America America by Doris Chu Premiered in 1997 at the Tower Auditoriunm of the Massachusetts College of Art, Boston Cast Deng Fang-ying                        Tina Sooho Zhao Nan-shan                    Edward Gong Ho Pei-hua                              Cynthia Zhu Li Yong                                Victor K. Ng Liang Mai-lan                       Julie K. Hsieh (insert photos here) Other links of interest Other International Society and Asia On Stage's productions Playwright's notes After The Wild Land and within The Forbidden City a play with contemporary subject, "something that is relevant to our lives," seemed fitting for Asia On Stage and Chinese Culture Institute's new production. "Something about the Chinese in American in recent times" was suggested. This script was germinated by that idea. The play portrays five Chinese young men and women in Boston. If they remind the audience of people that they know it is because the characters are intended to reflect various kinds of young Chinese in America. Deng Fang-Ying is a young woman from Taiwan. Despite her parents' objection she went ahead to study art and work-studied at International Society to support herself. With determination and perseverance she never swerved from her set goal. Later in the play she is a full time professional artists. Liang Mei-lan is a highly popular movie star and pop singer from China. She is resourceful and shrew in trying to realized her many dreams. Li Yong is an actor from China. He is attending college in Boston studying acting in the beginning of the play. Without any English when he first came , his hard work and dedication made him a star on Broadway. Zhao Nan-shan is a man from China full of ambitions and wild dreams. Failed to become rich and successful in U.S.-China trade he settled for an average life. Ho Pei-hua is a young woman from Taiwan. An obedient daughter and a person with a clear head and practical plans she gave up her love for the theatre to study law. Her mother, who declared that the only two things she would decide for the daughter were her choice of career and marriage, must be devastated when the daughter, after becoming a lawyer, chooses to marry an actor Other links of related interest Other Asia On Stage and International Society's productions Tremont Theatre Theatre Productions Theatre residency Resident Companies Recent Theatre Productions What's New For links of other related interest, please click on HighlightsArt Exhibitions Highlights--Dance-Music Highlights--