Homecoming

Lily, Dad with dementia, and sometimes the nosy nursing worker Paochi from Vietnam

For centuries, the island of Taiwan, floating on the sea, has shown a warm welcome to travelers from all over the world, even the dustlike nobodies. Throughout the journey of endless arrivals and departures, the immigrant residents, immigrant workers, and the second generation have made themselves a part of the place we live. However, misunderstanding, suffering, and separation still exist in our generally harmonious and friendly relationship. Homecoming brings actors and puppets together on stage, while it adopts shadow-theatre techniques and real-time projected play-within-a-play to create a world of fantasy where the border between reality and illusion has no longer existed. Here on stage, it tells us a story of how the lonely, homesick diasporas have their lives cross with each other as they find themselves a resting place on a journey across the turbulent sea.

Premiere: Oct. 27, 2017, Wellspring Theater, Taipei
Playwright: Jun Jie ZHAN
Director: Chia-yin CHENG