“A great cast of performances by obviously seasoned professionals, a great story and a very intimate setting at the Grove Theater Center makes this a production worth seeing.” –Asiansonfilm

“Chua’s script is at times somewhat audacious given the scope of story, travel, and time covered during a scant 85-minute one-act, but his inventive use of narration, flashback, and even rewound scenes covers any rough patches. And this structure allows director Kevin Cochran and a uniformly excellent cast of five to shine. As Millie, Janet Song does a fine job as she realizes that her heritage is more than just a series of surveys and statistics. Jesse Sharp portrays Greg as a sturdy rock of support and encouragement. Meanwhile, Kim Chueh and Joon Lee, appearing respectively as Millie’s cousin and her entrepreneurial spouse, do a remarkable job with their dramatic arcs while being required to switch between accented and unaccented English, depending on whether speaking to outsiders or within their own surroundings. Rounding out this quintet is David Allen Jones in an exquisitely understated performance as the Narrator. Jones flawlessly handles at least a dozen different characters with a dry wit and genuine sense of concern for what he is witnessing and relaying to the audience. In particular, his eleventh-hour delivery of an old Chinese fable is a stand-alone moment of sheer artistry.” -Backstage

Grove Theater Center

Kevin Cochran, Artistic Director

Charles Johanson, Executive Director

A Book By Its Cover
by Damon Chua
directed by Kevin Cochran

Cast
Chan Pui Mun………..Kim Cheuh
Narrator…………………..David Allen Jones*
Husband…………………Joon Lee
Greg………………………..Jesse Sharp*
Millie Wu……………….Janet Song*

Lighting — David Darwin
Set & Costumes — Leonard Ogden

Sound — Hunter Stephenson

*member of Actors’ Equity Association, the union of professional actors and stage managers in the United States.

The Director is a member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society, the union of professional stage directors in the United States.