By Susan Kim
Based on the Book by Amy Tan
Directed by Jeffrey Mason
The Joy Luck Club was formed by four women in San Francisco: Lindo Jong, Ying-Ying St. Clair, An-Mei Hsu, and Suyuan Woo. The members have mainly played mahjong and told each other stories over the years. They emigrated from China, their native country, remarried, and gave birth to children in America. Suyuan’s daughter June replaced her when Suyuan died four months before the time the play is set. The mothers have high hopes for their daughters’ successes, but the daughters struggle through “anxieties, feelings of inadequacy, and failures.” Throughout the play, the mothers and daughters bond by learning to understand each other and by overcoming their conflicts.
The Cast of The Joy Luck Club | |
Charactors | Actors |
matchmaker, amah, Yan Chang, Chwun Hwa Wang | Val Acoba |
Canning Woo, Lau Po | Sonny Alforque |
Tyan-Yu, Master Archer, Harold Livotny, Rich Shields, Ted Jordan | Chase Coney |
Rose Hsu Jordan | Ariel Elliott |
Ying-Ying St. Clair, Second Wife | Bernadette Garcia |
Lena St. Clair, Fifth Wife | Holli Hiraoka |
Jing-Mei Woo, matchmaker’s servant | Mirah Lucas |
An-Mei Hsu | Patty Lum-Ohmann |
Popo, Wu Tsing’s servant, Chwun Yu Wang | Tina Mark |
Suyuan Woo, Huang Taitai, An Mei’s auntie | Lisa Moon |
Waverly Jong, mother of An-Mei | Michele Nesbit |
Lindo Jong | Olivia Pritchett |
Tin Jong, Chong, chess player, Moon Lady, Watermelon Man | Greg Saiyo |
Clifford St. Clair, onlooker, drunk, actor, Wu Tsing | Scott Young |
