King of the Yees
By Lauren Yee
Berlind Theater, McCarter Theatre Center
April 7-8 & 13-15 at 8 PM
East West Theater is co-producing King of the Yees this April! The production is directed by Bi Jean Ngo, with lighting design by senior thesis proposer, East West’s own Angelica Qin ’23.
Synopsis:
Via Concord Theatricals, “For nearly twenty years, playwright Lauren Yee’s father, Larry, has been a driving force in the Yee Family Association, a seemingly obsolescent Chinese American men’s club formed a hundred fifty years ago in the wake of the Gold Rush and the building of the transcontinental railroad. But when her father goes missing, Lauren must plunge into the rabbit hole of San Francisco Chinatown and confront a world both foreign and familiar. At once bitingly hilarious and heartbreakingly honest, King of the Yees is an epic joyride across cultural, national, and familial borders that explores what it means to truly be a Yee.”