Poster Design by Emily Chau
MY HOME ON THE MOON
East Coast Premiere
Written by Minna Lee, directed by cara hinh
May 22 - June 13, 2026
Boston Center for the Arts, Plaza Theatre
From the windows of a run-down pho restaurant, Mai watches her neighborhood get gentrified, storefront by storefront. Just as the restaurant is doomed to close, a mysterious tech consultant arrives, helping Mai put the noodle shop on a path to glory. But as Mai discovers the truth of this delectable new reality, she is taken on an unexpected adventure full of Vietnamese cuisine, love, and corrupt technology.
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About the Venue
Boston Center for the Arts supports working artists to create, perform, and exhibit new works; develops new audiences; and connects the arts to community.
The Plaza Theatre and Plaza Black Box Theatre are located beneath the BCA Cyclorama. These underground theatre spaces have been home to some of Boston’s most innovative artists and arts organizations for decades.
Learning How to Read by Moonlight, staged at the BCA Plaza Theatre
CREATIVE TEAM
PLAYWRIGHT - Minna Lee (they/them/she/her) is a Hmong-Vietnamese American writer and animator who takes audiences into whimsical worlds full of queer joy and strange magic. They are a recipient of the Dramatist Guild's 2024 Lanford Wilson Award, a 2025 New Georges Audrey Resident, and a MacDowell Fellow.
Their work includes My Home on the Moon (World Premiere at San Francisco Playhouse directed by Mei Ann Teo; Winner of the San Francisco Bay Area Theatre Critics Circle Award for Best Original Script), Last Gold (2025 New Georges Audrey Residency directed by Kedian Keohan; 2026 Bay Area Playwrights Festival Finalist), and ACTING STRANGER co-written and performed with Andrew Schneider and Fox Whitney (On the Boards and LA Performance Practice).
They were the lead animator for Cloud House (On the Boards' Blackbox Weathermxn series) in collaboration with writer/performer Brendan Mack. In December 2026, they'll be animating for Powpowpowpowpowpowpowbang by Utkarsh Rajawat as a resident artist at The Cell Theatre.
Minna is currently working on a commission for San Francisco Playhouse about heartbreak.
Additionally, they are a New Georges Affiliated Artist, a Sesame Workshop Writers’ Room Fellow, and a member of Pipeline Theatre's 2024 Playlab cohort and Ma-Yi Theatre's 2025 Writers Lab.
BA: University of Washington - Creative Writing
MFA: Hunter College - Playwriting
DIRECTOR - cara hinh (they/she) | is a queer, fat, Việt theatre maker and hoosier. They are the Associate Artistic Director at Indiana Repertory Theatre. cara has worked with theatres around the country as a director and educator. Select theatres: Arena Stage, Atlantic Theatre, Ars Nova, Berkeley Rep, Breaking the Binary, Geva Theatre, Hangar Theatre, Ma-Yi, MCC, The Movement, Perseverance Theatre, The Playwrights Realm, The Sống Collective, Village Theatre, Working Theatre and more. cara has been a Drama League Fellow, member of the ‘20-22 Roundabout Directors Group, a Directing Apprentice at Actors Theatre of Louisville, SDC Observer on Hadestown and a Fellow at Baltimore Center Stage. carahinh.com
