Going through customs in New York, everyone harbors their own thoughts of trying to smuggle something sinister across the border…stuck on the streets of New York, people of all nations jockey for position…this script sheds the tragic itineraries of early immigrant narratives in favor of a bitingly funny tone, describing disparities in how different cultures might imagine the same event. Bring in a dangerous Chinese Mitten Crab landing in New York, and it becomes all the more apparent how difficult the lives of different peoples in the melting pot of New York can be. This strikingly original and pointed script deploys ingenious cross-cultural puns and double-entendres deftly and with precision. Particularly skilled in staging such delightful wordplay, director Ching-Hsiang Yang has drafted a great team of actors to guide you through the absurd reality of life on the streets of New York.

At the dawn of the 21st century, a wave of terrorism breaks out in Xinjiang. The people of the region face violence and nightmarish distortions of reality, like being boiled alive in a pressure cooker. A young man, fresh out of college, travels to Western China to experience life in the wilderness, never expecting that he would encounter such a tumultuous situation and nearly paying with his life. Filled with witty dialogue and distinctive characters, this script will be directed by Yenling Hsu. Come watch as her group of talented actors reads out this tale of conflict between the struggle for survival in the lowest levels of Chinese society and the ideals of an educated youth!

Is history true? Or is it just slices of experience seen through different people’s eyes, narrated through their own ideologies, recorded, and disseminated? Fallacy of the Fist sets its historical scene through the eyes of a small fox, who acts as an intermediary threading together the stories of the disparate groups and historical figures brought together by the Boxer Rebellion. Five nameless narrators perform their stories, spontaneously entering into different scenes and different characters. Their conflicting accounts give voice to personal experiences that both offer proof of history and denounce it. Director Kim Chen adds musical accompaniment to the reading, heralding this historical reinterpretation of the Boxer Rebellion with literal fanfare.