Plays / Musicals
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Beethoven's Third
Winner of the 49th Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival!
SYNOPSIS: On the eve of a revolutionary new path toward his artistic destiny, Ludwig Van Beethoven is visited by two strangers who reveal the true nature of his artistic genius. 
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ParitySelected for Pan Asian Rep's NuWorks Festival 2024 in NYC
SYNOPSIS PARITY was a law of physics until a Chinese American woman disproved it against all odds. This is the true story of Chien-Shiung Wu 吴健雄 AKA the First Lady of Physics and the Queen of Nuclear Research. Performed in June 2024 at Theatre Row in NYC. |
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Reset
2023 Finalist in the
O'Neill National Playwriting Conference 2023 Semi-Finalist in the Bay Area Playwrights Festival RESET was produced at Moving Arts Theatre in 2023 SYNOPSIS 2020 Chernobyl. A man takes part in a secret new life-changing treatment that promises he will attain his “best self.” But what he thinks is a self-help retreat turns into a mind-bending quantum physics experiment that will reveal the devastating truths of what the future actually holds for him. Could his “best self” be the key to mankind’s salvation? |
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A 2023 Finalist in the
Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival 2022 Web Production by Center Theatre Group as part of its Communities Stories Currently being adapted into a full length musical SYNOPSIS When a co-worker asks Howard out to lunch in the San Gabriel Valley, the Asian American enclave where he grew up, Howard reexamines his relationship with his hometown and his identity. |
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A 2018 Finalist in Soundbites 5.0
A 2019 Finalist in the Samuel French Off Off Broadway Short Play Festival Published in Theatre Now New York's The 10-Minute Musical Anthology Licensed by Music Theatre International Book by Howard Ho Music by Kristen Rea Lyrics by Chris Edgar SYNOPSIS Four worker ants set out on a routine mission to retrieve tasty morsels for their colony and end up on the quest of a lifetime. When faced with a fork in the road, will they return home empty handed or receive a hero's welcome for discovering the "legendary stuff" long prophesied by their ancestors? |
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Various Emporia
A 2017 Finalist in the O'Neill National Playwriting Conference SYNOPSIS As Charles and Nancy Unger prepare to perform in a church production of The Mikado, their daughter Hannah returns from college challenging their use of yellowface. To prove he has no bigotry, Charles urges Hannah to invite local store owner Mr. Chung to dinner, which turns into a disaster when the Ungers' estranged adopted Chinese son visits on the same night. |
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Pretendo, a musical
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An 8-bit musical. It’s 1985, and Sally really wants to be accepted by the cool kids at the arcade. When Kendrick, the coolest one of all, finally notices her, Sally’s world turns upside down causing her to be transported to the land of Arcadia, a magical 8-bit realm where she becomes the prophesied Space Warrior. Her mission is to help the Kingdom of Tari defeat the evil Tendo empire. It’s a dream come true until she learns that dying here means game over with no resets or continues. For updates follow at: |
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The Nightingale Mixtape
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A hip-hop adaptation of The Nightingale by Hans Christian Andersen. When the Emperor sends his Courtier out to find the famed songbird Nightingale, it turns out she is actually a fierce female rapper with a lyrical agenda to stop the Emperor's colonialist regime. Unfortunately, while the Emperor loves Nightingale's melodic virtuosity, he can't understand her words. |