The Commencement of William Tan

THE commencement of william tan

Full Length Drama (3M, 5F)

William, a well-liked student athlete at Lincoln High School and who happens to be Asian, plans to cruise through his senior year at what’s considered the most diverse high school in Nebraska until racial tensions arise between some of William’s friends, who are on the football team and a gang of FOB Asian kids. These turn of events forces William to come to terms with his thoughts on race, and how he identifies, or doesn’t identify with his own ethnicity as the entire school, including the staff turns to William to make peace between the two groups.

Originally commissioned by East West Players

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY

Yale Cabaret

NOV 2015

Producers: Sooyoung Hwang, Steven Koernig
Director: Lauren E. Banks
Stage Manager: Steven Koernig
Dramaturgs: Ashley Chang, Kee-Yoon Nahm

Scenic Design	Dan Cogan Jean Kim
Lighting Design	Alex Zinovenko
Costume Design	Edmund Donovan
Sound Design	Fan Zhang
Fight Choreography	Sean Patrick Higgins
Choreography	Matia Johnson
Technical Direction	Dan Cogan, Rae Powell

CAST
WILLIAM TAN	Eston Fung
BETSY	Baize Buzan
MS. CHADA	Libby Peterson
DUTCH	Jason de Beer
VINH	Jae Shin
POM-A-LINKS	Rebecca Hampe, Tori Keenan-Zelt, Cat Rodriguez

Queens Theatre

New American Voices

MAR 2014

Director: Tamara Fisch
Stage Directions: Naveen Choudhury

CAST
WILLIAM TAN	Alton Alburo
BETSY	Libby Woodbridge
MS. CHADA	Jennie Putney
DUTCH	Miles Jacoby
VINH	Tony Vo
POM-A-LINKS	Laurel Recsetar, Kelsey Foltz, Sarah Lusche

Ma-Yi

Labfest

MAR 2012

Director: Tamara Fisch
Stage Directions: Natalie Bird

CAST
WILLIAM TAN	Mason Lee
BETSY	Emma Galvin
MS. CHADA	Kathleen McElfresh
DUTCH	Brock Harris
VINH	Tony Vo
POM-A-LINKS	Victoria Pollack, Bailey Newman, Kirsten Harvey