wAve
by Sung Rno
wAve was created and toured with Boom for Yellow Earth’s Autumn 2009 Tour.
Two very different plays by two exciting and talented East Asian writers: Boom by Jean Tay and wAve by Sung Rno. Directed by Yellow Earth’s new Co-Artistic Directors, Philippe Cherbonnier and Jonathan Man, these two plays bring together a fantastic cast that will move you to laughter and tears.
Loosely inspired by the Medea myth and with a chorus of comic characters, this dysfunctional love story veers from madcap farce to tragedy as an isolated Korean immigrant’s dream of a perfect life as an American housewife turns sour.
wAve is a passionate and satirical play exploring the collision of cultures from an award-winning American playwright.
wAve was commissioned by Center Theater Group / Mark Taper Forum’s Asian Theater Project and premiered at Ma-Yi Theater Company.
UK Tour: 21 October - 15 November 2009
Greenwich Theatre
Crooms Hill
London
SE10 8ES
Riverside Studios
101 Queen Caroline Street
London
W6 9BN
Theatre Royal Margate
Addington Street
Margate
CT9 1PW
Gulbenkian Theatre
University of Kent
Canterbury
Kent
CT2 7NB
Live Theatre
27-29 Broad Chare
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE1 3DQ
Contact Theatre
Oxford Road
Manchester
M15 6JA
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Creative team
Writer: Sung Rno
Director: Jonathan Man
Designer: Wai Yin Kwok
Lighting Designer: Douglas Kuhrt
Cast
Ashley Alymann
Jonathan Chan-Pensley
Louise Mai Newberry
Tina Chiang
Jay Oliver Yip
Photography by Manuel Harlan
Commissioned by Center Theater Group/Mark taper Forum's Asian Theater Project.