Directed by Carey Perloff
June 4 – 29, 2014 at American Conservatory Theater
July 8 – August 3, 2014 at La Jolla Playhouse

Helmed by A.C.T.’s artistic director Carey Perloff, The Orphan of Zhao is an epic story of self-sacrifice and revenge. In the aftermath of a political coup, a country doctor is forced to sacrifice his own son in order to save the last heir of a noble and massacred clan. Often described as the Chinese Hamlet, this enduring tale was the first Chinese play to be translated in the West nearly 300 years ago and has inspired countless operas, plays, and movies. The Guardian praised Fenton’s adaptation as “haunting . . . [a] drama hewn out of a myth that speaks across the centuries,” and The Times of London called it “an emotionally piercing marvel.” This crackling cast of twelve is led by stage and screen star, BD Wong (Jurassic Park, M. Butterfly, Law & Order: SVU).

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