IDENTITY Theater Series – Izzie & Irving

Sponsored by the Dutch Consulate

This year ShanghaiPRIDE theater focuses on the topic of IDENTITY. Identity is such a basic and ubiquitous human concept that we often take it for granted. When the truth you feel about your personal identity matches the truth other people assume about you, it creates harmony in life that most of us fail to appreciate. However, when you hide from your lover your birth gender, when your partner suspects you are attracted to someone of the same or different sex, when you don’t like who you are, when you can’t answer for yourself the question “Who am I?” You must either live in perpetual turmoil or undertake the difficult quest of aligning your self-identity with your public identity. We explore three facets of this struggle through three plays in our IDENTITY series.

Izzie & Irving
While running away from an unwanted female admirer, Irving runs right into Izzie. The two strangers become friends, fall in love and get married. A perfect “happily ever after” story for any young couple in 1980s of Shanghai until a mysterious phone call threatens to tear everything apart. To save her marriage and family, Izzie has no choice but to take some extreme measures….

*Izzie and Irving is an original play written by Chinese playwright Sanyi especially for ShanghaiPRIDE 2014. English subtitles will be provided.

Main Cast

Dean, Nally, Miya, Edward

Scriptwriter/Director

Jane

Art Director

Sky Lu

Producer

Lucie

Stage Manager

Kylin

Dresser

Firdon Yoiki

Poster Designer

Van

Produced by This Love

Reserve your tickets via [email protected] (name+Izzie&Irving+mobile+email).

For VIP Card holders, please make your reservation at least 3 days in advance via [email protected]

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