Maija García
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Snow in Midsummer
Collaborators
Choreography - Maija García
Playwright - Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig
Director - Justin Audibert
Scenic Designer - Laura Jellinek
Costume Designer - Helen Q. Huang
Lighting Designer - Jane Cox
Composer & Sound Designer - Paul James Prendergast
Production Dramaturg - Christine Mok
Voice & Text Director - David Carey
Assistant Voice & Text Director - Rebecca Clark Carey
Associate Director - Shishir Kurup
Sign Coach / VGC Adaptor - Kalen Feeney
Fight Director - U. Jonathan Toppo
Production Stage Manager - Jeremy Eisen
Assistant Stage Manager - Emily Robinson
Location
Oregon Shakespeare Festival - 2021
Company
Jessica Ko* - Dou Yi
Amy Kim Waschke* - Tianyun
Daisuke Tsuji* - Handsome Zhang
Will Dao* - Rocket Wu
Cristofer Jean* - Dr. Lu / Judge Wu
James Ryen* - Master Zhang / Worker Huang / PLC Ofc. 1
Moses Villarama* - Worker Fang / PLC Ofc. 2 / Horse-Face
Román Zaragoza* - Worker Zhou / PLC Ofc. 3 / Ox-Head
Olivia Pham - Fei-fei
Monique “MoMo” Holt* - Worker Chen
Natsuko Ohama* - Mother Cai / Nurse Wong
Snow in Midsummer is a gripping reimagining of a classical Chinese drama, transformed by playwright Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig into a chilling modern ghost story. Based on the Yuan dynasty play The Injustice to Dou Yi That Moved Heaven and Earth, this haunting tale explores the aftermath of trauma, buried injustice, and the unrelenting pursuit of truth and love. Set in a drought-stricken factory town in contemporary China, the story follows Tianyun, a sharp businesswoman arriving to acquire a struggling factory, only to confront a community plagued by more than just environmental decay. When her young daughter begins seeing the ghost of Dou Yi—a woman wrongfully executed years earlier—long-buried secrets begin to resurface.
