PARACHUTE KID
musial drama
(8M, 4F and Ensemble)
Music by Christopher Wong
Book and Lyrics by Weiko Lin
Production at UCLA Royce Hall, Los Angeles
A famous cartoonist Yvonne Wu returns home after over ten years. She reminisces about her childhood in the 1980's living at Gold Star Motel as a lonely "parachute kid" – immigrant children sent abroad to be raised without their parents. The love and loss in her childhood shaped a young girl’s coming of age, giving her the courage to leave the hopeless town to pursue her love of art.
Music by Christopher Wong
Book and Lyrics by Weiko Lin
Production at UCLA Royce Hall, Los Angeles
A famous cartoonist Yvonne Wu returns home after over ten years. She reminisces about her childhood in the 1980's living at Gold Star Motel as a lonely "parachute kid" – immigrant children sent abroad to be raised without their parents. The love and loss in her childhood shaped a young girl’s coming of age, giving her the courage to leave the hopeless town to pursue her love of art.
HARRIET Z
musical
(9M, 5F and Ensemble)
Music by Christopher Wong
Book and Lyrics by Weiko Lin
Workshop Production at David Henry Hwang Theater, Los Angeles
In Development
In order to find her birth parents, an eccentric wanna-be teen wizard Harriet from Bakersfield, California competes to win a magical wand at the annual Wizard World Convention in Hollywood, USA. Through her journey with a con artist, teen runaway, AWOL marine, and a mental institute escapee, she learns the true meaning of magic and friendship.
Music by Christopher Wong
Book and Lyrics by Weiko Lin
Workshop Production at David Henry Hwang Theater, Los Angeles
In Development
In order to find her birth parents, an eccentric wanna-be teen wizard Harriet from Bakersfield, California competes to win a magical wand at the annual Wizard World Convention in Hollywood, USA. Through her journey with a con artist, teen runaway, AWOL marine, and a mental institute escapee, she learns the true meaning of magic and friendship.