In The Works
It takes time to bring a new play to the stage. How much time depends on specific aspects of each play. Some may take a few months, others, longer than that.
At Ma-Yi Theater, we give each writer a big say in how his or her play gets developed. It may take readings, workshops, and retreats, but whatever the combination, they’re always tailored to serve the needs of the playwright.
Most importantly, we are committed to producing the works of our writers. That’s the game changer, and an important benchmark for how and why we create.
CREATING A NATIONAL PRESENCE
Ma-Yi Writers Lab members get their plays produced at regional houses around the country! Take a look on the map.
FOUR PLAYS BY WRITERS LAB MEMBERS ARE PREMIERING IN 2012!!
Founded in 2004 by Sung Rno, the Ma-Yi Writers Lab is the largest resident company of Asian American playwrights ever assembled. These writers are having a huge impact on the national theater scene, as you can see from this list of Lab plays that are receiving productions all across the country in 2012! Each of these plays were originated and workshopped at the Ma-Yi Writers Lab.
MICROCRISIS by Mike Lew
Regional Premiere @ InterAct Theatre in Philadelphia, PA
January 20 - February 12, 2012
JESUS IN INDIA by Lloyd Suh
World Premiere @ Magic Theater in San Francisco, CA
January 26 - February 26, 2012
THE GREAT WALL by Lloyd Suh
World Premiere @ The Denver Center in Denver, CO
March 16 - April 22, 2012
EDITH CAN SHOOT THINGS AND HIT THEM by A. Rey Pamatmat
Rolling World Premiere @
New Theater in Coral Gables, FL
Actors Express in Atlanta, GA
Manbites Dog in Durham, NC
Mu Performing Arts in Minneapolis, MN
B Street Theater in Sacramento, CA
Some of the new plays we’re working on include:
GALOIS
By Sung Rno
Math, love and revolution collide in this music theater piece exploring the romantic life of Evariste Galois, who invented a branch of mathematics as a teenager, but died at 21, the victim of a tragic duel over a woman amid the radical politics of France in the 1830s.
I__NY
By Ralph Peña, Loy Arcenas, Jennifer Ikeda, Debargo Sanyal, Alfredo Narciso, James Yaegashi, Cindy Cheung, and Julienne Hanzelka Kim.
A wild, funny, and moving story where the lives of immigrant New Yorkers intersect at seemingly random moments, offering a shared experience of the alternating magic and chaos of New York City.
HAPPY END OF THE WORLD
(In association with Children’s Theater Company of Minneapolis)
By Lloyd Suh
The end of the world is nigh, but luckily a prophecy foretelling the strange heroics of the kids next door may actually come to bear. Violet and Bruce Westerberg aren't going to the park, or the pool, or the mall today because they have to go to the star planet Grixnoo, there to meet the Great Prognosticator and Imperious Canute, in hopes of defeating the evil Space Chupacabra and making this the happiest end of the world in like ever.
Past Productions