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

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