Love and So, Thursday April 18, 7pm

An adaptation of three plays by Meng Jinghui and Liao Yimei, translated by Claire Conceison, directed and adapted by Kathy Fang.

At the turn of the 21st century, a rhinoceros dances in the heat, alone. Her keeper is in love with his next door neighbor. They love, and so there was light.

Love & So collages two of Chinese director Meng Jinghui’s plays: Rhinoceros in Love, a play composed and developed with playwright Liao Yimei, and I Love XXX, devised two decades after the Chinese Cultural Revolution. In addition to the two plays’ shared interest in love—and all the things we do in the name of love—both Rhinoceros and I Love XXX ask us to feel language differently, in strange new terms of movement and drama. Love & So is an invitation to step into a language of speaking, of moving, of loving that is not quite our own. Learning to speak together, we reach towards an ethics of translation as empathy, as intimacy, as love and as play.

This performance is part of Thesis Festival 2024:

Senior Theatre majors present their theses in directing and dramaturgy; two productions run in repertory in the first of two installments of Senior Thesis Festival 2024. Design, performance, and stage management are by Barnard and Columbia theatre students, advised by Theatre Department faculty and staff.

Tickets are free of charge; seating will be by general admission. Walk-up patrons will also be admitted if seats are available.

With Barnard and Columbia students; more information at https://theatre.barnard.edu/current-season

Minor Latham Playhouse is equipped with an Assistive Listening System; headsets are available free of charge at the box office table.

Please note that there is no late seating in the orchestra section on the first floor. Late arrivals may be seated in the balcony subject to availability and at the discretion of the house manager.

FAQs

What are my transport/parking options getting to the event?

The closest train stop is 116th on the 1; M4, M104, and M60 buses also stop near campus. Minor Latham Playhouse is in Milbank Hall, between 119th and 120th Streets on the west side of Broadway. You may enter campus through the main gate at 117th Street and Broadway.

What can/can't I bring to the event?

Food and drink are not permitted inside the theatre.

Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?

For additional information contact Director of Production Mike Banta at [email protected].

Do I have to bring my printed ticket to the event?

No, we will have a list of registered attendees at the door.

The name on the registration/ticket doesn't match the attendee. Is that okay?

Yes, but if your name does not appear on the attendees list you'll be asked to register at the box office table.

Event Venue

Minor Latham Playhouse, 118 Milbank Hall, New York, United States