The Great Leap
About the Playwright
Award-winning American playwright Lauren Yee delved into family history for her basketball diary.
Source: Vancouver Sun
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Mao’s Great Leap Forward
What was the Great Leap Forward? Find out about this tragic time period–millions died of starvation–in Chinese history.
Source: ThoughtCo.
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Why Basketball Is China’s Biggest Sport
Long before the NBA arrived, missionaries, revolutionaries, and communists helped make the game ubiquitous here.
Source: The Atlantic
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The Tank Man
On June 5, 1989, one day after Chinese troops expelled thousands of demonstrators from Tiananmen Square in Beijing, a solitary, unarmed protester stood his ground before a column of tanks advancing down the Avenue of…
Source: PBS
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Mark Crawford on his play
Mark Crawford talks about Bed & Breakfast before its premiere at the Thousand Islands Playhouse in Gananoque, Ontario in 2015.
Source: Thousand Islands Playhouse
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Writing the play
“I wanted the audience to spend two hours with one couple; to centre the play around them and see their story from their point of view.”
Source: Arts Club Theatre Company
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From the director
“I am thrilled to bring this piece—a show I deeply love—to our audience here in Vancouver.”