(full length - 1M, 1F)
Princess Grace Playwriting Fellow Finalist
Austin Film Festival Playwriting Finalist
After his Buddhist mother passes away of cancer, an alcoholic and depressive college circuit comedian on the road has 100 days to marry in order for his mother's spirit to transition in peace. Reluctant to fulfill this superstitious condition, the man awkwardly reunites with his estranged and married high school sweetheart. the death that reconnects these two as adults turns out to be their source of salvation.
• Stage Reading - Developed at Silk Road Rising, Chicago
• Stage Reading - Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles
• Stage Reading - Emerson College ELA, Los Angeles
• Workshop Production at Loft Ensemble, Los Angeles
Princess Grace Playwriting Fellow Finalist
Austin Film Festival Playwriting Finalist
After his Buddhist mother passes away of cancer, an alcoholic and depressive college circuit comedian on the road has 100 days to marry in order for his mother's spirit to transition in peace. Reluctant to fulfill this superstitious condition, the man awkwardly reunites with his estranged and married high school sweetheart. the death that reconnects these two as adults turns out to be their source of salvation.
• Stage Reading - Developed at Silk Road Rising, Chicago
• Stage Reading - Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles
• Stage Reading - Emerson College ELA, Los Angeles
• Workshop Production at Loft Ensemble, Los Angeles
(full length - 2M, 2F)
"And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless." - Leviticus Chap 20 verse 21
Mitchell spends the evening before his wedding at a hotel suite with his brother and best man, Danny, a DJ burnout who makes his money exploiting his young, naive girlfriend, Misty. Mitchell is marrying Julia, who is also Danny's ex-wife. When the women arrive, the drinks flow and the charades begin. Beneath its high-stakes surface and temptation, a dark vengeful secret explodes as the night unfolds.
• Stage Reading at Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles
• Workshop Production at David Henry Hwang Theater, Los Angeles
• Production at David Henry Hwang Theater, Los Angeles
“Playwright Weiko Lin's promising study of a hotel suite Walpurgis Night on the eve of one brother's wedding to the other's ex-wife benefits from its capable players...first-time director Kevin Lau shows considerable talent at placement and pace. The designers are proficient, especially Haibo Yu's excellent set, and the actors have noteworthy aptitude and verve.”
- LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Lin, as Danny, does drunken anguish wonderfully. His pain and emptiness are barely below the surface and seep through gradually...Faiman did bitchiness so well you would hate to meet her in a dark alley or have her seated next to you at a dinner party. And Shim had the needy eighteen year-old runaway turned stripper/prostitute to a tee: the false gaiety, the indiscriminate reaching for love and acceptance, and the over-the-top sexuality. Haibo Yu’s set nailed the understated hotel suite you would love to have in New York but will not spring for." - CULTURE VULTURE
"The acting is uniformly excellent, the set is first class and the sharp dialogue pulls us along...the pluses of the evening, such as watching these fine young actors work...The Best Man is well worth a trip down the box office aisle because of the way it illuminates the painful fragility of contemporary intimacy and love."
- THE TICKET STUB
"Strong performances on Haibo Yu's impressive New York Hotel suite. Cathy Shim is outstanding as the eighteen year old party girl, who in the end is smarter than those supposedly more mature 30 year olds who are rapped up in rage"
- AMERICAN RADIO NETWORK
"Lin's play is carefully crafted...Director Kevin Lau keeps the tension high and elicits excellent performances from his actors"
- BACKSTAGE WEST
"The play is skillfully written. Lin masters the portrayal of the intimate relationship scene...Lin’s performance as Danny is quite convincing. Danny’s dynamic persona allows Lin to delve deep into the unstable mind of the character and really portray the insecurities of men tormented by love and ominous secrets."
- DAILY BRUIN
"And if a man shall take his brother's wife, it is an unclean thing: he hath uncovered his brother's nakedness; they shall be childless." - Leviticus Chap 20 verse 21
Mitchell spends the evening before his wedding at a hotel suite with his brother and best man, Danny, a DJ burnout who makes his money exploiting his young, naive girlfriend, Misty. Mitchell is marrying Julia, who is also Danny's ex-wife. When the women arrive, the drinks flow and the charades begin. Beneath its high-stakes surface and temptation, a dark vengeful secret explodes as the night unfolds.
• Stage Reading at Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles
• Workshop Production at David Henry Hwang Theater, Los Angeles
• Production at David Henry Hwang Theater, Los Angeles
“Playwright Weiko Lin's promising study of a hotel suite Walpurgis Night on the eve of one brother's wedding to the other's ex-wife benefits from its capable players...first-time director Kevin Lau shows considerable talent at placement and pace. The designers are proficient, especially Haibo Yu's excellent set, and the actors have noteworthy aptitude and verve.”
- LOS ANGELES TIMES
"Lin, as Danny, does drunken anguish wonderfully. His pain and emptiness are barely below the surface and seep through gradually...Faiman did bitchiness so well you would hate to meet her in a dark alley or have her seated next to you at a dinner party. And Shim had the needy eighteen year-old runaway turned stripper/prostitute to a tee: the false gaiety, the indiscriminate reaching for love and acceptance, and the over-the-top sexuality. Haibo Yu’s set nailed the understated hotel suite you would love to have in New York but will not spring for." - CULTURE VULTURE
"The acting is uniformly excellent, the set is first class and the sharp dialogue pulls us along...the pluses of the evening, such as watching these fine young actors work...The Best Man is well worth a trip down the box office aisle because of the way it illuminates the painful fragility of contemporary intimacy and love."
- THE TICKET STUB
"Strong performances on Haibo Yu's impressive New York Hotel suite. Cathy Shim is outstanding as the eighteen year old party girl, who in the end is smarter than those supposedly more mature 30 year olds who are rapped up in rage"
- AMERICAN RADIO NETWORK
"Lin's play is carefully crafted...Director Kevin Lau keeps the tension high and elicits excellent performances from his actors"
- BACKSTAGE WEST
"The play is skillfully written. Lin masters the portrayal of the intimate relationship scene...Lin’s performance as Danny is quite convincing. Danny’s dynamic persona allows Lin to delve deep into the unstable mind of the character and really portray the insecurities of men tormented by love and ominous secrets."
- DAILY BRUIN
(full length, 1M, 2F)
Set in the back lot of a Los Angeles dive bar, a delusional barmaid spends the night convincing the last customer from committing suicide. As dark pasts unveil, they discover secret ties between them.
• Stage Reading at Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles
• Workshop Production at David Henry Hwang Theater, Los Angeles
Set in the back lot of a Los Angeles dive bar, a delusional barmaid spends the night convincing the last customer from committing suicide. As dark pasts unveil, they discover secret ties between them.
• Stage Reading at Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles
• Workshop Production at David Henry Hwang Theater, Los Angeles
TATTOOED HEART
(One Act, 3M, 1F)
A teenage boy serves five years in prison for stabbing a
mentally challenged man to death, and confronts his sexuality,
conscience and guilt one hour prior to his probation hearing.
• Developed at UCLA MFA Playwriting Series
• Production - Francis Ford Coppola's New Play Festival at UCLA Black Box Theater, Los Angeles
A teenage boy serves five years in prison for stabbing a
mentally challenged man to death, and confronts his sexuality,
conscience and guilt one hour prior to his probation hearing.
• Developed at UCLA MFA Playwriting Series
• Production - Francis Ford Coppola's New Play Festival at UCLA Black Box Theater, Los Angeles