Feature "A Talk with David Henry Hwang," Windy City Times, March 28, 2007
March 1–May 6, 2007
Written by David Henry Hwang
Directed by Stuart Carden
Set in China in the early 1900's, the Obie Award winning Golden Child tells the story of Eng Tieng-Bin, a wealthy merchant who returns from abroad filled with Western ideas and Christian beliefs, and hopes of liberating China from its superstitious past.
But in a polygamous marriage riddled with jealousy and suspicion, what will Eng's religious conversion mean for each of his three wives? Can new ideas and old traditions co-exist or are they destined to collide?
Andrew, Tieng-Bin | Vic Chao*
Siu-Yong | Cheryl Hamada*
Servant One | Melissa Canciller
Baines | Kevin Kenneally
Ahn | Melissa Kong
Servant Two | Ruibo Qian
Luan | Kimberlee Soo
Elizabeth, Eling | Tiffany Villarin
Understudy for Baines | Alan Vuchichevich
Understudy for Tieng-Bin | Gordon Chow
*Member of Actor's Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers.
Producer | Malik Gillani
Producer | Jamil Khoury
Playwright | David Henry Hwang
Director | Stuart Carden
Production Manager | Alexandra Herryman
Stage Manager | Sloane A. L. Spencer
Scenic and Lighting Designer | Lee Keenan
Costume Designer | Carol J. Blanchard
Co-Lighting Designer | Rebecca A. Barrett
Sound Designer and Original Music | Robert Steel
Props Designer | Daniel Pellant
Fight Choreographer | David Chrzanowski
Dialect Coach | Matt Harding
Production Dramaturg | Lavina Jadhwani
Casting | Adam Silver, Silver Casting
Technical Director | D. Christopher Krause
Assistant Director | Jamie Abelson
Assistant Production Manager | Isaac Sernoffsky
Assistant Stage Manager | Amber Mack
Assistant to Costume Designer | Bekah Carey
Wardrobe Assistant | Tiffini Sarver
Community Outreach Coordinator | Megha Ralapati
Production News Writer | Anil Hurkadli
Production Intern | Haruna Tsuchiya
Box Office Manager | Johanna McKee
House Manager | Byron Abalos
Gay Chicago Magazine's 2007 After Dark Award
Awarded to Rebecca A. Barrett, lighting design; Carol J. Blanchard, costume design; Lee Keenan, scenic design; D. Christopher Krause, technical director; Daniel Pellant, props design; and Robert Steel, sound design and original music for Overall Technical Achievement
New City Stage Top 5 of Everything 2007: Stage
Top 5 Play
Feature "Silk Road’s poetic principle thrills a principal playwright," Chicago Tribune, March 9, 2007
Review "Culture Clash," Chicago Reader, March 15, 2007
Review "With assist from playwright, ‘Golden Child’ draws you in," Chicago Tribune, March 16, 2007
Review "Theater: Golden Child," Windy City Times, March 21, 2007
Review "Golden Child/Silk Road Theatre Project," New City Stage, April 26, 2007
