Set during the time of the Immigration Act of 1923 which prohibited Chinese women and families from joining their men in Canada, Bachelor Man is told through the eyes of six men in Toronto’s Chinatown Bachelor Society and the two women who enter their lives. It not only portrays the bachelor society in all its despair, but through its two female characters, reveals the deplorable treatment of Chinese women by their men, and the struggles of homosexual and mixed race Chinese within the community.
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1987, Passe Muraille, Toronto
2009
Playwrights Canada Press
978-0-88754-777-5
Included in Love Relasianships Vol. 1 edited by Nina Lee Aquino
Included in Love Relasianships Vol. 1 edited by Nina Lee Aquino
Realistic
"The play centers on matriarch Aruna Ray-Isaac and her hopes and dreams for her son Thomas and daughter Sunita. When Sunita discovers a secret in the family, a flood of change challenges the bonds of love, loyalty & tradition, resulting in the breakdown of this South asian family living in Canada." - playdatabase.com
Realistic
Story of two brothers: one working in a chicken shack in India and his brother who is working under the table at an Indian restaurant in Vancouver. The story of the boy in India and his growing romance with a girl in India is juxtaposed with the story of his brother's cricket team which is trying to bring him over to break their losing streak. The play tackles themes of Islamaphobia, racial violence and the immigrant experience.
