IDENTITY Theatre Series – Rendezvous

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.

Rendezvous: A Tragicomedy
Set in present-day Shanghai, Christie Koletto’s marriage to Julian has hit a major roadblock thanks to her inability to satisfy his desire to expand the family. As he pushes the issue and begins to lead a secret life, Christie continues her own double life. Sylvester, a charming stranger going through a major transition, enters Christie’s world hoping to be her man. A twist of fate will bring all three people together, calling into question their sense of identity, and their lives will never be the same again.

*English with Chinese subtitles.

Writer

Jason Lasky

Story

Svetlana Lasky

Director

Jason Lasky

Starring

Amanda Daniels

Paul Collins

Bon Wen

Producer

ShanghaiPRIDE

Shanghai Nvai

Meredith Yarbrough

Reserve your tickets via [email protected] with (name+Rendezvous+phone+email).
For ShanghaiPRIDE VIP card holders, please reserve you seat at least 3 days in advance via [email protected].

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