Overview
- Alex Lin’s world premiere opened February 26 at Roundabout’s Laura Pels Theatre for a limited Off-Broadway run through April 5.
- Directed by Chay Yew, the production features Jennifer Ikeda, Jodi Long, Jully Lee, Anna Zavelson and Ben Langhorst.
- Set around monthly lunches at Chinatown’s Golden Unicorn, the play follows four Chinese-American colleagues from a Wall Street firm navigating power and identity.
- Critics praise sharp performances and brisk staging that nods to Mamet’s Glengarry Glen Ross, with Wilson Chin’s turntable set and design work by Anita Yavich, Jeanette Oi-Suk Yew, Fabian Obispo and Hana/Hanah Kim singled out.
- Notices cite uneven plotting, thinly drawn arcs and tonal swings, with surreal elements like a Mandarin-language game show and flashbacks dividing opinion as the play explores assimilation, corporate culture and discrimination.