THE GHOST OF KEELUNG by Jamie Lin
A Radio Play Presentation
Directed by Audrey Seraphin
Performed at Tiger Pavilion at Mary Soo Hoo Park on the Rose Kennedy Greenway
Saturday, June 25, 6:00 PM
In the present, a woman visits her family home in Taiwan to appease an ancestral wrong. Back in 1956, a young woman begins working at a bar for American sailors and falls for one of them with dire consequences.
Presented with live foley sound effects, The Ghost of Keelung is a time-traversing auditory adventure of ancestral love, mistakes, and revenge, hidden in the coastal memories of Taiwan.
*Performance in English, Mandarin, and Hokkien
This event is a special collaboration with the Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy, and Pao Arts Center as a part of summer 2022 outdoor VISIONS/VOICES performance series which celebrates the cultural power that flows through AAPI communities across the Asian diaspora, in ways that vocalize both struggles and joys. This event series activates artist Cheryl Wing-Zi Wong’s YEAR OF THE TIGER installation. in Mary Soo Hoo Park. Through words, dance, creative gestures, and songs, each artist brings greater visibility to our interconnected histories and current realities while offering more playful and empowering visions of our collective future.
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Meet the Team
PLAYWRIGHT - Jamie Lin (she/her) is a Taiwanese-American theater artist who is psyched to watch her script come to life with this incredible team! Previously, she had the distinct pleasure of playing AAPI icons Sulu (Gender-Swapped Star Trek, PMRP) and Rose Tico (Jedi the Last, The Opposite of People), as well as directing Radial Gradient for Samuel-Lancaster Productions. Jamie hosts the monthly cooking/comedy show, Cook it Right!, on 2MBStudios and writes and performs sketches with Friend Club. Both on and offstage, she's passionate about diversity, equity, inclusion, and noodles.
DIRECTOR - Audrey Seraphin is director, actor, civil servant, and lifelong Massachusetts resident. She serves Boston City Hall as the Director of SPARK Boston, Mayor Wu's volunteer civic engagement council for 20 to 35 year old Bostonians. Recent directing projects include Company at Clark Musical Theatre; Muthaland, an online production from Samuel-Lancaster Productions; and The Rooster & The Magnet, Episode 5 of Camp Strangewood, a live streamed anthology from Sparkhaven Theatre.
This event is a part of
FOUND IN TRANSLATIONS
A series of bilingual new plays produced for Boston, in collaboration with Pao Arts Center and AATAB
“Found in Translation” is a play-reading and community workshop series through Winter 2021 to Spring 22 that amplifies the power and complexities of being multilingual, immigrants, or identifying as AAPI in Greater Boston.
Through the Vietnamese Buddhist afterlife, the American entertainment industry, and a haunted tavern in Taiwan, we hope to connect the AAPI community through conversations about race, language, identity, and our experiences when it comes to relating to our birth country or immigration timeline.
OUR PARTNERS
Asian American Theatre Artists of Boston
AATAB is a social collective that empowers and connects Pan-Asian theatre artists in the Greater Boston area.
BCNC Pao Arts Center celebrates and strengthens the Asian Pacific Islander (API) community of Chinatown and Greater Boston through access to culturally relevant art, education, and creative programs.
The Rose Kennedy Greenway Conservancy
The Conservancy has sole responsibility for managing all aspects of the Rose Kennedy Greenway, including horticulture, programming, public art, maintenance, and capital improvements.
