DURANGO
Scenic Designer: Wynn Lee
Costume Designer: Josephine Everett
Lighting Designer: Sierra Walker
Sound Designer: Stefanie Senior
Dramaturg: Jooyoung Cho
Intimacy/Fight Director: Jyreika Guest
Stage Manager: Michael Peterson
Assistant Stage Manager: Marilena Kolokotsa
Justin Barbin Photography
Wirtz Center for the Performing Arts
Written by Julia Cho
Director: Tae Heum Yeon
Assistant Director: Mahanash Kumar
DURANGO
To the outside world, the Lee boys look perfect: The eldest son, Isaac, is headed to medical school, and his younger brother, Jimmy, is a champion swimmer. But when their single father, Boo-seng is suddenly fired, he decides to take the family on a road trip to Durango, Colorado. As they near their destination, tempers flare, old wounds reopen, and secrets are revealed. Durango is the story of the identity crisis of second-generation immigrants, an immigrant breadwinner who sacrificed everything for his family in pursuit of the American Dream, and the coming of age of an immigrant family.
ROLE: Jimmy Lee
PRESS
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MFA Collaboration Series: Durango
“Yeon's direction charts through these interactions and truths about Cho's characters with significant grace and pointed minimalism, while the performances he leads are all nothing short of exceptional, as Cheng, Tam, and Hahn in particular all find a way to range the gamut from energetic and rebellious to despondent and desperate.”