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YOKO'S HUSBAND'S KILLER'S

GLORIA

JAPANESE WIFE

BRANDY HOANG COLLIER
CLARE FUYUKO BIERMAN
ERIKA JI ERIKA JI ERIKA JI

Did Yoko Ono really break up The Beatles? Was Gloria Abe Chapman somehow responsible for John Lennon’s murder? Why do all these egotistical white guys marry Asian women? That’s weird, right? These are the questions that keep Ruby Okamoto up at night. She needs answers, and she’s gonna find them—even if it means summoning Yoko, Gloria, and the rest of Asian America into her insomniatic fever dream.

 

In Yoko’s Husband’s Killer’s Japanese Wife, Gloria, five Asian American women are pulled into Ruby’s fantastical dreamscape, where subconscious thoughts manifest as real-life rockstars and movie monsters. They journey, dream, and address the hard-to-define-but-definitely-there connection between Asians in America.

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY​

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July 2023

60-hour workshop at The O'Neill National Musical Theater Conference

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   CAST AND CREW  

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July 2023 cntd.

week-long Performance Lab with The Orchard Project​

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June 2023

reading with the Civilians' R&D Group‍
with additional funding from the 5th Avenue Theatre and NAMT via the Frank Young Fund for New Musicals Project Development Grant

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   CAST AND CREW  

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November 2022

29-hour reading at Playwright's Horizons in New York, NY
sponsored by the 5th Avenue Theatre

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   CAST AND CREW  

 


October 2022

joined the Civilians' R&D Group‍

 


June 2022

table reading at the 5th Avenue Theatre in Seattle, WA

 


May 2021

commissioned by the 5th Avenue Theatre First Draft program

UPCOMING DEVELOPMENT​

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September 2023

New Works developmental workshop at The 5th Avenue Theatre​

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October 2023

presentation at NAMT 35th Annual Festival of New Musicals

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