CHAY YEW   


Chay Yew
   Nationality:
Asian American
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Plays by Chay Yew

CHAY YEW
As If He Hears
1st Produced:
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1999
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Male
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Female
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Synopsis:
His earliest play..banned by the Singapore government in 1988.
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CHAY YEW
Beautiful Country
1st Produced:
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Company:
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1st Published:
Hyphenated America Grove Press,
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
4
Female
4
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
Immigrant to the United States, drag queen Miss Visa Denied tells of Asian-American experiences over the last 160 years. Such as the internment of Japanese-Americans during the Second World War and the plight of Filipino workers now
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CHAY YEW
Distant Shore, A
1st Produced:
Kirk Douglas Theatre
2005
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
In the stifling jungles of Southeast Asia, two lives are forever entwined, destined to play out life rituals while constrained by culture and colonialism. We first see a pair in the 1920's, a place of rubber plantations and rebel insurgencies, and another 80 years later in the same city, now independent and metropolitan. Are these lovers destined to repeat their histories or will they break the cycle this time around? Love seems to be the only constant. An erotic and poetic play about globalism, fate and passion.
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CHAY YEW
Half-Lives
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Synopsis:
Part of the triology on the gay Asian experience (with Porcelain and A Language of Their Own)
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CHAY YEW
Here and Now
1st Produced:
Actors Theatre of Louisville (Louisville, KY, United States)
2002
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Genre:
3-7 min
Drama
Parts:
Male
1
Female
1
Parts Other:
1 male, 1 female (1-2 actors possible: exactly 1 male, 0-1 females)
Notes:
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Synopsis:
A couple in their twilight years relives an entire relationship, full of youth, possibility, secrets, disappointments, and enduring connection. This piece is part ofSnapshot, an anthology of short plays. To perform this piece independently, click "Add to Shopping Cart" above. To perform this piece as part of the full-length collection, go to Snapshot.
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CHAY YEW
House of Bernarda Alba, The
1st Produced:
Naatco
2002
Company:
National Asian American Theatre Company
1st Published:
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ISBN/ASIN
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Genre:
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Adaptation
Parts:
Male
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Female
0
Parts Other:
cast of 9
Notes:
Original Playwright - Federico Garcia Lorca
Synopsis:
Five desperate daughters struggle under their mother's domination as an all-Asian cast brings new energy to Frederico Garcia Lorca's The House of Bernarda Alba as adapted by Chay Yew.
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CHAY YEW
Language Of Their Own
1st Produced:
New York Shakespeare Festival
1995
Company:
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1st Published:
In: Two Plays By Chay Yew, Grove Press,
ISBN/ASIN
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
4
Female
0
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
When he is diagnosed as HIV+, Oscar tells his live in lover of four years Ming to leave, even though they are still in love with each other. Ming meets and moves in with Robert but because of his past ties he tries to sabotage this new relationship by sleeping around and beating Robert - which drives Robert away. It is only with the death of Oscar that things may sort themselves out.
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CHAY YEW
Long Season, The
1st Produced:
Perserverance Theatre
2005
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ISBN/ASIN
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Genre:
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Musical
Parts:
Male
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Female
0
Parts Other:
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Notes:
Music by Fabian Obispo; lyrics by Chay Yew; book by Chay Yew
Synopsis:
The Long Season begins in 1930’s Seattle, where a young Filipino named Allos has left his love and country behind in order follow his dream of attaining riches in the United States. He has signed a contract with a cannery in Ketchikan, and leaves immediately for Alaska. His vows of love are tested as he finds comfort in the bed and poetry of the foreman’s wife, and as the cannery explodes in conflict, he must decide whether he is willing to put his life on the line for his dreams.
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CHAY YEW
Malaya
1st Produced:
Seattle Repertory Theatre
2003
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
In South East Asia's Colonial Malaya during the 1920's three individuals play out their destiny. Fast-forwarding to the present, the same city is now urban and fiercely independent. But will these three new lives repeat the same cycle or break away from it? Fate, love, politics, and culture collide in this new play inspired by Federico Garcia Lorca's Blood Wedding.
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CHAY YEW
Neon Mirage
1st Produced:
2006
Company:
The 2006 Apprentice Company from Actors Theatre of Louisville
1st Published:
ISBN/ASIN
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Genre:
Comedy Musical
Musical
Parts:
Male
-
Female
0
Parts Other:
Various
Notes:
written by Liz Duffy Adams, Dan Dietz, Julie Jenson, Lisa Kron, Tracey Scott Wilson and Chay Yew, Music and Lyrics by Rick Hip Flores. VENUE #5: Henry Street Settlement - Harry de Jur Playhouse
Synopsis:
38 million people visit Las Vegas every year for the glitz, the tits and the gold. But what's it like to live and work in America's Disneyland for grown-ups? Could you tell what's real and what's just a mirage?
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CHAY YEW
Porcelain
1st Produced:
1992
Company:
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1st Published:
In: Two Plays By Chay Yew, Grove Press,
ISBN/ASIN
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
5
Female
0
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
A crime of passion. John Lee kills his lover Will in a public toilet in Bethnal Green, East London. The story is told in flash backs and the preparation of a Channel Four television documentary.
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CHAY YEW
Question 27, Question 28
1st Produced:
Aatc
2003
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ISBN/ASIN
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
A story of the struggles, plights and courage of Japanese American female detainees of the American internment camps of WWII. Chay Yew drew from the special archives of the Japanese American National Museum to create a documentary theater project based on the testimonials, transcripts, documents and interviews with Japanese American female internees living in California during World War II.
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CHAY YEW
Red
1st Produced:
Intiman Theater,|Seattle
1998
Company:
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1st Published:
Hyphenated America Grove Press,
ISBN/ASIN
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
1
Female
2
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
When Chairman Mao's Cultural Revolution sweeps through China the Beijing Opera comes under threat.
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CHAY YEW
Second Skin
1st Produced:
Dad's Garage
2004
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ISBN/ASIN
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
What does it mean to be Asian American in a post-Sept. 11 America?
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CHAY YEW
Snapshot
1st Produced:
Actors Theatre of Louisville (Louisville, KY, United States)
2002
Company:
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1st Published:
ISBN/ASIN
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Genre:
80-100 min
Drama/Comedy
Parts:
Male
11
Female
11
Parts Other:
11 males, 11 females (4-25 actors possible: 2-15 males, 2-15 females)
Notes:
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Synopsis:
A photograph captures and documents a single moment in time and space -- a snapshot of history, of a reality bounded by the photo's frame. But what lies outside, beyond, behind the photograph? And what stories, memories, or associations does an image of place inspire? In this multi-writer project from Actors Theatre of Louisville, a diverse assortment of talented playwrights encounter and transform Mount Rushmore, South Dakota, 1969, a compelling image of the monument by renowned photographer Lee Friedlander. Their thought-provoking scenes and monologues range from delightful comedy to utterly serious tragedy, each approaching the photo's themes through a new lens. To perform the entire collection, click "Add to Shopping Cart" above. To perform an individual piece independently, click on its title below:
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CHAY YEW
White
1st Produced:
Bank Street Theatre, New York
2001
Company:
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1st Published:
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ISBN/ASIN
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
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One act
Parts:
Male
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Female
0
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
An older man at a bath house is upset he is no longer attractive to the younger clientele
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CHAY YEW
Winter People, A
1st Produced:
Was The Morning People; Singapore
2002
Company:
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1st Published:
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ISBN/ASIN
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I don't think the play has been published but you could try abebooks.com
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Genre:
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Parts:
Male
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Female
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Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
An adaptation of The Cherry Orchard that cleverly folds in pieces of Anton Chekhov's other masterworks to tell this ever-timely story. A middle-aged chanteuse, Madam Xia, returns from San Francisco in the spring of 1935 to her family estate in the heartland of China during the last days of the Nationalist Government. A portrait of the challenges of a family in transition, A Winter People is a poetic, haunting play.
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CHAY YEW
Wonderland
1st Produced:
Playhouse, La Jolla, CA
1999
Company:
-
1st Published:
Hyphenated America Grove Press,
ISBN/ASIN
-
To Buy This Play:
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Genre:
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Play/Drama
Parts:
Male
3
Female
1
Parts Other:
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Notes:
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Synopsis:
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