Motherland cast: Isabel Chen as Iris!
《Motherland 祖国》是一个关于三代华裔对「家」有不同理解的双语话剧。剧中，大学生 Iris 由 Isabel Chen 陈韵如 饰演。Iris 出生于美国俄勒冈州波特兰，家中独女，万千宠爱在一身。大学时候搬到三藩市，那里华人众多，环境让她改变了对华人和中国文化的想法。当她计划到中国当交换生的时候，才发现原来她一直都被瞒骗。
Isabel Chen is a Taiwanese American NYC-based actor, director, and podcast host of acting asian. She is passionate about storytelling the dimensionality of the AAPI experience and she is currently working on her directorial debut film, Mei-Wan. She hopes to continue to be involved in representational storytelling like Motherland, and in the spaces she is in. IG: @isabel724chen
Directors Amy Pan and Danelle Cummings at ReNew York said:
We’re so grateful to have Isabel on board! It’s been a joy to work with someone so friendly, fun, and talented. She does an amazing job bringing out Iris’s quiet humor and unexpected strength. We can’t wait for you to see her onscreen!
Motherland Synopsis: A Chinese-American family videochats across literal and metaphorical distances. College freshman Iris’ plans to study abroad in China stir up cultural clashes between her assimilated mother and her grandmother. Meanwhile, her father’s secret struggles threaten if she will be able to go at all.
Motherland will be presented as part of WTFringe 2021 in the Women’s Theatre Festival. Virtual performances to take place on July 16, 17, and 24. Pay what you can! https://tinyurl.com/wtf21tix
《Motherland 祖国》被选为美国妇女戏剧节中的剧目，七月 16 / 17 / 24日 网上放映，中英字幕，免费收看，随缘乐助。订购链接 https://tinyurl.com/wtf21tix。
(Credit: All images and English copy are provided by Danelle Cummings and Amy Pan at ReNew York.)
