The Insanity
你好,疯子!

Community Space Theater, Theater for the New City, NY
Mar 8 - 10, 2024

Production Photos

PRODUCTION PHOTOS BY SYBIL (QITING) WANG.

THE INSANITY

DIRECTOR, LIGHTING DESIGNER, ELECTRICIAN

The Insanity, performed in Mandarin Chinese, is about how a schizophrenic girl Icy gets along but also fights with her other six personalities. In an insane asylum with no escape, a doctor gives Icy several trials, of which she fails all of them by still desiring to befriend her other personalities. In a final showdown, the doctor gives Icy a loaded pistol for her to kill the other six. Should Icy choose the deafening silence after she managed to kill her other personalities? Or should she stay in this asylum forever but be accompanied by some friends? The Insanity discusses the definition and standard of "recovery", especially in the mental health realm. The Production asks the audience the same question Icy asks the doctor: "Let me ask you, what does recovery mean to you?"

WRITTEN BY LIU QIAN & RAO XIAOZHI

ORIGINALLY DIRECTED BY RAO XIAOZHI

A PRODUCTION OF XIAONIANQING JUTUAN

DIRECTOR: ZIJUN (NEIL) WANG

CO-DIRECTOR: ANDREW (JUNHONG) FEI

SOUND DESIGN: LINYAO (SARAH) FENG

COMPOSER: ZEHAO WANG

PRODUCTION STAGE MANAGER: XINYUE (TRACY) WANG

PRODUCERS: YIBING WANG, LAURENT (ZEYI) LI, NOMAD THEATER

SCENIC DESIGN: QITING (SYBIL) WANG

COSTUME DESIGN: NICO YU

PROP DESIGN: SUZY FENG

LIGHTING DESIGN: ZIJUN (NEIL) WANG

PROJECTION DESIGN: SHERRY WU

CAST: JUNHONG (ANDREW) FEI, ZIHAN GAO, SHUYU (SUSIE) LIN, ZHENHAO RUAN, FIONA (FANGQI) WANG, YUHAN (ELEANOR) WEI, PETER XIAO.

PRESS: 纽约华裔留学生独立艺术家  演出戏剧《你好,疯子!》场场暴满 观众好评

Chinese Students / Individual Artists in New York put on The Insanity, fully sold-out performances adored by the audience.

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