Art by Shaina LuNüwain Fairyland
05/23/2024 - 06/01/2024
BCA Plaza Theatres
539 Tremont St.
Boston, MA 02116
Ticket are Pay-As-You-Are, Starting at $0! (Suggested Price: $25)
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The World Premiere Production ofNüwa in Fairyland
Presented byCHUANG Stage, a Launchpad Resident
Written by Brandon Zang | Directed by Carla Mirabal Rodríguez
After getting cast as Puck in his high school production ofA Midsummer Night’s Dream, Benji dives deep into method acting to prepare for his role. In the enchanted forest of foggy adolescence, he runs into a stranger: the Chinese creator goddess Nüwa (女娲). Does she hold the key to his birthplace as a transracial adoptee? Or will Benji never escape Fairyland? Conceived by Chinese Canadian playwright Brandon Zang,Nüwa in Fairyland fuses Shakespeare’s charm with Chinese folklore into a coming-of-age tale.
Location:BCA Black Box Theatre
Duration: 100 minutes without intermission
Tickets: Ticket are Pay-As-You-Are, Starting at $0! (Suggested Price: $25)
NOTE:The play and the performance of Nüwa in Fairyland is aesthetically bilingual in Mandarin Chinese and English; English translation surtitles will be projected during Mandarin Chinese dialogues.
Community Events Schedule
- Friday, 5/24, 8pm — Queer AAPI Night with MAP for Health (Performance by Anju)
- Saturday, 5/25, 2pm — Coffee & Bake Goods Pop-Up with Panethenic Pourovers
- Saturday, 5/25, 8pm — Chinese Adoptee Night with China’s Children International
- Thursday, 5/30, 7pm — Post-Show Conversation with Cast and Creative Team
- Friday, 5/31, 8pm — Tea & Sweets Pop-Up with Panethenic Pourovers
- Saturday, 6/1, 4pm — Special Scribble Sesh: Community Write Out in Fairyland (Separate RSVP Required)
Week 1
- Thursday, May 23 at 7pm
- Friday, May 24 at 8pm (SOLD OUT)
- Saturday, May 25 at 2pm
- Saturday, May 25 at 8pm
- Sunday, May 26 at 2pm
Week 2
- Wednesday, May 29 at 7pm
- Thursday, May 30 at 7pm (SOLD OUT)
- Friday, May 31 at 8pm
- Saturday, June 1 at 2pm
- Saturday, June 1 at 8pm
Cast
BENJI — Trevyn Wong
MARYANNE — Jen Lewis
MR. BAILEY — Matt Goldstein
DAMIAN — Henry Dolgoff
NUWA — Bowen Huang
BENJI/DAMIAN (U/S) — Phoenix Yuan
Creative Team
Playwright — Brandon Zang
Director —Carla Mirabal Rodríguez
Assistant Director — Kaye Hu
Dramaturg — Regine Vital
Movement Director — Fernadina Chan
Production Stage Manager — Winnie Chiang
Asst. Stage Manager (Rehearsal) — Emma J. Hunt
Asst. Stage Manager (Performance) — Kiera Turner
Production Manager — Becca Cottrell
Assistant Production Manager — Molly Bercutt
Scenic & Carpentry Lead — Devan McCulloch
Sound Designer — Anna Drummond
Prop Designer — Addie Pates
Scenic Designer — Qingan Zhang
Costume Designer — Sandra Zhihan Jia
Lighting Designer — Ashley Yung