A satirical piece by the scathingly funny, award-winning Young Jean Lee, Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven takes the audience on a shockingly direct and unflinching dissection of race. Obliterating conventions of Asian stereotypes through its violent and explosive theatricality Songs follows four Korean women on a wild journey—sometimes hilarious, other times squirm-inducing. New York Magazine calls Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven “the strongest indication that the avant-garde isn’t dead, and has never been funnier,” while Time Out New York hails Lee as “one of the best experimental playwrights in America.”
A co-production with Asian American Theater Company
Featuring: Cindy Im, Mimu Tsujimura, Lily Tung Crystal*, Katie Chan, Alexis Papedo, Josh Schell
Scenic Design: Emily Greene
Assistant Scenic Design: Alexandra Friedman
Choreography: Dohee Lee
Fight Direction: Carla Pantoja
Light Design: Stephanie Buchner
Costume Design: Keiko Carreiro
Sound Design: Alan Chang
Dramaturgy: Mina Morita & Rachel Viola
Production Manager: Jason Nall+
Stage Manager: Stephanie Alyson Shaw
Assistant Stage Manager: Frances Reyes-Bolinger
“bracingly funny…always provocative equal-opportunity offender.” Rob Hurwitt, SF Chronicle
“a wild, satirical ride…defies expectations in every way possible” Jean Schiffman, The Examiner
“theatrical explosion that stuns as much as it delights and discombobulates.” Chand Jones, TheaterDogs