Curated by David Henry Hwang
Lead Director: Helen Young
Staged Reading Series:
Dates
August 4 - 19, 2018
Venue
Pierce Hall at The Historic Chicago Temple Building
Staged readings of three plays translated from Chinese to English that highlight the work of contemporary playwrights from the Chinese speaking world. Stylistically and aesthetically diverse, the featured plays examine a Chinese society rife with tensions between tradition and accelerating change, consumerism and communism, and authoritarianism and personal freedom. New China Festival will also include a panel discussion about the state of theatre in the Chinese speaking world and the insights American audiences can gain from Chinese plays.
Featured Plays and Playwrights
