Wow! What a day today was! Spent Veterans Day at the NYC Parade and the evening it was with veterans at the Ma-Yi Theater where I was delighted to view the current play, "The Sugar House at the Edge of Wilderness." Having such an interesting title, I wasn't sure what to expect but knew that it would be wonderful to see. I was even in for a treat as not only did I get to meet the play wright but also the director and some members of the Ma-Yi Theatre.
It was a wonderful evening that was filled with much thought of being grateful and treasuring your relationships with those that care for you. Ironically that is exactly what this play is about. Below is the excerpt on the play and I also included the biography of the play wright, Ms. Carla Ching."The Sugar House at the Edge of the Wilderness is a play with music and a live twitter feed about kids growing up fast, children raising children, and shifting notions of home. When their father dies suddenly and their mother goes on a grief pilgrimage, Chinese adoptees Greta and Han are sent to live with their ex-rockstar uncle and his young girlfriend. Wrestling with the wilds of New York and their grief, Greta gets in trouble with the law and put in a court mandated reform program and Han runs away to play music on the street. On the edge of the wilderness, Greta and Han must ask themselves: If I can't go home, where do I go?"
Founded in 1989, Ma-Yi Theater Company is a Drama Desk & Obie Award-winning, not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization whose primary mission is to develop new plays by Asian American writers.
Born and raised in Los Angeles, Carla Ching wrote and performed with pan-Asian performance troupe Peeling for a number of years. Her plays include TBA, Big Blind/Little Blind, The Sugar House at the Edge of the Wilderness, and Fast Company. Her work has been workshopped or produced by Ma-Yi Theater Company, Ensemble Studio Theatre (EST/Sloan Commission), The Lark Play Development Center, The Women's Project, Desipina & Company, Vampire Cowboys, Red Fern Theater Company, Partial Comfort and others. 2008 Urban Artists Initiative Fellow, 2009/10 Teachers & Writers Collaborative Fellow, 2010/11 Lark Play Development Center Playwrights Workshop Fellow. Member of the Ma-Yi Writers Lab and alum of the 2008-2010 Women's Project Lab. TBA is published in Out of Time and Place. BA, Vassar College. MFA, New School for Drama. She is artistic director of 2g.
By: Carla Ching Directed by: Daniella Topol
Connelly Theater
(220 East 4th St., betw. Aves. A & B)
Tuesday, November 8 – Sunday, December 4
Tuesday-Friday @ 7:30pm
Saturday @ 2:00pm & 7:30pm Sunday @ 3:00pm
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