Event

KNYUM

KNYUM by Vichet Chum
directed by Lori Wolter Hudson
projections by Linh Valerie Pham
sound by Paul Kite
Wednesday, June 29th, at 7PM
The Alchemical Theatre Laboratory - 104 West 14th Street, 2nd Floor

Join us for KNYUM by Vichet Chum, as part of 2g's In the Works Series.

To supplement his meager artistic life, Guy works graveyard shifts at the Hotel East Houston in New York City. Between the hours of 11pm and 7am, the hotel lobby transforms into a theater for Guys dreams and nightmares. In this space, he encounters his parents, Ma and Ba and their stories of sacrifice as survivors of the genocide in Cambodia. Meanwhile, he attempts to learn Khmer to document his parents stories and more immediately, prepare for his very first trip to Cambodia. The hours drudge on as Guy tries to find relative answers to the questions that plague him the most: Where are you from? Where are you going? With the great pressure of his parents histories weighing on his guilt, Guy searches for a bit of pardon to, at the very least, finish his shift.

Admission is free.