Steeped (品) - Work-in-Progress Performance, Panel Discussion & Q&A at Goethe-Institut Boston

A work-in-progress presentation of Steeped (品), a new play by Yide Cai reimagining the Boston Tea Party from the perspective of the tea itself, followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A. Two actors rehearsing a production about the historic event discover their tea puppet prop has begun to speak, revealing itself as the tea that lay in Boston Harbor for 250 years. Presented as a site-responsive staging that unfolds among the audience, the piece explores memory, labor, identity, and historical mythmaking. The production features director Skye Xiaotian Lu, scenographer Qingan Zhang, puppetry designer Xinyue Zhang, and performers Naomi Kim and Jaime José Hernández.