By Max Yu
Directed by Rebby Yuer Foster
Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30pm
Sundays at 5:00pm
Shows begin promptly at 7:30pm & 5:00pm. No late seating.
*Recommended for ages 16 up
Running time: 90 minutes (no intermission)
Directed by Rebby Yuer Foster
Thursdays-Saturdays at 7:30pm
Sundays at 5:00pm
Shows begin promptly at 7:30pm & 5:00pm. No late seating.
*Recommended for ages 16 up
Running time: 90 minutes (no intermission)
“My phone is just a tool
it is just a tool
to illuminate the world i dream of”
In A Different Reality She’s Clawing At The Walls is a play about human isolation within a vast virtual reality. The psychological repercussions of digital surveillance is explored through an ensemble whose codependency on technology brings them to the tipping point. Witness the sisyphean search for the unplugged mind, driven by the agony of technological isolation.
it is just a tool
to illuminate the world i dream of”
In A Different Reality She’s Clawing At The Walls is a play about human isolation within a vast virtual reality. The psychological repercussions of digital surveillance is explored through an ensemble whose codependency on technology brings them to the tipping point. Witness the sisyphean search for the unplugged mind, driven by the agony of technological isolation.
About the Playwright
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Max Yu is a first-generation Chinese-American playwright from the San Francisco Bay Area. He recently moved from Shanghai and is now based in New York. His play NIGHTWATCH won the 2019 Relentless Award, was a finalist for the Princess Grace Playwriting Fellowship, and was selected for the 2022 O’Neill Playwriting Conference. He is a current member of Ma-Yi Writers Lab. He was a member of Page 73’s 2021-22 Interstate 73 Writers Group. He is currently under commission from New York State Council of the Arts (NYSCA), Atlantic Theater Company, Shaking the Tree Theater. His plays that have been workshopped and developed include NIGHTWATCH (O'Neill, Goodman Theatre), DISTANCE ABANDONED (Second Generation Productions), DRAGONFLY (American Playwriting Foundation), THE EDGE (Shaking the Tree Theater), and LITTLE RED (Horizon Theatre). He has taught playwriting at the National Theater Institute. His poetry and prose have been published in China in Spittoon and Babel. He is represented by United Talent Agency (UTA) and 3 Arts Entertainment. He received his B.A. in Theater from the University of California, Los Angeles, where he studied playwriting under Sylvan Oswald. You can find him at @maxyuliang and www.maxyu.carrd.co
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The Ensemble
Jane: Kiana Malu
Jasper: Akitora Ishii
Brandon: Heath Hyun Houghton
Untitled: Alanna Fagan
Jasper: Akitora Ishii
Brandon: Heath Hyun Houghton
Untitled: Alanna Fagan
Creative Team
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Director: Rebby Yuer Foster
Playwright: Max Yu Stage Manager: Ped Dominguez Assistant Stage Manager: Orlando Reyez Cabrera Dramaturg: Emily Hogan Composer: Lake Director of Photography & Video Editor: Skye Stouber Video Production Assistant: Marcel Mawulorm Johansen Choreographer: Claire Aldridge Set Designer: Samantha Van Der Merwe Costume Designer: Wendi YuLing Lighting Designer: Griffin Kiyoshi DeWitt Audio & Video Engineer: Jared Jonas Technical Director and Design Collaborator: Ree Seminole Box Office Manager: Kai Hynes Graphic Design: Andrew Palomo |
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In A Different Reality She's Clawing At The Walls is generously supported by our major donors; Ronni Lacroute, Jessie Jonas, Anonymous, Ellyn Bye, and the Rose and David Dortort Foundation.
We'd also like to thank the foundations listed below, members of Shaking the Tree's Board, as well as many other individual supporters. To support this show, or any others in our season, please visit our SUPPORT page.
We'd also like to thank the foundations listed below, members of Shaking the Tree's Board, as well as many other individual supporters. To support this show, or any others in our season, please visit our SUPPORT page.
