Surviving the Nian
by Melissa Li
November 12 at 8pm & November 13 @at 3pm
A new musical, which follows Kaylin Woo as she returns home to Hong Kong for Chinese
New Year with her Black lover in tow. Dashing family expectations, Kaylin reveals she is NOT a business professional, but a jazz performer---and a lesbian, to boot! After dashing her family’s expectations and betraying her lover’s trust, Kaylin scrambles to salvage her relationships.
Melissa Li is a Boston-based professional folk musician, film artist and emerging playwright.