E11: Co-Writer and Director Jovanni Sy talks Salesman in China with Thom Allison
New on STRATFEST@HOME
•
39m
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
Up Next in New on STRATFEST@HOME
-
E10: Antoni Cimolino talks London Ass...
In this episode, Artistic Director Antoni Cimolino discusses his experience directing London Assurance—an unusual comedic creation from the 19th century—with host Jovanni Sy, director and co-playwright of Salesman in China. Listen as Cimolino provides an overview of 19th-century works while highl...
-
Heartless - Audio Play | New France
“Heartless” propels us twenty years into the future, and into the voice of the daughters of the original families. An examination of the power of story telling and community to heal the intergenerational trauma of colonization.
"Heartless" was recorded on the traditional lands of the Anishinabe, ... -
E09: André Sills talks Get That Hope ...
"What happens outside, happens inside."
Join director André Sills and Dean Gabourie, director of The Goat or, Who is Sylvia?, as they discuss Sills’ Festival directorial debut, Get That Hope, a new play by Toronto playwright Andrea Scott.
Listen as Sills describes his direction style, how he rede...
