Inspired by the true story of the first Chinese woman to step foot in America, Lloyd Suh's critically-acclaimed play, THE CHINESE LADY, is a tale of dark poetic whimsy and a unique portrait of the United States as seen through the eyes of a young Chinese girl.

Mar 8, 2022 · Afong Moy is known as “The Chinese Lady,” but really she is just a girl — 14 when she arrives alone in New York in 1834, brought by a pair ...

Inspired by the true story of Afong Moy, believed to be the first Chinese woman to set foot in America in 1834, this play follows her to New York, where she is ...

Inspired by the true story of Afong Moy, The Chinese Lady is a darkly poetic yet whimsical portrait of our collective past seen through the eyes of a young ...

Inspired by the true story of the first Chinese woman to immigrate to America, playwright Lloyd Suh unearths hidden history and questions the way we look at ...

Feb 8, 2024 · A fourteen-year-old Chinese girl came to America 190 years ago – said to be the first female ...
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Feb 26, 2024 · Che'Li, who played Afong Moy, allegedly the first Chinese woman ever to set foot in America (in the 1840s), was dismissed by American Stage ...

The Chinese Lady is a tale of dark poetic whimsy and a unique portrait of the United States as seen through the eyes of a young Chinese girl.

Mar 14, 2022 · She was believed to be the first Chinese woman in the United States. (Men had come as workers before.) The canny Carnes brothers used her as an ...

Inspired by the true story of America's first female Chinese immigrant, playwright Lloyd Suh unearths hidden history and questions the way we look at ourselves ...