wAve
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SHOW INFORMATION
CURRENTLY CLOSED
Opened Mar 21, 2004
Closed Apr 11, 2004
Opened Mar 21, 2004
Closed Apr 11, 2004
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Running Time:
2hr. 15min.
(includes 1 intermission)
2hr. 15min.
(includes 1 intermission)
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WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
Ma-Yi Theater Company presents the world premiere of Sung Rno's wAve, a wild theatrical ride through the myth that is America,
between media and Medea, hallucination and happiness, directed by Will Pomerantz.
This satirical new play about collision of cultures concerns a modern-day Asian-American family living at the juncture between happiness and hallucination -- mother, father, son: one has been seduced by fame while another becomes fascinated with firearms.
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A note that crescendoes to a near-boom is heard, courtesy of sound designer Nick Borisjuk. The sound waves that constitute the reverberation are the very cogent point of this aural intro as tipped by the title of Sung Rno's wAve. Soon, a man steps to the long, narrow stretch of water in a rectangular stage-left basin. Marsha Ginsberg's set is dominated at the rear by a backdrop on which colorful manga designs of animals and food are displayed. A hand goes into the water and pushes it forward, causing a wave. Abruptly, a scene begins in which a man in a sharp suit eventually identifies himself as the wave-maker.
The references to waves -- there are more many to come -- are tied to quantum p[...]