
Nightwalk in the Chinese Garden 遊園、流芳
Written and directed by Stand Lai 賴聲川
The Huntington Garden
9.21 - 10.26, 2018








Inspired by the famous 16th Century Chinese romantic tragicomedy, The Peony Pavilion, Chinese theater maker Stan Lai has created Nightwalk in the Chinese Garden as a site-specific performance for the Garden of Flowing Fragrance at The Huntington in San Marino. Nightwalk weaves elements of the ancient Chinese story—in which two lovers find each other in dreams and in death—with tales of early 20th Century Southern California, conducting its audience intimately through the mystical space of the garden at night.
The play is performed in English with some passages from The Peony Pavilion sung in Chinese to the original music. During the month-long run of the show, small audiences of 40 individuals each night will become an integral part of the performance, moving through the garden as the story unfolds around them like scenes from a Chinese scroll painting.
Co-produced by CalArts Center for New Performance and The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens in association with the Shanghai Kunqu Troupe and Theatre Above, Shanghai.
Credits:
Creator/Director: Stan Lai
Assistant Director: Yao Zhang
Scenic Designer: Aubree Lynn
Assistant Scenic Designer: Jiaying Wang
Costume Designer: EB Brooks
Assistant Costume Designer: Yuan Yuan Liang
Lighting Designer: Chris Kuhl
Assistant Lighting Designer: Damien Perard
Sound Designer: Daniel Gower
Sound Designer: Leon Rothenberg
Hair and Makeup: Janell Turley
Props Master: Patrick Smith
Production Stage Manager: Laura Rin
Stage Manager: Katherine Barrett
Assistant Stage Manager: Qinghuan Yao
Dramaturg: Amanda Shank
Technical Director: Mitch Leitschuh
Production Manager: Gary Kechely
Assistant Production Manager: Kimberly Yeoman
Line Producer: Xiaoyue Zhang, Sophie Blumberg, Rui Xu