Our Programs

In 2008, CTW invited Wu-Shan Huang, a young master of Taiwanese “Budaixi” hand puppetry, to NYC to teach our team some of his traditional glove puppetry techniques in exchange for […]

Two Horses tells a story of cultural change and continuity, exploring the presence of the performer in both traditional and contemporary theater with a blend of Peking Opera and Western

Book of Songs presents poetry from across the span of China’s 3000-year literary history, interpreted through traditional Chinese and contemporary Western performing arts, exploring the tensions between ancient and modern,

Songs From the Yellow Earth was a collaboration between Chinese Theatre Works and world-famous theater artist Peter Schumann, founder and director of the Bread & Puppet Theater. In this graphic

Three Women, Many Plays spans almost 70 years and two continents, telling the stories of three border-crossing artists; Pauline Benton, who founded the pioneering Red Gate Players and introduced Chinese

Two overhead projectors and a live storyteller vividly bring to life one of the great characters of Chinese literature and stage. Based on the 17th-century novel, Journey to the West,

Day Jobs, Opera Dreams builds on the moving personal stories of immigrant Chinese Opera artists— recently arrived in New York City. It explores issues of cultural migration and dramatizes the bitterness and

Little Red Riding Hood: The Chinese Opera retells in English (dialogue) and Chinese (song) the timeless fable of a young girl’s journey to grandma’s house and transforms it into a