THE EMPEROR’S NIGHTINGALE
Public Performances - January 15 - 30, 2022
School Matinees - January 18 - 21, 25 - 28
Theatre 5 at Theatre Row
410 W. 42nd Street
New York, NY 10036
Live performances for families and children grades 1-6. Featuring gossiping pandas and dancing tigers & set in 18th-century China, this story brings to light the youthful exploits of the future Emperor Qianlong.
The Emperor’s Nightingale
Written by Damon Chua
Directed by Chongren Fan
Featuring: DeAnna Choi, Jonathan Frye, Fenton Li,
Hyunmin Rhee, Xiaoqing Zhang, Mandarin Wu
Set by You-Shin Chen, Costumes by Karen Boyer, Lights by Leslie Smith, and Sound by Joseph Wolfslau
Stage Management Team: Kristine Schlachter and Sabrina Morabito
For more information, please email srogers@panasianrep.org
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BroadwayWorld
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Playwright, Damon Chua
Damon is a member of The Public Theater’s Emerging Writers Group 2014–15 and Ma-Yi Theater Company’s Writers Lab, and is the recipient of an Ovation Award (Best World Premiere Play) for Film Chinois, which made its Off-Broadway debut with Pan Asian Repertory Theatre in 2015 and Incident at Hidden Temple in 2017. His TYA play, The Emperor’s Nightingale recently made its world premiere at Adventure Theatre MTC. A National Endowment for the Arts, Dramatists Guild Fund, UNESCO and Durfee Foundation grant recipient, Damon’s plays are published by Samuel French, Smith & Kraus, Plays for Young Audiences, and the Proscenium Journal. He is also a published poet and short story writer. www.damonchua.com.
Director, Chongren Fan
Chongren Fan is a New York-based bilingual stage director, originally from Shanghai, China. He is the Artistic Director of Yangtze Rep and Producing Associate at Pan Asian Rep. Directing Credits: Damon Chua’s The Emperor’s Nightingale (Theatre Row, 2019 OBA Award nom.); Friedrich Dürrenmatt’s Romulus the Great (TBG Theatre); Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig’s 410[GONE] (TFTNC); Marie Jones’ Stones in His Pockets (China Premiere, Shanghai Dramatic Arts Center). Upcoming productions: Mike Lew’s Tiger Style!(TheatreSquared, AR); Richard Chang's Citizen Wong (Off-Broadway World Premiere). He has been a guest lecturer at Barnard College and Yale School of Drama. He is a member of the Off-Broadway League’s Equity Inclusion Diversity committee. SDC Member. www.chongrenfan.com.