FRAGMENTED
2F, 1M - One Act - 60 min.
FRAGMENTED tells the story of K, a hapa girl growing up in Idaho who is following the rules of her conservative community: marriage, house, planning for kids. But her desire to be an actor burns in her heart, against her husband’s wishes. She decides to leave her hometown and her toxic marriage, and moves to Hawaii to get her masters in performance. After that, her entire life changes as she seeks to find out her true identity. Told in a series of explosive vignettes, this play explores family, politics, and the challenges and joys of being multicultural in America.
CHARACTERS
K - Hapa, any age, she/her
Mom - Hapa, any age, any gender
Dad - Hapa, any age, any gender
Development History
Filmed, released - Our Perspective: Asian American Plays (2020)
Workshop - Our Perspective: Asian American Plays (2020)
Praise for FRAGMENTED
“With poignant insights on multiculturalism, the story portrays what it’s like to have a foot in more than one culture with a stake in both and neither at the same time. It illustrates how this unique social position can make one privy to a wider perspective on the human condition as compared to the person who knows only of mainstream American culture.”
- Julia W. Rath, Around The Town Chicago
“Fragmented lives up to its title—fragments of scenes, each depicting a facet of being hapa in (mostly) Middle America, the essence of which is contradiction: The indignity and ubiquity of the question, “What are you?”
- Irene Hsiao, Chicago Reader