2006/9 Boat Fantasy for Mona Lisa

Premiere: Eslite Art/Humanities Space, 2006 Basement Open

Based on Ching female writer Wu Zao's play "Qiao-ying" and her self portrait, and inspired by Leonardo da Vinci, the play combines Kunqu, dance, theater and installation to be a cross-bordered work. Kunqu female "sheng" (young male character) Yang Han-ru for the first time tells the secret of women as a young man. From "Mona Lisa" that suggests Da Vinci's femininity to Wu Zao's "Yin Jiu Du Sao Tu (Portrait of Drinking and Reading Sao)" that manifests her intention to be a male literate, the obscure and intricate human sexuality is there every where. Dancer Su An-li plays the moving, changeable shadow of the character. A boat in center stage that mixes horse, boat and car together carries the love and sentiments of the characters throughout the time and space.

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".

2005 Portrait of Love

Premiere: National Experimental Theater, 2005 New Idea Theater Festival

A story adapted from writer Yuan Yu-ling's "West House Story" from late Ming Dynasty. The 4 acts: "Meeting at the West House", "Opening the Letter", "Waiting in the boat", "Dream Misled" tell a short-lived love, like a meteor streaking through the night sky, short but bright! Artist Shy Gong got inspired by the truck and Mongolian tent and designed a “Love Camion” for the play. The setting of the house, the studio and the boat cabin are all shown and switched in this camion. The puppet and personage appear on the same stage, which seems like a farce, but vividly illustrates the anxiety and powerlessness of the characters. Intriguing and sad.