Trial By Water at The Culture Project

Ma-Yi Theater Company in association with Queen�s Theater in the Park presents Trial By Water, by Qui Nguyen, opening at The Culture Project's 45 Below Theatre on the 26 Mar 2006, following previews from the 12 Mar and running through to the 9 Apr 2006.

Trial By Water: A searing account of the odyssey of two Vietnamese teenage brothers who are forced to escape their homeland in the middle of the night. As they set off for America with the promise of 'a better life,' their voyage at sea becomes an allegory of desperate choices. When the boat's engine breaks down, their journey turns into a nightmare. Faced with unthinkable acts of survival, each brother confronts his own issues of mortality and morality.

Trial By Water's cast, directed by John Gould Rubin, features: Arthur Acuna, Genevieve DeVeyra, Dinh Doan, Jojo Gonzalez, Karen Tsen Lee, Timothy McCown Reynolds, Jessica Chanly Smith.

The production has set and constume design by Clint Ramos, lighting by Nicole Pearce and sound by Betsy Rhodes.