Ma-Yi Theater Company Announces 2015-16 Season

The Ma-Yi Theater Company, one of the country’s leading producers of new works for the stage by Asian-American writers, has announced the new productions planned for its 2015-2016 season.

In the upcoming year, the company will present two new plays. The off-Broadway season will begin in January with the New York premiere of Washer/Dryer, Nandita Shenoy’s play about modern-day marriage, with previews starting January 26 prior to an official opening night on February 2. The production runs through February 21 at the Beckett Theatre at Theatre Row.

In March, Ma-Yi will present the world-premiere of A. Rey Pamatmat’s House Rules at HERE, with previews beginning March 22 prior to an opening night March 29. Directed by Ralph Peña, the production is scheduled to run through April 17. House Rules is about two families (and some guy named Henry) who panic — with hilarious and heart-breaking results — when they realize their parents won't be around forever.

Ma-Yi’s season will also include a return engagement of its hit play The Wong Kids in the Secret of the Space Chupacabra Go!, written by Lloyd Suh and directed by Ralph Peña, at Boston’s Paramount Theater as part of ArtsEmerson’s World on Stage series in February 2016.

In addition, Ma-Yi undertakes a new partnership this season with Fordham University, for which Pena is set to direct a new English adaptation of Ji Junxiang’s 13th Century play, The Orphan of Zhao, adapted by Matthew Maguire and Ralph B. Peña. Presented as part of Fordham University’s Main Stage Season, the production will run November 11-13 and November 19-21 at Fordham University Theatre.

For tickets to Washer/Dryer, click here.

For tickets to House Rules, click here.

For tickets to The Wong Kids in the Secret of the Space Chupacabra Go!, click here.

For tickets to The Orphan of Zhao, click here.