December 16 - 18, 2022 | Base: Experimental Arts + Space
Two Goldfish (Who Become Heroes)
Directed by Christie Zhao
Written by Gefei Liu, Olivia Xing
World Premiere
In an ordinary fish tank, live two ordinary goldfish, Apollo and Bubbles. Thanks to their short memory, their life has been simple and suspiciously happy - until Apollo catches a glimpse of “the sea” on the “glowing box” across the living room.
An original allegorical one-act play about memory, freedom, and the heroic transformation of ordinary humans
Cast
林奕含 Yihan Lin
毕业于南加州大学，主修计算机科学，辅修戏剧。曾参演话剧《n个女人的独白》《收信快乐》《绝境之甜》《大酒店套房》，浸没式戏剧《Ascend: When Myths Fall, Heros Rise》，现场广播剧《无人生还》《阴道独白》
丁孟佳 Zoe
曾在西雅图中文话剧《n个女人的独白》中饰演三三一角，曾参演天津大学北洋话剧社制作《绝不付账》《哥本哈根》《阴道独白》《谁杀了罗伯特》，导演《北京人》。曾于上海上剧场担任制作助理，参与一部网剧及十余部舞台剧的制作，制作剧目包括：《暗恋桃花源》《水中之书》《如梦之梦》《圆环物语》《一夫二主》《点心侠》《千禧夜我们说相声》等。
Zoe used to cast in the Seattle based play Monologues of N Women. As the member of Peiyang Drama Club in Tianjin University, Zoe casted in We Won’t Pay, Copenhagen, The Vagina Monologues, Who Killed Robert, and directed Peking Man. Zoe also used to be an Assistant Producer in TheatreAbove, participated in one web series and more than 10 stage plays, including classic drama Secret Love in a Blossom Land, the historical production of A Dream Like a Dream, and American-collaborated musical Dim Sum Warriors.
高洁 Angel Gao
Professionally trained in method acting, Angel has performed in various plays and short films such as Comedy Solutions (生活特笑藥), Redemption (演戲的是……), and A Tale of Youth (長青書). She co-founded a local theatre group, Hawberry Productions (冰糖葫蘆表演社) in 2019 and she has been actively involved in providing acting workshops and classes to the community. Currently, She is enthusiastically engaging in improvisational theatre and filmmaking.
Leon Chan
目前就读于华盛顿大学，担任过短剧《飞鸟》的编剧兼导演、LUX:Film Production Club短篇《LUX Production Bible》主演、五月戏剧社宣传部长；高中任过Cupertino Actors Theatre的Publicity Director和Head of House、线上剧《The Outsiders》《She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms》的Editing Director、短剧《Alice vs. Wonderland》的Technical Director。高中四年参演过的作品超过五部，包括因疫情无法演出的音乐剧《Ranked: A New Musical》
Leon is currently enrolled in the University of Washington - Seattle. He was the director and playwright for the short play A Thousand Paper Cranes, the lead performer in the short film LUX Production Bible by LUX:Film Production Club, and the Publicity Director at Chinese Theater Club. In high school, he was involved in multiple leadership roles such as Publicity Director and Head of House for Cupertino Actors Theatre, Editing Director for zoom shows The Outsiders and She Kills Monsters: Virtual Realms, and Technical Director for Alice vs. Wonderland. He also performed in more than 5 shows in the span of the 4 years of high school, including the musical Ranked: A New Musical which, unfortunately, was unable to air due to the pandemic.
Olivia Xing (Playwright) is an actor, writer, and stand-up comedian. She has been seen on the Comedy Store, Ha Ha Comedy Club, and the Roosevelt. She has performed in the Wende Museum, UCIrvine xMPL, Automata Theater. She has starred in films selected by Cairo International Film Festival, HollyShorts Film Festival, Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival. Multilingualism, mysticism, and nostalgia are constant themes in her work, which she began exploring while getting her B.A. in Comparative Literature, French, and Theater from Bryn Mawr College. She is a co-founder of How Bang! Club. She is currently pursuing an MFA in Acting, CalArts.
Gefei Liu (Playwright) originally comes from Chongqing, China and currently lives and studies in Los Angeles. As one of the founders of HowBang!Club, a virtual-based theater collective, she is interested in exploring the impact of storytelling and in creating unusual theater experiences. More at gefeiliu.com.