King of the Yees

Thursday, April 13, 2023 @ 8:00pm

McCarter Theatre Center (Berlind Theater)
91 University Place, Princeton, NJ 08540

By Lauren Yee; Directed by Bi Jean Ngo

Presented by the Lewis Center for the Arts’ Program in Theater

For nearly 20 years, playwright Lauren Yee’s father, Larry, has been a driving force in the Yee Family Association, a seemingly obsolescent Chinese American men’s club formed a hundred fifty years ago in the wake of the Gold Rush and the building of the transcontinental railroad. But when her father goes missing, Lauren must plunge into the rabbit hole of San Francisco Chinatown and confront a world both foreign and familiar. At once bitingly hilarious and heartbreakingly honest, King of the Yees is an epic joyride across cultural, national, and familial borders that explores what it means to truly be a Yee. Directed by guest artist Bi Jean Ngo and featuring lighting design by senior Angelica Qin. Audience talkback follows the April 13 performance led by Gina Pisasale, McCarter Theatre’s Director of Equity and Organizational Culture, a dramaturg and educator whose research includes Asian American performance, American dramaturgy, and representations of race within the American theater.

Admission: Open to the public. Tickets are $12 in advance of show dates, $17 purchased the day of performances at the box office, and $10 for students through McCarter ticketing office mccarter.org