The Chinese Lady

“A moving and often sharply funny riff on the story of the real Afong Moy, traversing 188 years of American ugliness and exoticization in 90 swift, heightened minutes.” —New York Times

“A plea for Americans to look honestly at a Chinese face and truly see all its myriad contours and complexities, as buffeted by history.” —Chicago Tribune

“By the end of Mr. Suh’s extraordinary play, we look at Afong and see whole centuries of American history. She’s no longer the Chinese lady. She is us.” —New York Times

“The Chinese Lady goes beyond an indictment of the imperial gaze, peering through the space that allows someone to be considered an other and asking what it's made of. Ignorance, yes. But also curiosity, desire, and a wish to understand. With any hope, that's also what brings people to the theatre.” —New York Theatre Guide