
Rhinoceros in love 戀愛的犀牛
An avant-garde play in chinese
Campbell Hall, Goleta, CA
Mar 8, 2019
Production Photo Credit: Anonymous
Rhinoceros in love 戀愛的犀牛
Da Xian (大仙)
Ma Lu, a solitary zookeeper who tends to his beloved rhinoceros and harbors an overwhelming, unyielding passion for Ming Ming, a woman as distant and dazzling as the city lights. His love is pure, irrational, and all-consuming. As he chases after her through a landscape of emotional indifference and fleeting connections, his world teeters between the absurd and the sublime.
Part love letter, part howl into the void, this play explores what it means to love with reckless abandon in a time when sincerity seems endangered. Fiercely lyrical and emotionally charged, this play has captivated generations with its bold language, aching vulnerability, and enduring question: Is love still possible in a world that refuses to believe in it?
ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY YIMEI LIAO AND DIRECTED BY JINGHUI MENG
A PRODUCTION OF UC SANTA BARBARA BABANANA THEATER SOCIETY
ORIGINALLY WRITTEN BY YIMEI LIAO
BOOK ADAPTATION BY SIYUAN (JESSICA) LYU, ZIYAN YE, JIAQI LI, AND ZHAN (ECHO) LIU
DIRECTOR: YEHAO (DENNIS) JIA
CO-DIRECTOR: SIYUAN (JESSICA) LYU
PRODUCER: ZHAN (ECHO) LIU
CAST
MA LU: ZHIQIU WANG
MING MING: CIEL SHI, XIANG MENG
TOOTHBRUSH: JINGSHUN ZHANG
HEI ZI: ZUOWEI ZHANG
DA XIAN: ZHI QU
INTIMACY TRAINER: SIYUAN (JESSICA) LYU
AGENT: EDDY LI
HONG HONG: RUICHEN (CECILIA) ZHANG
LI LI: HONGWEI (DAVID) HUANG