Tiananmen Requiem, directed by Dennis Yueh Yeh Li, is the love story of a gay People’s Liberation Army soldier and a protesting student against the backdrop of the Tiananmen Square Massacre. It will play March 10-27 at The Players Theatre, 115 MacDougal Street in New York City. Tickets are $57 and can be arranged through OvationTix.
The milieu of the play, 1980s China, was a time when the forces of liberalization reached their peak. Young people demanded freedom for self-expression, a movement which ultimately was ended by the Tiananmen Square Massacre. Tiananmen Requiem unearths this painful piece of history through the lens of a gay soldier. Facing danger to their family in China, and fearing charges of subversion, the author of the play is forced to remain anonymous.
