Golden Child
930 Tenth Avenue, San Diego, 92101
"When change come," says a character in David Henry Hwang's drama of colliding cultures, "it come like fire." In 1918, Tien-Bin returns from the Philippines to his small town in China. He has been enlightened/infected (depending on one's point of view, and Hwang offers several) by Western ways. Tien's decision to become Christian has tragic consequences. The play and the Chinese Pirate production are slow to percolate. Once it does, and once the actors warm to their roles (especially Albert Park, precise and torn as Tien, and Jyl Kaneshiro, a delight as the Iago-like Wife #2), the play grows in clarity and complexity, like a developing photograph, and reveals the intricacies embedded in any change.
Worth a try.
When
Ongoing until Saturday, February 18, 2012
Hours
| Sundays, 2pm |
| Fridays, 8pm |
| Saturdays, 8pm |