Christopher Chen, The Late Wedding playwright. / Photo courtesy Christopher Chen
San Francisco Playwright Christopher Chen to Give Talk Opening Night of ‘The Late Wedding’
An anthropological tour through marriage customs, a spy thriller, and a sci-fi love story, this genre-bending production is an inventive and surprising theatrical experience. The show runs Oct. 29–Nov. 2 in LeFevre Theatre at Saint Mary’s College.
For the opening night of The Late Wedding at Saint Mary’s College of California, Playwright Christopher Chen will give a special pre-performance talk. Chen will be interviewed by the director and Saint Mary’s faculty member Javier Luis Hurtado, PhD, at 6:30 p.m. in the Saint Mary’s Intercultural Center, across from the Lefevre Theatre Box Office. The conversation is free for everyone, and light refreshments will be provided.
What can you expect? The Late Wedding offers an anthropological tour through marriage customs, a spy thriller, and a sci-fi love story in a genre-bending production that is an inventive and surprising theatrical experience. The show runs October 29 through November 2 in LeFevre Theatre at Saint Mary's College of California.
Meet the Playwright
Christopher Chen is an Obie Award-winning playwright whose works include The Headlands (Lincoln Center, A.C.T.), Caught (New York Times Critics Pick, Play Company), The Late Wedding (Crowded Fire), Passage (Soho Rep), You Mean To Do Me Harm (San Francisco Playhouse), and The Hundred Flowers Project (Crowded Fire). Additional honors include the Windham Campbell Prize and USA Fellow.
As a screenwriter he co-wrote The Accidental Getaway Driver, and is currently working on projects with Kim Jee-woon and Steven Yeun. Chris also served as writer and co-producer for the upcoming Spider-Verse television series Noir. Chen’s plays examine the hidden patterns beneath complex systems: socio-political systems, psychological systems, systems of power. He combines naturalism with the absurd within maximalist kaleidoscopic structures. A San Francisco native, Chen is a graduate of University of California, Berkeley, and holds an MFA in Playwriting from San Francisco State University.
‘The Late Wedding’ In-person Performance Dates: One Weekend Only
Wednesday, October 29, 8 p.m. | Including free pre-show talk in Saint Mary's College of California's Intercultural Center at 6:30 p.m.
Thursday, October 30, 8 p.m.
Saturday, November 1, 2 p.m. & 8 p.m.
Sunday, November 2, 2 p.m.
Tickets limited — reserve early
E-tickets: $10 SMC students; $15 SMC faculty and staff, non-SMC students; $20 general (plus a nominal ticketing fee both at the door and online). Purchase tickets online at stmarys-ca.edu/latewedding at least 24 hours prior to performance.
A limited number of tickets are available at the Box Office 30 minutes before curtain, via cash/check only, for the same price. Tickets may be exchanged by giving your name at Will Call, but refunds are not allowed.
Information: 925-631-4670 or tms8@stmarys-ca.edu
Also know: Chen’s play The Motion is currently playing through October 18 at Shotgun Players in Berkeley and is getting rave reviews. Purchase tickets here!
