Assimilation brings up thorny questions: is it a path toward conformist victory or traditional defeat? What is the correct balance to strike between “fitting in” and maintaining one’s heritage? And who makes the rules to determine the success of that balance?
Hillary Gao’s new play, would you set the table if I asked you to?, considers the cost of assimilation through a uniquely theatrical and culturally specific lens. Featuring an intergenerational cast of all…
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