3m, 2f. 90 minutes. Fantasy.

After getting cast as Puck in his high school production of A Midsummer Night’s Dream, Benji does a deep dive into method acting to prepare for his role. In the enchanted forest of foggy adolescence, he runs into a stranger: the Chinese creator goddess Nüwa.

Does she hold the key to his birthplace as a transracial adoptee? Or will Benji never escape Fairyland?

Productions:
[2024, upcoming] CHUANG Stage, Studio Production - directed by Carla Mirabal Rodríguez
[2023] Lifeline Theatre, Workshop - directed by Helen Young

Awards:
[2024] Ashland New Plays Festival Semifinalist
[2024] Amphibian Stage Sparkfest Finalist

Nüwa in Fairyland