The Chinese Lady at Greenway Court Theatre

Dates: (9/5/2019 - 9/29/2019 )

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Greenway Court Theatre

544 N Fairfax Ave
Los Angeles, 90036

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Phone: (323) 673-0544

Tickets: $15 - $34

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Inspired by the true story of Americas first female Chinese immigrant, THE CHINESE LADY is a dark, poetic, yet whimsical portrait of America through the eyes of a young Chinese woman. Afong Moy (Shu) is 14 years old when shes brought to the United States from Canton in 1834. Allegedly the first Chinese woman to set foot on U.S. soil, she has been bought and put on display for the American public as The Chinese Lady. For the next half a century, she performs for curious museum-goers, showing them how she eats, what she wears, and the highlight of the event: how she walks with bound feet. As the decades wear on, her celebrated sideshow comes to define and challenge her very sense of identity. THE CHINESE LADY blurs the line between the observed and the observer, and gives us new eyes on the history of American entitlement and immigration.

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News About The Chinese Lady at Greenway Court Theatre

Greenway Arts Alliance Announces 25th Anniversary Season & Mohammed Ali Ojarigi As Producing Director

September 12, 2022

Greenway Arts Alliance has announced its 25th Anniversary Season at Greenway Court Theatre along with the appointment of Mohammed Ali Ojarigi as Producing Director at Greenway Court Theatre.

The 'West of Broadway' Podcast Talks THE CHINESE LADY with Star Trieu Tran

September 11, 2019

Will and Lara are talking Artists at Play and Greenway Arts Alliance's LOS ANGELES PREMIERE OFThe Chinese Lady with one of the stars Trieu Tran. September 7-29, 2019 | Greenway Court Theatre

BWW Interview: Playwright Lloyd Suh Introducing His CHINESE LADY With Empathy

September 07, 2019

The Los Angeles premiere of Lloyd Suh's THE CHINESE LADY launches the Greenway Court Theatre's 2019-2020 season, with opening night September 7, 2019. In a co-production with Artists At Play, THE CHINESE LADY (based on a true story) features Amy Shu (as Afong Moy, the first female Chinese immigrant to come to America) and Trieu Tran (as Atung, Afong's translator/caretaker), under the direction of Rebecca Wear. Playwright Lloyd Suh took a few moments before flying into Los Angeles to answer my questioning queries.

Trieu Tran & Amy Shu Star In THE CHINESE LADY At Greenway Court

August 16, 2019

Greenway Arts Alliance (Whitney Weston and Pierson Blaetz, Co-Founders and Co-Artistic Directors) and Artists at Play (Julia Cho, Stefanie Lau and Marie-Reine Velez, Producing Artistic Leaders) announced today that rehearsals are underway for the Los Angeles Premiere of Lloyd Suh's THE CHINESE LADY at Greenway Court Theatre (544 N. Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles). Rebecca Wear (Lauren Yee's Samsara a?" Coeurage Theatre) directs the Los Angeles premiere featuring Amy Shu (Susan Soon's He Stanton's We, the Invisibles a?" Cal State L.A.) as a?oeAfong Moya?? and Trieu Tran (LADCC Nominated for a?oeAlan Stranga?? in Equus a?" East West Players) as a?oeAtung.a?? Performances play from September 5 a?" 29, 2019, with the official press opening on Saturday, September 7 at Greenway Court Theatre (544 N. Fairfax Avenue) in Los Angeles.

Greenway Arts Alliance Announces 2019-2020 Season

August 15, 2019

Greenway Arts Alliance (Whitney Weston and Pierson Blaetz, Co-Founders and Co-Artistic Directors) announces its 2019-2020 Season, which includes the Los Angeles Premiere of The Chinese Lady, co-produced with Artists at Play; the Tony and Olvier Award-winning a?oeBest Playa??a?' The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time and the 4th Annual L.A. Get Down Festival, A Celebration of Hip Hop and Spoken Word. The season productions and festival will be presented at Greenway Court Theatre (544 N. Fairfax Avenue, Los Angeles).

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