2006/12 Nanke Story

Premiere: National Experimental Theater, 2006 New Idea Theater Festival

Chun Yufen dreams of moving to the country Pagoda and becoming the husband of the princess. He was offered the prefecture of the region Nanke and had the most glorious days in his life. However, 20 years later, upon the death of the princess, the king just sent him back in a shabby carriage. He wakes up and looks for the place of the dream. He then realizes it's just a formicary down the hole of the pagoda tree. The play is adapted from the legendary "A Dream under the South Bough" by Tang Xian-zu. A circling titter-totter with overhead projection set up on stage brings out the theme "a wisp of love, thousands of stories". It's fun yet with a sense of desolation. It's a life running after love, but also the dilemma of life to wander between "to love" and "not to love".