What does it take to move from a place you were familiar with to the other side of the earth, the unknown?

These stories were told by a group of Chinese ladies who get together every Tuesday at an art class at the LaGuardia Senior Center on  the Lower Eastside of New York. Through shadow, movement and music the show brings their adventures to life.

Conceived by: Spica Wobbe

In Collaboration with Margaret Yuen & Karen Oughtred 

Design by: Spica Wobbe

Performed by: Spica Wobbe & Margaret Yuen

Spica Wobbe (Shu-yun Cheng) is a puppetry artist originally from Taiwan. Her work has been seen in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, Japan, Holland, Germany, Israel, Austria and the U.S.  Now based in NYC, she works as a puppetry designer, performer, and educator.  She established Double Image Theater Lab in 2011 to create cross-cultural productions that explore the world of the past and the present.  She is a two-time recipient of the Jim Henson Foundation grant and is a 2015 Sandglass Theater New Vision Series Resident Artist. Spica was the featured artist in “Shadow, Light... Hide and Seek Exhibit” at Wen Shand Theater in Taipei in 2015 and “Heaven of Puppets Exhibit” at Taipei Puppet Museum in 2016. You can learn more about her work at: www.doubleimagetheaterlab.com

Margaret Yuen founded the Red Silk Dancers in 1985.  Trained in China and New York under many masters in the field of Chinese classical dance, regional folk dances and theatrical movements of the Peking Opera, Ms. Yuen is committed to build bridges among communities through teaching and performance. Also passing down traditional cultures to younger generations of Chinese Americans by initiating public programs and running a dance school in Manhattan's Chinatown.  Ms. Yuen choreographs dances that are both rooted in the rural traditions and expresses the contemporary experiences of Chinese American in urban communities.