DORSET Dorset Theatre Festival’s 44th season will feature new commissions by Theresa Rebeck and Chisa Hutchinson in its inaugural StageFree Audio Plays series, as well as performances of Christopher
Kung Fu: Vanessa Kai Talks Pei-Ling s Journey and That Surprise Twist in Guidance
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Kung Fu returns from its midseason break this week, revealing not only Nicky s (Olivia Liang) fate after her intense encounter with Zhilan (Yvonne Chapman), but also takes the viewer deeper into the story of a character who is critical to Nicky s journey, but a bit of a mystery to everyone: Nicky s beloved shifu, Pei-Ling. After Zhilan s shocking allegation that Pei-Ling murdered their father, even Nicky questions exactly who Pei-Ling really was and what the episode reveals about Pei-Ling, Zhilan, and their family s story will have major implications going forward.
Dorset Theatre Festival Announces 2021 Season of Live Performances and Audio Plays
The outdoor season will begin with the hilarious blast-from-the-1980s comedy Laughing Wild by Christopher Durang.by BWW News Desk
Dorset Theatre Festival has announced its 44th Season, including the inaugural StageFree Audio Plays series, featuring new commissions by playwrights Theresa Rebeck and Chisa Hutchinson, and live main stage performances at the Southern Vermont Arts Center in Manchester, VT of Christopher Durang s Laughing Wild (July 9 - July 31); Queen of the Night, a world premiere by travis tate (August 10 - September 4); and a workshop of Scarecrow by Heidi Armbruster, as part of the Festival s annual Pipeline Series of new work.
Tomorrow, When the War Began).
The original series with David Carradine screened for 3 seasons from 1972.
The new series premiered in the US in early April and has been renewed for a second season.
Recently renewed for a second season, the series follows Chinese-American woman Nicky Shen (Olivia Liang) whose quarter-life crisis causes her to drop out of college and journey to an isolated monastery in China. But when she returns to San Francisco, she finds her hometown is overrun with crime and corruption and her parents are at the mercy of a powerful Triad.
Nicky must rely on her martial arts skills and Shaolin values to protect her community and bring criminals to justice… all while searching for the ruthless assassin who killed her Shaolin mentor Pei-Ling and is now targeting her.
Author of the article: Eric Volmers
Publishing date: May 14, 2021 • 3 hours ago • 5 minute read • Yvonne Chapman as Zhilan in CW s Kung Fu. Episode 101. Photo by Kailey Schwerman/2021 Warner Bros. Entertainment Photo by Kailey Schwerman /Kailey Schwerman/The CW
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As an actress, Yvonne Chapman says she gets the biggest charge from her craft when embodying a character far removed from her own personality.
So she must be in a state of constant bliss on the Vancouver set of CW’s Kung Fu. Because there is presumably little overlap between Chapman, the friendly and chatty Calgary-born actress, and the enigmatic assassin named Zhilan that she plays on TV.