Sleeping With Strangers – World Premiere!
Just saw this in Santa Monica… awesome show!
Sleeping With Strangers – World Premiere!
U.S.A. – since World War II, the undisputed dominant nation on the planet.
China – the Middle Kingdom, one of the world’s most ancient civilizations, and a serious future contender for America’s crown as global leader.
The tempestuous, mercurial and volatile relationship between these two international giants is the subject of SLEEPING WITH STRANGERS, played out in the friendship between Dan Kwong, a Chinese American multimedia performance artist and Peng Jingquan, a veteran of traditional Chinese opera.
SLEEPING WITH STRANGERS is an ironically funny and unflinchingly honest dive into the consciousness (and unconsciousness) of the two countries, as embodied in the personas of Kwong and Peng. The two men ruthlessly – and hilariously – skewer the irrationalities of governments, cultures and individuals as they explore relationships – between East and West, between Karl Marx and Bill Gates, fathers and sons, the known and the unknown.
The artists utilize an array of performative approaches: monologue, Chinese opera, Western-style theater, multimedia, poetry and slapstick comedy. SLEEPING WITH STRANGERS challenges the slumber of ignorance, antagonism and separation, ultimately leaving us with questions about a global vision of mutual respect, awareness and understanding.
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