Sun Wukong’s goal is simple: to feed his son Laoson. Known to his people as the Monkey King, Sun Wukong leaves his home with a promise to return one day and feed the drought-ravaged city of Jung Guo. Sun Wukong's path, however, becomes a test of strength, agility, and character as he comes face to face with mysterious, enchanting, and heartless creatures. Inspired by the Chinese opera, The Forbidden Phoenix's lyricism brings us to a world where Chinese parables are woven with the painful history of the immigrant men who suffered greatly to build Canada's railroad in the 1800s. - Publisher
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2008, LKTYP, Edmonton
2011
Playwrights Canada Press
9780887549182
Winner, The Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama 2004
Winner, The Gwen Pharis Ringwood Award for Drama 2004
Realistic
Amir Kapoor is an American born corporate lawyer of Pakistani heritage who tries to hide his religion (Islam) and his culture. He passes as Indian-American and he is living a wonderful life: he is happy, in love with his wife, and about to land the biggest promotion of his career. But when he briefly helps his nephew with a case defending a man of Muslim faith, Amir's career and personal life begin to slowly unravel.
Stylized
A white middle aged lawyer working on compensation for the Chinese Head tax is forced to confront his culpability. The play moves back and forth between between 1923 and 2006
