Columbia University School of the Arts International Play Reading Festival
May 35th
Thirty years later, the Tiananmen Square massacre remains censored and repressed. Sui Lum and Ah Dai grapple with a date so volatile that the government won’t let them say it aloud. May 35th explores the indelible human aspiration for freedom alongside the complexities of personal and political history.
MAY 35TH
Written by Candace Chong Mui Ngam (Hong Kong)
Translated from Cantonese by Anonymous
Directed by Leigh Silverman
CAST
Clem Cheung, Ah Ping
Fang Du, Young Man 1 and Young Man 2
Wai Ching Ho, Siu Lum
Francis Jue, Ah Dai
Johnny Wu, The Stranger
with Anna Weng reading Stage Directions
PRODUCTION
Gavin Browning, Director of Public Programs & Engagement
D. R. Baker, Sound Editor
Jessi Cotter, Production Manager
Caroline Eng, Sound Designer & Composer
Martin Murry, Literary Manager
Jim Petty with Five Ohm Productions, Audio Engineer
Sami Pyne, Student Producer
Zoe E. Rotter, Casting Director
Joan Wyatt, Stage Manager
Special thanks to the following, who created some of the sounds you heard in today’s episode and made them available through Freesound.org: daveincamas, bone666138, calpomatt, washout, suoitnop, lgarrett
This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Collective Bargaining Agreement.
© 2020 by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Thirty years later, the Tiananmen Square massacre remains censored and repressed. Sui Lum and Ah Dai grapple with a date so volatile that the government won’t let them say it aloud. May 35th explores the indelible human aspiration for freedom alongside the complexities of personal and political history.
MAY 35TH
Written by Candace Chong Mui Ngam (Hong Kong)
Translated from Cantonese by Anonymous
Directed by Leigh Silverman
CAST
Clem Cheung, Ah Ping
Fang Du, Young Man 1 and Young Man 2
Wai Ching Ho, Siu Lum
Francis Jue, Ah Dai
Johnny Wu, The Stranger
with Anna Weng reading Stage Directions
PRODUCTION
Gavin Browning, Director of Public Programs & Engagement
D. R. Baker, Sound Editor
Jessi Cotter, Production Manager
Caroline Eng, Sound Designer & Composer
Martin Murry, Literary Manager
Jim Petty with Five Ohm Productions, Audio Engineer
Sami Pyne, Student Producer
Zoe E. Rotter, Casting Director
Joan Wyatt, Stage Manager
Special thanks to the following, who created some of the sounds you heard in today’s episode and made them available through Freesound.org: daveincamas, bone666138, calpomatt, washout, suoitnop, lgarrett
This podcast was recorded under a SAG-AFTRA Collective Bargaining Agreement.
© 2020 by the Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.