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TWO MILE  HOLLOW
by Leah Nanako Winkler
directed by Jeff Liu

When the Donnelly’s gather for a weekend in the country to collect their belongings from their recently sold estate, both an internal storm and literal storm brew. As this brood of famous, longing-to-be-famous and kind-of-a-mess-but-totally- White family comes together with their non-white personal assistant, Charlotte, some really complicated and totally unique secrets are revealed (over white wine).

But here, the story of the very White Donnellys is told with an all Asian American cast, and the dysfunctional family genre is injected with brutality, awe and compassion through a parody coupled with moments of disorienting sincerity.

Presented by Artists at Play (AAP) as part of a series of world premieres across the country, each receiving numerous critical acclaim.

Leah Nanako Winkler’s previous plays include Kentucky (World Premiere with EST & Page 73, West Coast Premiere with East West Players), Death for Sydney Black (TerraNova Collective) and God Said This which had its world premiere at the Actors Theatre of Louisville Humana Festival in 2018 and will have its NYC premiere at Primary Stages in 2019. Leah is the 2018-2019 Jerome Fellow at the Lark. She was awarded the inaugural Mark O’Donnell Prize from The Actors Fund and Playwrights Horizons and the 2017 Yale Drama Series Prize.

The cast includes Jessica Jade Andres (Kentucky, East West Players), Parvesh Cheena (“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”), Tim Chiou (“Silicon Valley”), Julia Cho (“This is Us”) and Emily Kuroda (“Gilmore Girls”), with Eddie Liu (“Broad City”), Rosie Narasaki (“Shameless”) and Rona Par (“General Hospital”).

Director Jeff Liu adapted and directed the Pulitzer nominated play Yellow Face by David Henry Hwang for the YOMYOMF Network on YouTube. His productions include the L.A. premiere of Chinglish, which became the highest grossing play ever at East West Players, one-acts in all three years of SciFest/LA, Mexican Day and The Chinese Massacre (Annotated) by Tom Jacobson, as well as the world premieres of Texas by Judy Soo Hoo, Terminus Americana by Matt Pelfrey, The Golden Hour  by Philip W. Chung, Ixnay by Paul Kikuchi.  He is a member of the O’Neill National Directing Fellowship cohort of 2016.

“Since 2011, Artists at Play has been committed to telling the stories of Asian American communities in Los Angeles and our team for Two Mile Hollow represents this commitment,” said Producing Artistic Leader Stefanie Lau. “We know that representation matters and we work hard to create opportunities for writers, actors and designers of color to aid in visibility.”

Showtimes: Thursdays-Saturdays at 8 p.m.; Sunday matinees at 2 p.m.

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