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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Letters to a Student Revolutionary is a powerful production that swells between moments of extreme emotional drama and wonderful humor. It is the story of a ten-year friendship between an Chinese-American woman and her mirror image in China, which begins with Bibi's (Angela Hur '02) 1979 family...
The charming details of this play strengthen Bibi and Karen's (June Mee Kim '00) authentic performances. The minimal set includes a banner that drapes above the audience and includes us in the conflict between the jail-barred motif of the Chinese half of the banner and the American stars...
Other carefully thought out details of this production include the sound-effects and the slide projections. The vivid slides more than make up for the paucity of the physical set. These images remind the audience that this is not just a play about two individuals out of time and place...
The script is subtle and complex, and this production takes full advantage of its depth. Nor is it one-sided: as we learn from a ten-year correspondence (often wonderfully interactive on stage) between Karen and Bibi, Karen feels stifled by the oppressive Chinese regime that imposes the role of...
But the originality of this play lies in the fact that Bibi too has problems, despite the freedoms of America. This play does not idealize American society--the only quibble one might have with the play is that it never mentions any positive aspects of Chinese culture, perhaps because it...