Photos: In Rehearsal For LOVE YOU LONG TIME (ALREADY) at Theatre503

Theatre503 has released rehearsal photos from the premiere of love you long time (already). love you long time (already) is a funny and moving debut by Vietnamese American playwright Katie Đỗ. It is an intergenerational epic exploring mother and daughter relationships, migration and memory, the ties that bind us and the cost of breaking free from them. The production previews at Theatre503 from 2 July, with press night on 7 July, and runs until 25 July.  Check out the photos below!

Jennifer Tang (Cymbeline, Shakespeare’s Globe) directs this world premiere with the four-strong cast featuring Jon Chew (The Good Person of Szechuan, Lyric Hammersmith), Tuyen Do (Shadow and Bone, Netflix), Molly Harris (Measure for Measure, Donmar) and Zheng Xi Yong (American Psycho, Almeida). The creative team includes TK Hay (Set / Costume Design), Cheng Keng (Lighting Design), Elena Peña (Sound Design), Dam Van Huynh (Movement Director), Polly Jerrold (Casting Director), Ellen Rey de Castro (Costume Supervisor) and Zoe Zimin Ho (Voice and Dialect Coach), working in association with The Sông Collective, who are also providing cultural consultancy.

Mai didn't expect her heaven to be reliving an engagement to an unfaithful husband. He's becoming a Buddhist monk. Mai's daughter Tâm is desperate to understand her mother. As time slips away and dreams overlap with reality, Mai and Tâm must learn how to love each other before heaven comes for them again.

Katie Đỗ is a Vietnamese American playwright based in San Diego. She’s a proud alum of the Sống Collective’s Việt Writers Lab and the Public’s Emerging Writers Group. Đỗ is also the inaugural recipient of Merrimack Repertory Theatre’s Sokhary Chau Playwriting Fellowship. Her plays have been developed by South Coast Repertory (Pacific Playwrights Festival), Atlantic Theater Company (MixFest), The Sống Collective, The Public Theater, Orlando Shakes, and Artists at Play. 

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