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Staged Reading: Swan Soong, a new play by Jyl Bonaguro

2019-07-24 18:30:00 2019-07-24 21:00:00 America/Chicago Staged Reading: Swan Soong, a new play by Jyl Bonaguro Join us for a staged reading and Q&A. Swan Soong, set in 1940s Shanghai, follows the lives of the famous Chinese Soong Sisters and Illinois native, Emily Hahn. Love, humor and double crossing abound. Hinsdale Public Library - Community Meeting Room

Wednesday, July 24
6:30pm - 9:00pm

Add to Calendar 2019-07-24 18:30:00 2019-07-24 21:00:00 America/Chicago Staged Reading: Swan Soong, a new play by Jyl Bonaguro Join us for a staged reading and Q&A. Swan Soong, set in 1940s Shanghai, follows the lives of the famous Chinese Soong Sisters and Illinois native, Emily Hahn. Love, humor and double crossing abound. Hinsdale Public Library - Community Meeting Room

Hinsdale Public Library

Community Meeting Room

Join us for a staged reading and Q&A. Swan Soong, set in 1940s Shanghai, follows the lives of the famous Chinese Soong Sisters and Illinois native, Emily Hahn. Love, humor and double crossing abound.

Join us for a staged reading of Swan Soong, a new play by Jyl Bonaguro and set in 1940s war torn Shanghai, follows the lives of the famous Chinese Soong Sisters and early feminist and Wilmette, IL local “Mickey” aka Emily Hahn. Love, humor and double crossing abound as these one-time celebrities' stories are woven together to reveal the power of family and the beginnings of modern China. Q&A following performance  Please note: a staged reading means the actors read from scripts with limited staging and costumes

Doors open at 6:00. Performance of Staged Reading: 6:30 with approximately 2 hour run time including 1 intermission. Q&A following the performance. 

Directed by Marc Rita and starring Lina Jean Fritz as Ai-ling Soong, Eunice Park as Ching-ling Soong, Mira McCarthy as May-ling Soong, Flavia Pallozzi as Mickey Hahn, Daniel Ahn as Sinmay Zau & Generalissimo, and Leo Zhu as T.V. Soong & Big Eared Tu.  

AGE GROUP: | Adults |

EVENT TYPE: | Entertainment |

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