Lucky 88 Foodcourt Musical
120 min
6 actors (3m/3f)
Lucky 88 is a bilingual musical set in a fictional food court in Flushing, Queens. The show takes place in 2019, over two weeks in January. The musical focuses on 3 food stalls and the people that work there: At the hand pulled noodle stall, 60-year-old Shen Zha Wang is struggling to put his son, Brendan through law school. Unbeknownst to Shen Zha, Brendan has dropped out of law school and has enrolled in culinary school. At the dumpling stall, 50-year-old widow Mei Ling Fu is navigating the later in life dating scene with disastrous and hilarious results. At the boba tea stall, 50-year-old single mother Si Ling Xiu is hiding her cancer diagnosis from her daughter, Fan Fan. Things get more complicated for the three families when the owner of the food court decides to sell the building, leaving their livelihoods in jeopardy.
Commissioned by Queens Council on the Arts 2020 Artist Commissioning Program. 2020 Staged reading by Mandarin Orange Performing Arts. 2020 Staged reading with Yangtze Rep. Staged reading with 2020 Morbid Dumpling Productions. 2020 Staged reading with Astoria Performing Arts Center. 2020 Staged reading with 7|8 Productions. Virtual Staged Reading with Flushing Town Hall in October 2020. Live and streamed concert in 2021 with Astoria Performing Arts Center as part of NYC’s Cultural Immigration Initiative. Eugene O’ Neil Music Theater Conference Semi-Finalist.
6 actors (3m/3f)
Lucky 88 is a bilingual musical set in a fictional food court in Flushing, Queens. The show takes place in 2019, over two weeks in January. The musical focuses on 3 food stalls and the people that work there: At the hand pulled noodle stall, 60-year-old Shen Zha Wang is struggling to put his son, Brendan through law school. Unbeknownst to Shen Zha, Brendan has dropped out of law school and has enrolled in culinary school. At the dumpling stall, 50-year-old widow Mei Ling Fu is navigating the later in life dating scene with disastrous and hilarious results. At the boba tea stall, 50-year-old single mother Si Ling Xiu is hiding her cancer diagnosis from her daughter, Fan Fan. Things get more complicated for the three families when the owner of the food court decides to sell the building, leaving their livelihoods in jeopardy.
Commissioned by Queens Council on the Arts 2020 Artist Commissioning Program. 2020 Staged reading by Mandarin Orange Performing Arts. 2020 Staged reading with Yangtze Rep. Staged reading with 2020 Morbid Dumpling Productions. 2020 Staged reading with Astoria Performing Arts Center. 2020 Staged reading with 7|8 Productions. Virtual Staged Reading with Flushing Town Hall in October 2020. Live and streamed concert in 2021 with Astoria Performing Arts Center as part of NYC’s Cultural Immigration Initiative. Eugene O’ Neil Music Theater Conference Semi-Finalist.