'No Foreigners Beyond This Point' at the Culture Project

Ma-Yi Theater Company present No Foreigners Beyond This Point, by Warren Leight, at the Culture Project / 45 Bleecker from the 17 Sep - 16 Oct 2005.

No Foreigners Beyond This Point is inspired by the playwright's experiences teaching English in Guangdong (Canton), China in 1980, just after the horrors of the Cultural Revolution.

The play follows two young, idealistic Americans who become the first foreign instructors at a small, isolated trade school. Their students crave access to everything Western, but the school's bureaucrats are desperate to control that access. The Americans soon find themselves living under virtual house arrest. In a world where betrayal is necessary for survival, students and teachers struggle to overcome cultural, political, and personal barriers to identity and intimacy.

No Foreigners Beyond This Point cast, directed by Loy Arcenas, features: Laura Kai Chen, Ron Domingo, Wai Ching Ho, Francis Jue, Karen Tsen Lee, Abby Royle, Ean Sheehy, and Henry Yuk.

The play has set design by Loy Arcenas, costume design by Carol Bailey, lighting design by Japhy Weideman and sound design by Fabian Obispo.