China Doll (The Imagined Life of an American Actress)
- Full Length Play, Drama
- 4M, 2F
- ISBN: CD3
An award-winning play, this sensual fantasia takes inspiration from the remarkable life of Anna May Wong, America's first and brightest Chinese American movie star. Her loves. Her struggles. Her humiliations. Her triumphs.
Description
- Full Length Play
- Drama
- 90 minutes
- Target Audience: Teen (Age 14 - 18), Appropriate for all audiences, Adult
- Set Requirements: Bare Stage/Simple Set
- Performance Group:
- Community Theatre, College Theatre / Student, High School/Secondary, Senior Theatre
- Accolades:
- Winner! The David Mark Cohen National Playwriting Award
Winner! Peterson Emerging Playwright Award
Winner! Jane Chambers Award
Characters
- Casting: 4M, 2F
- Casting Attributes: Reduced casting (Doubling Possible), Minority casting
- Casting Notes: Or 5m, 3w -- multicultural.
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China Doll (The Imagined Life of an American Actress) Script
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Dragon Lady. Lotus blossom. The woman who died a thousand deaths. This is the story of a Chinatown girl who dreams about making it big in Hollywood. An award-winning play, this sensual fantasia takes inspiration from the remarkable life of Anny May Wong, Americaes first and brightest Chinese American movie star. Her loves. Her struggles. Her humiliations. Her triumphs. From humble beginnings to the rigors of training in the studio system of L.B. Mayer and Samuel Goldwyn, to the heights of success in such classic films as Shanghai Express with Marlene Dietrich. This is a loving and unflinching homage to a woman ahead of her time. Bare stage with minimal props. Approximate running time: 90 minutes. |
$19.95 |
