Boston Chinatown Musical: Stories on Our Streets
An Oral History Musical-in-Development
Saturday, Oct 18th, 2025 2:00 PM
Tufts Community Common (186 Harrison Ave, Boston)
Written by Brandon Zang, Anju Madhok, Emma Na-yun Downs, Christina R. Chan, Jude Torres; Music Direction by Jeffrey Song, Anju Madhok, and John Lee
Boston Chinatown: Stories on Our Streets uplifts Boston Chinatown’s history, vibrancy, and perseverance, in the face of gentrification and racial violence. From the rhythms of restaurant kitchens to the steps of a child growing up on the brick streets, this musical in development offers moving portraits of home, memory, and belonging—rooted in Boston’s Chinatown and resonant far beyond it.
Conceived by CHUANG Stage and commissioned by Company One Theatre, Boston Chinatown: Stories on our Streets builds on the community engagement and oral history collection started by the Company One & Pao Arts Center in 2021. This concert presentation invites audiences into the creative process of an essential, community-driven work, shaped by and for the community that inspired it.
About the Venue
Tufts Community Common (186 Harrison Ave, Boston, MA 02111) is a public and cultural gathering space embedded in Boston’s Chinatown. It serves as one of the hubs for community engagement efforts by Tufts, particularly those tied to the Health Sciences Campus.
It’s the home of “Chinatown Backyard”, a community garden and green-space project by Asian Community Development Corporation, making the space a site for neighborhood advocacy, cultural programming, and open-space preservation in Chinatown.
Check out the highlights of our June concert at the Chinatown Gate!
Project Collaborators
Founded in 1998, Company One has situated itself as a home for social justice and artistic excellence by connecting Boston’s diverse communities through live performance, the development of new plays and playwrights, arts education, and public engagement programming. By establishing a dedicated space for marginalized and alternative narratives to thrive and working with partners and collaborators across the city, Company One has become a local leader in the ongoing conversations that continue to define the era of social change in contemporary America.
