E11: Co-Writer and Director Jovanni Sy talks Salesman in China with Thom Allison | Director's Notes
Description
Co-writer and director Jovanni Sy 施崇梵, in conversation with Thom Allison, director of La Cage aux Folles, describes his seven-year journey collaborating with co-writer and partner, Leanna Brodie 白仁耐, to bring Salesman in China 推销员在中国 to life as a bilingual piece to bridge cultures together.
Listen as Sy and Allison discuss the workshopping process, including co-dramaturge Bob White's influence, and learn why the partners made a conscious choice to not translate parts of the show as they wanted the audience to feel what Arthur Miller felt during his visit to China.
Watch or listen to the full episode to learn more about this world première and fun anecdotes like the first time Jovanni and Thom were on the stage together.
Salesman in China
By Leanna Brodie 白仁耐 and Jovanni Sy 施崇梵
Suggested by the Memoirs of Arthur Miller and Ying Ruocheng
Chinese Translations by Fang Zhang
Directed by Jovanni Sy 施崇梵
Set Designer - Joanna Yu 余頌恩
Costume Designer - Ming Wong 黄慧明
Lighting Designer - Sophie Tang 汤语菲
Composer and Sound Designer - Alessandro Juliani
Co-Projection Designers - Caroline MacCaull and Sammy Chien (Chimerik 似不像)
Fight Director and Intimacy Director - Anita Nittoly
Movement Director - Harriet Chung 鍾浩賢
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