‘Is this play about you?’
馬騮 (MALLO) is a monkey, a girl, a Chinese-Canadian storyteller dressed as a monkey– and she is telling us the story of two Journeys to the West: the fantastical Chinese folktale about the monkey king, and the story of her family’s arrival in the West. Dressed for the tale, Mallo takes us along the westward journeys of 孫悟空 and her father; crossing different languages, lands, and times. This play is about oral storytelling in different languages, immigration, the legacies we leave, and the stories we tell. How much of yourself do you have to give to tell a good story? How much does the truth matter if the story is good?
a bi-lingual play (cantonese & english). 2F/1M.
awarded honorable mention for infinithéâtre’s 2025 write-on-q playwriting competition.
(1) L-R: James Fung, 陳佳琦 Jenn Tan, Renée Wong. (2) Renée Wong. (3) James Fung. (4) 陳佳琦 Jenn Tan. Photos by Trinity Lloyd (2025).
Playwriting Roundtable, First Born Theatre (2025)
reading @ Native Earth Aki Studio
dir. Steph Fung
prod. First Born Theatre
starring 陳佳琦 Jenn Tan, James Fung & Renée Wong
dramaturgy by Jonnie Lombard & Ava Rain Patterson
roundtable facilitated by Mercedes Isaza Clunie & Zoe Marín
Gillespie House Retreat, Driftwood Theatre (2024)
development & support
dramaturgy by Caitie Graham
facilitated by D. Jeremy Smith
HELEN HO INDUSTRIES 