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Great teaser trailer from Amanda Melton allows for a peek into the complex and exciting world depicted in 410[GONE]! Only two weeks left to see this stunning otherworldly adventure! Hyphen Magazine, Joy Tang “A previous Hyphen review called Frances a “fearless, fiercely intellectual writer whose work unsettlingly thematizes the transgression of boundaries…” This reviewer simply adds that [...]
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by Laura Brueckner Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, born in the U.S. to an Irish-American father and a Taiwanese mother, has a complex and growing body of work that tackles some very difficult themes, including loss, violence, and conflict both between cultures and within the family. Crowded Fire Director of New Works Laura Brueckner catches up with [...]
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You never know what kind of strange situations will arise when working in theater. For example, in designing projections for 410[GONE] I found myself in a basement with Dance Dance Revolution (DDR) national champion, Omid Farivar, recording footage that the characters of the Monkey King and Goddess of Mercy will rehearse and perform live. In [...]
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“The Earth’s Deepest Retreat” Whether you are an ancient spirit desiring rest and recreation or a tortured ghost seeking the solace of oblivion, your hosts will provide an experience free from the turbulent memories of previous lifetimes. Please take a moment to acquaint yourself with their personal histories: The Goddess of Mercy [Guan Yin] Her [...]
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Taking publicity shots for 410[GONE] proved to be an exciting adventure! Christopher James Cortez as Seventeen and Alexander M Lydon as the Monkey King met up with photographer Lea Bruno at the Musee Mecanique in San Francisco’s Fisherman’s Wharf. The play 410[GONE] has an incredible contemporary landscape filled with video games and avatars, but it also lives within [...]
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In 410[GONE] by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, Cindy Im plays “Twenty- One,” a 21 year old Chinese American woman in search of her brother “Seventeen” (played by Christopher James Cortez). What follows is her opening monologue… (Click to enlarge.) [...]
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The Playwright: Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig Frances’ play Lidless received the Yale Drama Series Award, an Edinburgh Fringe First Award, the Keene Prize for Literature, and the David Calicchio Emerging American Playwright Prize. In 2011 she was awarded the Wasserstein Prize by the Educational Foundation of America for her most recent work, The World of Extreme [...]
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Here at Crowded Fire it’s par for the course that marketing a show of ours is going to be kind of tough. Besides the limited funds and the fact that our playwrights are only at the beginning of their journeys to become the next Tennessee Williams and August Wilsons of the 21st Century, we choose [...]
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The reviews are starting to roll in for THE BEREAVED. Below are some snippets with links to the full review. Spoiler alert! The full reviews give away a lot of the surprise elements in the script. THE BEREAVED “has plenty to keep you gasping through your laughter…astonishingly graphic…it tickles your brain as vigorously as your funny bone.” [...]
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Photographer Pak Han has done it again! Here’s a little peek at THE BEREAVED. The only unfortunate thing is we can’t release so many of his incredible photos lest we give the plot of the show away! PS The thumbnail picture left shows off of some of the amazing design elements in the show. Kudos [...]
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