Plays Tom X. Chao
1 plays
1.1 negative energy field
1.2 summer, deepening gone
1.3 can t started
1.4 cats can see devil
1.5 callous cad
plays
the negative energy field
chao s first production, experimental one-act play in starred. lead character spends entirety of show delivering existential monologues while lying under large piece of black cloth, until challenged otherworldly woman in white dress. chao created negative energy field part of masters thesis in performance art @ new york university s gallatin school of individualized study, premiering in 1996 @ pink, inc. in new york city, shawn sides originating role of woman in white dress. subsequently produced @ dixon place, new york international fringe festival, , elsewhere.
summer, deepening gone
chao s first produced work include full cast , in has never played role, summer, deepening gone involves teenage girl magically summons unwitting poet protect unwanted advances of suitor. debuted in 1999 @ here in new york city under original title universe of despair before being retitled later productions. script published on indietheaternow.com in may 2016.
can t started
a one-act play in young woman tries hapless king crimson fan understand relationships, can t started premiered @ st. marks theater in 2000 chao s first work artist-in-residence @ new york s horse trade theater group. performance of play included in video archive series of new york city experimental theater notperformanceart. can t started later saw multiple productions in canada, 1 featuring chao @ 2006 edmonton international fringe festival, , revival new cast 2011 winnipeg fringe theatre festival.
cats can see devil
an absurdist comedy in experimental theater production—involving puppet show in characters abstract shapes—devolves scathing deconstruction of creator , failed romantic life when s confronted , ridiculed series of women. cats can see devil premiered in 2003 @ new york international fringe festival in production starring chao , directed john harlacher, choreography tony award nominee alex timbers. cast included krista worth (aka krista watterworth), later host of hgtv shows save bath , splurge & save. play published in 2004 edition of plays , playwrights anthology series, , monologues excerpted in several books, including best men s stage monologues of 2004. original working script cats can see devil in collection of new york public library performing arts.
callous cad
a 2009 semi-autobiographical work in chao stars himself on occasion of visit magical being come celebrate tom s first true love. instead, being finds tom unsatisfied , morose, , attempts determine why. charlotte pines nominated new york innovative theatre award outstanding actress in lead role performance magical being in 2011 revival of play, production new york times called intriguing... droll , ruminative. script published on indie theater in september 2016.
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