Chinglish
Daniel’s sign-making company is in trouble, but he has a great idea: score a fat contract in China, where signs for English-speaking tourists are mangled by hilarious mis-translations. But he forgets the first rule: always bring your own translator because business deals involve much more than wining and dining. And when Daniel falls in love with a beautiful bureaucrat, even feelings take on different meanings. The repartee is fast and funny, and the timing is spot-on in this East-West comedy… Show more
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South Coast Repertory’s production of Chinglish runs Jan. 25-Feb. 24 on the Segerstrom Stage, directed by Leigh Silverman. Tickets are available online: www.scr.org. |
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Vivian Chiu grew up in Taiwan. NY: Night Over Taos (dir. Estelle Parsons), Agamemnon (dir. Gisela Cardenas), The King and I. Film/TV: The Wedding Video, Mandarin Pilot (Sesame Workshop), Kids in Suits....
Theatre: La MaMa’s Great Jones Company, Robert Wilson, Maura Donohue’s In Mixed Company, Fluid Motion, Crossing Jamaica Avenue, Project 400, The South Wing. Film/TV: Robot Stories, Sex and the City, Law & Order: CI.
Celeste Den (Miss Qian/Prosecutor Li) makes her SCR debut in Chinglish following the Berkeley Repertory Theatre run. She appeared in the world premieres of 11 Septembre 2001 and Peach Blossom Fan at Center for New Performance; Between Two Friends and Island at Actors Theatre of Louisville; Laws of Sympathy at Playwrights’ Arena; Spit, Shine, Glisten at Cotsen Center for Puppetry and the Arts; and Wild Swans at American Repertory Theatre and Young Vic in London....
Michelle Krusiec (Xi Yan) is making her SCR debut after performing the lead role of Xi Yan in the Berkeley Repertory Theatre production. Krusiec is best known for her starring role opposite Joan Chen in the romantic comedy Saving Face, directed by Alice Wu....
Austin Ku (Bing/Judge Geming) is making his SCR debut. He appeared in Chinglish at Berkeley Repertory Theatre. New York City credits include the off-Broadway production of Tokio Confidential (Akira), Whatever Man at New York Musical Theatre Festival, and many other new works; he is also a regular performer with the USO Show Troupe (the Liberty Bells)....
Raymond Ma (Minister Cai) is making his SCR debut. After a 25 year absence from the stage, he recently played Old Man Chong and Canning in The Joy Luck Club at California Theatre of the Performing Arts and will be on a national tour with that production in 2013-14....
Alex Moggridge (Daniel Cavanaugh) is delighted to be making his SCR debut in Chinglish after performing in the Berkeley Repertory Theatre production. He has appeared regionally in Three Sisters (Berkeley Repertory Theatre/Yale Repertory Theatre); The Beard of Avon, A Christmas Carol, The Threepenny Opera (American Conservatory Theater); It’s a Wonderful Life (Long Wharf Theatre); Eat Your Heart Out (Actors Theatre of Louisville); The Weir, By the Bog of Cats (San Jose Repertory Theatre); The Entertainer, Betrayed (Aurora Theatre Company); The Pillowman (Pittsburgh Irish and Classical Theatre); as well as productions at San Francisco Shakespeare Festival, Artists Repertory Theatre, B Street Theatre, Utah Shakespeare Festival and MCC Theater in New York....
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