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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?

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