CURRENT PRODUCTION
Tarragon Theatre Mainspace
30 Bridgman Ave, Toronto, ON
Wednesday June 29 - 8:45-9:45 PM
Saturday July 2 - 9:45-10:45 PM
Monday July 4 - 4:30-5:30 PM
Tuesday July 5 - 1:15-2:15 PM
Thursday July 7 - 9:15-10:15 PM
Friday July 8 - 4:15-5:15 PM
Saturday July 9 - 8:00-9:00 PM
60 minutes.
Performers will be speaking in English, Cantonese, and Mandarin (with English and Chinese surtitles).
As per the rules of the Fringe, latecomers will not be seated.
Silk Bath is a vicious, satirical, physical exploration of what it means to be accepted by a society, after the citizenship paperwork is signed. Set under the lights of a live reality TV show taping, four immigrants battle it out for a place in their new home.
Performed in Mandarin, Cantonese, and English (with Chinese and English surtitles), Silk Bath is accessible to a community this is often excluded from Canadian stages. The play explores the existing contradiction in Western Media which deems Asians as “safe” for Western consumption, yet continually whitewashes Asian stories and roles.
As one of three Culturally Diverse Artist Projects in the Toronto Fringe this year, Silk Bath Collective is thrilled to be presenting this necessary and relevant story. Who has the power to decide the fate of immigrants in today’s society? And who gets to deem someone as “safe”?
Silk Bath
Written by: Bessie Cheng, Aaron Jan, and Gloria Mok
Director: Aaron Jan
Producer: Gloria Mok
Cast: Bessie Cheng, Dorcas Chiu, En Lai Mah, Amanda Zhou
Lighting Design: Logan Cracknell
Set and Costume Design: Aram Heydarian
Projection and Sound Design: Kevin Feliciano
Fight Choreography: Louisa Zhu
Media contact: Gloria Mok, silkbathcollective@gmail.com
What does it truly mean to be a citizen?
Can we ever shed the label of the outsider?