The Chinese Lady

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Executive Producers

Gus & Mary Chabre
Sophie & Larry Cripe
Samuel & Tammy Tang

Supporting Producer

Bruce Goodrich

Executive Season Producers

Bette & Wylie Aitken

Associate Season Producers

The Family of Mary Kay Fyda-Mar

On the Cripe Stage… 

In 1834, 16-year-old Afong Moy, the first Chinese woman to set foot in America, sailed into New York Harbor to be featured in a museum. She sees herself as a representative of China, here to educate and entertain. Or, in the eyes of the paying public, is she merely a display to be mesmerized by? Moving and sharply funny, this play follows the idealistic Moy as she travels through America as a living exhibit for decades. Over the course of her travels, The Chinese Lady shares her impressions of a young country struggling to define itself. Inspired by a true story, Lloyd Suh’s critically acclaimed play, The Chinese Lady, is a poetic, whimsical tale that paints a unique portrait of the United States as seen through the eyes of this remarkable young Chinese girl.

“Moving & Sharply Funny!… piercing and intimate… this quiet play steadily deepens in complexity as we trail the idealistic Afong and the more knowing Atung through the decades… by the end of Mr. Suh’s extraordinary play, we look at Afong and see whole centuries of American history”The New York Times

“It takes only minutes of The Chinese Lady to see that…playwright Lloyd Suh [has] constructed the dramatic equivalent of a perfect cabinet. Every hinge moves smoothly; the herringbone joins are a low-key marvel. You can almost see yourself in its hard-won polish…Suh’s version of Afong Moy is wonderful.”Time Out New York

Show artwork designed by KC Wilkerson, kcwdigital.com.