Geomancer imagines a 1993 encounter between 82-year-old Chinese missile scientist Tsien Hsue-shen (钱学森)—deported from America during McCarthyism—and his 25-year-old Chinese American biographer, Iris Chang (張純如), who would later become a renowned human rights activist.
When Iris arrives in Beijing to interview Tsien, he refuses to cooperate. Obsessed with finding a new scientific revolution—one as transformative as quantum mechanics—Tsien turns to the metamorphosis of silkworms in search of the force the ancients called qi. But it is Iris who feels the peril of what connecting with that force might mean.
Leslie Lum – Playwright
Raugi Yu – Director
Derek Chan – Director
Jasmine Chen – Actor
Kenneth Liu – Actor
Production Design – Andie Lloyd
Xin Xuan Song – Translator
Heidi Taylor – Dramaturg
Content Advisory:
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Venue
C-Lab
75 minutes
Local - Vancouver, BC
- May 30 @ 2:00 pm Talkback
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