An intimate epic that follows an unlikely family’s journey from rural Taishan to the wild west of California in the wake of the Chinese Exclusion Act.
Eric Ting’s direction is effective when the play is on track. When “The Far Country” goes awry, he leaves his audience lost in the San Francisco fog.
“The Far Country” ends in 1930. That ending isn’t necessarily abrupt. But it does feel somewhat arbitrary. Why not 1950? Or 1970? There is so much more history to recover. More love. More promise. More pain. Moon Gyet claims that the strenuous physical labor required of an immigrant is nothing compared with the work of being Chinese in America. This takes patience and focus, he says. A serious mind and a necessary grace. Suh possesses these qualities in full. He has more work to do, more stories to tell.
2022 | Off-Broadway |
Atlantic Theater Company Off-Broadway Production Off-Broadway |
Year | Ceremony | Category | Nominee |
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2023 | Drama Desk Awards | Outstanding Lighting Design of a Play | Jiyoun Chang |
2023 | The Lortels | Outstanding Lighting Design | Jiyoun Chang |
2023 | The Lortels | Outstanding Scenic Design | Clint Ramos |
2023 | The Pulitzer Prize | Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Lloyd Suh |
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