAIL BEGINS...START YOUR JOURNEY AT THE SILK ROAD THEATRE PROJECT
Photo Courtesy of SILK ROAD THEATRE PROJECT. Top: Jamil Khoury; (Left to Right): Philip Kan Gotanda, Elizabeth Wong, Shishir Kurup, David Henry Hwang, Velina Hasu Houston, Lina Patel.
WORLD PREMIERE OF...
THE DNA TRAIL
DIRECTED BY STEVE SCOTT
CONCEIVED BY JAMIL KHOURY ARTISTIC DIRECTOR of SILK ROAD THEATRE PROJECT CHICAGO, IL in association with the Goodman Theatre
OPENS MARCH 7 Performances Through April 4 The Historic Chicago Temple Building 77 Washington Avenue
ELIZABETH WONG JOINS SEVEN THEATRE ARTISTS AND PLAYWRIGHTS, INCLUDING JAMIL KHOURY, SHISHIR KURUP, PHILIP KAN GOTANDA, VELINA HASU HOUSTON, DAVID HENRY HWANG, AND LINA PATEL, IN A UNIQUE EXPLORATION ON DEEP ANCESTRY.
THE
DNA TRAIL IS A GENEALOGY OF SHORT PLAYS ABOUT ANCESTRY AND IDENTITY. SILK ROAD THEATRE PROJECT COMMISSIONED EACH WRITER, AND ASKED THEM TO AGREE TO A LIMITED DNA TEST. THE PROJECT INITIATED ONCE EACH ARTIST PROVIDED A SAMPLING OF HIS OR
HER DNA FOR TESTING. A PANEL DISCUSSION OF THE RESULTS TOOK PLACE THIS
JULY. A WORKSHOP TOOK PLACE LAST SUMMER. Production Supported By: ComEd, National Endowment for the Arts, The Chicago Community Trust, and the Sara Lee Foundation.
Development Support: The Albert Pick, Jr. Fund and MapFund (The Doris Duke Charitable Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation.)
Read
the story behind the stories:
The
DNA Trail: From Swab to Stage, by Jamil Khoury, WORLD LITERATURE TODAY, March/April 2010
THE PLAYS: "Mother Road" by Velina Hasu Houston "That Could Be You" by Lina Patel "WASP" by Jamil Khoury "Bolt From the Blue" by shishir Kurup "A Very DNA Reunion" by David Henry Hwang "Child is Father to Man" by Philip Kan Gotanda and "Finding Your Inner Zulu" by Elizabeth Wong
ARTISTIC TEAM Steve Scott, director (resident director, Goodman Theatre) Lavina Jadhwani, assistantt director Lee Keenan, resident set designer Carol Blanchard, resident costume designer Rob Steel, resident sound designer Rebecca Barrett, resident lighting designer Amanda Vevers, project manager Mariana Lo, assistant project manager Tanya Palmer, dramaturg (Goodman Theatre literary manager) Neena Arndt, dramaturg (Goodman Theatre literary associate) Issac S. Sernoffsky, associate producer/casting J. Paul Preseault, documentary filmmaker
Malik Gillani, executive director Jamil Khoury, artistic director
THE CAST JENNIFER SHIN MELISSA KONG CLAYTON STAMPER CORA VANDER BROEK ANTHOY PEEPLES FAWZIA MIRZA KHURRAM MOZAFFAR
Jennifer Shin as a vertically-challenged basketball phenom who activates her Zulu DNA (Anthony Peeples) in Elizabeth Wong's short comedy "Finding Your Inner Zulu."
Khurram Mozzafar performing a Buddhist rite with rice in Philip Kan Gotanda's elegaic monologue, "Child is Father to Man"
Fawzia Mirza (left) and Jennifer Shinn (right) in Velina Hasu Houston's tragic "Mother Road." Production photos courtesy of Silk Road Theatre Project.
ALSO IN THE WORKS....
FROM GREEK SCHOLAR SAVAS PATSALIDIS....
From a SUNY, Albany production of LETTERS TO A STUDENT REVOLUTIONARY, directed by Elizabeth Wong.
Editor/Author of a new textbook on US THEATRE...
THEATRO, KINONIA, ETHNOS: APO TEN AMERIKI STIS INOMENES POLITIES
(THEATRE, SOCIETY, NATION: FROM AMERICA TO THE UNITED STATES)
Thessaloniki: University Studio Press (expected date of publication
late 2009 or early 2010).
THE TEXTBOOK WILL INCLUDE ANALYSIS OF "LETTERS TO A STUDENT REVOLUTIONARY"
"I must tell you that your play LETTERS... is one of the primary texts
I frequently teach in my course on Theatre and Globalization or on
Theatre and Postcolonialism. My students really enjoy the way you
handle your heroines and how you foreground differences and
similarities. They find the weaving of their friendship very clever
and enlightening." -- Savas Patsalidis, Aristotle University.
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NEW COMMISSION
DRAGON/SKY
by Elizabeth Wong
A New Play for Family Audiences About Ancient Chinese Astronomers and Chinese Legends AND Videogames!!!
COMMISSIONED BY SILK ROAD THEATRE PROJECT
JAMIL KHOURY, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR/PRODUCER MALIK GILLANI, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR/PRODUCER
Dragon/Sky is a comedy for young audiencies and families. A brother and sister get sucked into a videogame set in ancient China where myth meets science.
ARTISTIC TEAM (WORKSHOP)
Tom Arvetis, director. (Artistic Director of AdventureStage) Issac C Sernoffsky, associate producer/casting Allie Herryman, production manager
WORKSHOP CAST: (Dec 7-13, 2008)
Tanya Chu McBride Jenn SavaRyan Josh Hoover Dwight Sora Carol Ng-He (Pippa Musician)
THANK YOU TOM, TANYA, JENN, JOSH, DWIGHT, CAROL, ALLIE, JEN and KYLE FOR ALL YOUR HELP. DRAGON/SKY OWES YOU A DEBT OF GRATITUDE!
CHECK BACK SOON FOR DETAILS!!!
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MONKEY MISCHIEF IN 2010!!!! BREAK A LEG!!!! ISLAND PLAYERS, WASHINGTON ISLAND, WI -- HAYFIELD SECONDARY SCHOOL, ALEXANDRIA, VA
From the Honolulu Theatre for Youth production of Amazing Adventures of the Marvelous Monkey King. Jonathan Clarke Sypert plays Monkey.
THE MONKEY KING RULES!!!
AMAZING ADVENTURES OF THE MARVELOUS MONKEY KING
By
Elizabeth Wong
PRODUCTIONS IN 2010:
Monte Vista Christian School, Watsonville, CA
Island Players, Washington Island, WI
Hayfield Secondary School, Alexandria, VA
PRODUCTIONS IN 2009:
ASIAN CULTURE SOCIETY OF CAPE COD SANDWICH, MA
BRISBANE GRAMMAR SCHOOL BRISBANE, QUEENSLAND, AUSTRALIA
STANDING OVATION PERFORMING ARTS BOYNTON BEACH, FLORIDA
LORAS COLLEGE, DUBUQUE, IOWA
VENTURA HIGH SCHOOL, IOWA
DAVID DRIVE MIDDLE SCHOOL, RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
PLAY CONSERVATORY INC, ALBUQUERQUE, NEW MEXICO
ALSO, THANKS TO: PATRICK HENRY HIGH SCHOOL, SAN DIEGO, CA WALLER HIGH SCHOOL, CYPRESS, TX LEXINGTON CHILDREN'S THEATRE, LEXINGTON, KY JACKSON CENTRAL MERRY HIGH SCHOOL, JACKSON, TN Beaumont School, St. Albans, United Kingdom Sunnyside High School Drama Club, Sunnyside, WA Hayfield Secondary School Drama, Alexandria, VA Macon Repertory Theatre, Macon, MO EFFINGTON THEATRE, GUYTON, GA YMCA TARRYTOWN, SLEEPY HOLLOW, NY FOREST LAKE HIGH SCHOOL, FOREST LAKE, MN ISLAND PLAYERS, INC. WASHINGTON ISLAND, WI LAFAYETTE COLLEGE, EASTON, PA GINGERBREAD PLAYERS, THEATRE GUILD OF VALDOSTA, VALDOSTA, GA ARLINGTON HEIGHTS HIGH SCHOOL, FORT WORTH, TX Wylie East High School, TX LOURDES CENTRAL CATHOLIC, NEBRASKA CITY, NE Trinity College, Para Vista, SA, Australia SALEM HIGH SCHOOL, SALEM, VA WFR High School, Wake Forest, NC Patrick Henry High School, Santee, CA Granger High School, West Valley, UT Actors Playhouse, Brandon, MS Smith Campus School, Northampton, MA PSHS, Plano, TX Grayson County College, Sherman, TX Eastglen High School, Edmonton, AB, Canada West Forsyth High School, Winston-Salem, NC David W. Butler High School, Matthews, NC North Forsyth High School, Cumming, GA Monte Vista Christian School, Watsonville, CA Northland Christian School, Houston, TX St. Monica School, San Francisco, CA Bayshore High School, Bradenton, FL FOR PURCHASING THE AMAZING MONKEY IN 2009 FROM PLAYSCRIPTS INC.
IN THE BOOKSTORES...AND ONLINE!!!!
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FROM DRAMATIC PUBLISHING, A NEW COVER AND LOOK FOR THE 2008 REISSUE OF 10 X 10! Ten 10-minute Plays about Ethics for Teen Audiences. Edited by Jeffrey Gottesfeld.
New cover.
Premiered at Lawrence Arts Center -- Lawrence, Kansas -- Artistic Director Ric Averill
Original debut cover.
Participating Playwrights include:
Ric Averill Mary Hall Surface Jose Cruz Gonzalez Elizabeth Wong
Y York Cherie Bennett Sandra F. Asher James DeVita
Caleen Sinnette Jennings Barry Kornhauser
10 X 10
Edited by Jeff Gottesfeld
Commissioned by Gayle Sergel of Dramatic Publishing Company.
Spiritual guidance for young audiences. Ten playwrights were commissioned by Dramatic Publishing Company, to take spiritual questions to a young theatre-going audience. Playwrights were randomly assigned a commandment from the Bible, and given carte blanche to interpret their assignment, resulting in funny, sad, poignant short plays that will inspire and uplift.
Elizabeth Wong's funny and quirky "Quick-Draw Grandma" explores the meaning of the Sixth Commandment - You Will Not Murder.
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BILL OF (W)RIGHTS -- Congratulations on your production -- Warrensburg, MO - University Of Central Missouri
Published by Playscripts, Inc.
Bill of (W)rights
...is a collection of ten short plays, written by nine playwrights and
performed in 10 different settings exploring the relevancy of the Bill
of Rights.
Janet Allard Rebecca Gilman Jeffrey Hatcher
Syl Jones Thomas W. Jones II Gavin Lawrence
Melanie Marnich Jane Martin Kelly Stuart
and Elizabeth Wong's "Freedom to Bear Arms (and asses.)"
"One of the top 14 plays outside New York City," -- The American Theatre Critics Association.
"Bill
of (W)rights is a prickly production by Renegade Theatre Experment at
its best...Have no doubt, Renegade's bold production makes waves.." --
Mariane Messina, Metro (9/13/06)
The Playwright Wishes to Thank the following for purchasing BILL OF (W)rights in 2009 from Playscripts, Inc www.playscripts.com:
Belvidere North High School, Belvidere, IL Play by Play Theatre Bookstore, St. Paul, MN Vista Books, Searcy, AZ Bethel University, St. Paul, MN University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA BRADLEY UNIVERSITY, PEORIA, IL Davis Library, Chapel Hill, NC Zion-Benton Township High School, Zion, IL Chichester Theatre, Montevallo, AL Sandy High School, Portland, OR Rock Bridge High School, Columbia, MO
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OTHER NEW TITLES FROM ELIZABETH WONG
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WONG'S SENSUAL BIO-FANTASY -- CHINA DOLL -- CELEBRATING THE IMAGINED LIFE OF MOVIE ICON ANNA MAY WONG -- AVAILABLE FROM DRAMATIC PUBLISHING COMPANY
The photo that inspired the play. Thank you Mark Thompson for finding it! -- Elizabeth Wong
Playbook Now Available!
CHINA DOLL
(The Imagined Life of An American Actress)
by Elizabeth Wong
China Doll is a loving and unflinching homage to a woman ahead of her time. Cast: 5m, 3w: multicultural casting, with multiple roles. Bare stage. Approximate running time: 90 minutes with intermission.
To order, contact Dramatic Publishing.
Purchase Code: DC3
Cost of acting edition: $6.50
For royalty and performance information, see the 2006 Complete Catalog of Plays and Musicals or contact www.dramaticpublishing.com or plays@dramaticpublishing.com
From a University at Irvine production of "Kimchee & Chitlins"
An excerpt from Elizabeth Wong's spicy satire on race relations
Kimchee & Chitlins
published in a new monologue auditions anthology
"Editor's Choice: Audition Monologues for Women"
Compiled and Edited by Linda Habjan
www.dramaticpublishing.com order code: E44
Widdi Turner as Arlene, a CEO checking out the goods at the sperm bank, in Elizabeth Wong's sexy and poignant monologue "Love Juice." One of 61 monologues featured in a new audition anthology for women.
AUDITION MONOLOGUES FROM HEINEMANN DRAMA...
NEW MONOLOGUES FOR WOMEN BY WOMEN (Volume II)
Edited by Tori Haring-Smith & Liz Engelman
Auditioning tips from Haring-Smith and Englemann. This volume includes new original monologues by a variety of playwrights, including Janet Allard, Monika Bustamante, Sheila Callaghan, Elena Carrillo, Paula Cizmar, Veronique de Turenne, Lisa Dillman, Julie Jensen, Sherry Kramer, Carson Kreiter, Jennifer Maisel, Jacquelyn Reingold, Sarah Ruhl, Alice Tuan, and ELIZABETH WONG
www.heinemanndrama.com Cost: $14.95
WONG HONORED -- RECIPIENT OF THE TANNE FOUNDATION AWARD
