EXPATRIATED Has Its North American Premiere At The Hollywood Fringe Festival

Expatriated, a new play written and performed by Dominique Roberts and Candace Leung, delves into the contrasting and nuanced experiences of migration. The play makes its North American premiere at The Broadwater (Second Stage) Saturday, June 22 through Tuesday, June 25. The production is part of the upcoming Hollywood Fringe Festival.

Why are some people “expats” while others are “immigrants”? This question is at the heart of Expatriated, which follows an L.A. lawyer who finds herself navigating the vibrant city of Hong Kong, while on the other side of the world a Hong Kong lawyer contends with the daunting reality of starting anew in L.A. In a single act, Expatriated candidly explores the dichotomy of experiences faced by two young women who leave their respective homes seeking new horizons, while grappling with uncertainty, privilege and injustice they face along the way.

Associate producer Karen Tsang said: “As a native Hong Konger who has spent most of her adult life abroad, I have struggled for years with the puzzling contrast between ‘expat' foreigners in HK (mostly white), who enjoy the privileges of a post-colonial era and the unspoken hierarchies that come with it, and ‘immigrant' foreigners in the UK and US (mostly non-white) who by contrast struggle with casual racism and a system seemingly built to ‘other' them. Expatriated explores this disparity and surrounding themes of immigration, race, class, and labels, through a series of vignettes, both humorous and real.”

About the Artists

Dominique Roberts is a graduate of Harvard Law School, New York University Tisch School of the Arts (drama) and holds a masters in history from Oxford University. Dominique is a qualified lawyer and previously worked in the London and Hong Kong offices of a large American firm. She also served as the Harvard East Asian Legal Studies scholar at the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations in NYC. Dominique is the co-founder of Paper Starship Studios, where she seeks to champion women on screen and off. Her film work has been awarded at festivals around the world, and her next project is supported by the M&Ms For All Funkind initiative and the Geena Davis Institute on Gender and Media.

Candace Leung is an actor and holds a masters in Classical Acting from the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA). She is a member of the California Bar, previously worked in large American law firms, and maintains a multinational, cross-border practice in entertainment and media finance and business affairs. She also holds a bachelor of science in finance from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a juris doctor from the School of Law at the University of California Davis. On screen, you may currently track her down voicing characters in Gen:Lock (HBOMax), playing a nurse in Criminal Minds (CBS), and portraying the President of the Universe in Pandora (The CW). She is currently starring in the 30th anniversary revival of Theresa Rebeck's Sunday on the Rocks in London and makes her BBC debut in a new comedy to be released later this year.

Sharon Tsang graduated from The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts in 2019, majoring in Sound Design. She worked with various theatre and music companies including Hong Kong Repertory Theatre, Hong Kong Dance Company, Music Live Valley and 117A Studio. Sharon moved to London in 2021 and currently works as freelance sound designer, engineer and operator. Her recent credits include The Wedding, Kin (Gecko Theatre), Ruination (Lost Dog), This is not a show about Hong Kong (Max Percy), A Game Not Lost (Ryder Productions).

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