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Poets Theatre

1999

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page

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2002

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page

Romantic Comedy, Asian-American

Comedy

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The Medicine Show

A couple come to a New England bed and breakfast to attend a three-day physics conference. The couple is made up of a sometimes-working Asian-American actor (Tsuhan) and his girlfriend (Chintz) who is a graduate student in Theoretical Physics. Unfortunately, his latest credit card has bounced and he makes a quick deal with the owner (Mrs. Chin) to work off his latest debt through manual labor and recounting how he met Chintz. The first night, Mrs. Chin find Chintz in the dark and swap stories about how they met their respective significant others. The second night, Mrs. Chin makes Tsuhan recount his side of the story. The third night, Chintz and Tsuhan fight and resolve their relationship once and for all.

2002

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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
or the playwright direct where their email is shown at the top of the page

Drama, Asian-American

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The Medicine Show

X and Francis are brothers; Francis is about to be married to Kim and X is in a "special" relationship with K. As well as being romantically involved, X and K break into each other's apartment and steal things from each other. After one of K's particularly messy break-in, Francis comes to pick up X for a planned brunch with their respective significant others. Francis finds X in a rifled apartment and starts giving his brother a hard time. X responds by bringing up his "temporary" bisexual state at college. Francis becomes so frustrated that he breaks off his brunch. Kim and Francis return to Kim's apartment. K returns to X's apartment and helps him clean up. Francis decides to steal a vase from Kim. X goes to Francis' apartment to get back the vase and put his marriage back on track. X try to lure Francis away from his apartment so that K can steal the vase. Francis gives up the vase to X, but instead catches K in act of stealing. In turn, K fools around with Francis that Kim walks in on and then K steals a book, that was given to him by a gay professor who was in love with Francis in college. Francis breaks off his marriage to Kim. Francis admits his indiscretion with K to X. X breaks up with K. X returns the vase to Kim. Francis confronts X with a suspicion that X has been sleepgin with Kim. Francis tries to break into K's apartment, but, instead, K finally returns the book to Francis.