A touching story of inter-generational and cultural tensions leading to loss, grief, and acceptance through the eyes of a Chinese mother and a robot built in the image of her deceased daughter.
毀滅亦能療癒
or destroy
A POWERFUL PLAY FOR FAMILIES TO HEAL AND RECONNECT
愛.能...
Love may heal
ABOUT THE PLAY
AI May is Brisbane's emerging playwright Amy Chien-Yu Wang’s attempt to explore love, belongingness, cultural identity, the meaning of life, and grief following a Chinese migrant mother’s tragic sudden loss of her only daughter, May.
As Mother battles grief and the collapse of her dreams through May’s once-promising future, she re-encounters May’s Caucasian lover, Jeremy, a brilliant robotics engineer, who presents her with a grieving bot as a substitute for May.
Jeremy, whom Mother never accepted due to the interracial nature of his relationship with May, must also reconcile his differences with the hostile Mother of his deceased lover.
How will Mother unravel her cultural dilemma, mother and daughter wounds, and overcome her grief through an artificially intelligent robot? Will Jeremy ever learn to let go? “AI” stands for artificial intelligence. The word “AI” in Mandarin also means love. Will love ultimately destroy or create new possibilities?
The 10-minute version of AI May was shortlisted in the 2021 Wheaton 10-Minute Play Festival and presented to an American audiencde via a pre-recorded short film. We had also showcased English and Mandarin versions of the play at Brisbane's Sunnybank Hall to a warm multicultural audience.
《愛.能…》(A.I. May) 是布里斯本新生代劇作家王千毓的第一部英語舞台劇作品。 愛，能造成難以抹滅的傷痛也能創造無限的奇蹟。該故事探討一對華裔母女在澳洲尋找價值感及歸屬感的衝突。 當劇中的女兒May因一場意外猝逝後，母親如何面對白髮人送黑髮人的傷痛以及一輩子的夢想驟然消失的迷惘。她與從沒接受過的May的洋人男友Jeremy如何克服失去May的傷痛，學會放手，從而學習開始過自己的人生。
2021年該劇的第一幕有幸獲選為美國Wheaton 10-Minute Play Festival的12部參展作品之一，並已於11月22日（澳洲東部標準時間）在美國以事先錄制的網劇形式展出，獲得熱烈的迴響。一位美國觀眾對該劇的反應是：“我非常喜歡這部充滿張力，表演傑出，編劇與導演皆優秀的舞台劇。”
《愛.能...》舞台劇於2021年·11月27日在布里斯本Sunnybank已演出英文與中文版的兩場秀。觀眾包括華裔社區的移民以及來自主流社會和其他族裔的觀眾。
Help Make AI May: The Full Length Play
Embodi Theatre successfully released an upgraded full length work-in-progress showing of AI May 2.0 on Sunday 11 December 2022 at the Queensland Taiwanese Women's League in Runcorn, Meanjin/Brisbane. Audience cried and laughed with us in the 90-minutes of the surtitled play in Mandarin and English. Access our livestream record of the full play by sending us a direect message on our FB page.
體現劇團請已在2022年12月11日在澳洲昆士蘭台灣婦聯會成功演出完整版《愛.能...》2.0劇本成果發表會。 目前您仍能夠在網上收看我們當時的現場直播。請私訊我們臉書網頁索取連結。AI MAY 2.0
WORK-IN-PROGRESS SHOWING
PERFORMED BY
AMY
CHAN
JAYCOB
BEVAN-DELANEY
RENEE
KWOK
ALICE
HSU
" It's my hope that as you watch AI May, you are able to begin to bring about open and honest conversations for meaningful change. "
“我希望《愛.能...》這部劇能助你開發誠實的對話，為你帶來有意義的轉變。”
- Amy Chien-Yu Wang 王千毓
Image by Simon Woods
生命Reset! 自我察覺與梳理 創造自己的2022
靈魂療癒師 & 導演王千毓的線上聊療天
誠摯邀請您於12/29 加入一場線上對話 從舞台劇《愛.能...》的故事察覺自我傷痛
從靈魂療癒師 Carol C的過往找到梳理療癒傷痛的方法
我們會讓你相信沒有人，沒有什麼事是無能為力的
在2021年的歲末，讓我們面對接受過去的掙扎、傷痛
透過療癒梳理的過程塑造自我理想未來
請搭上靈魂療癒班機: 台北時間6:30 P.M. 布里斯本8:30 P.M. 雪梨時間9:30 P.M.
即將開啟一段由你自己決定的人生旅程
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