Silver and Richie are siblings without parents. As the two grow up, they cling to one another as each other's family, and help one another navigate their positions as social outsiders - Silver as a genderqueer weirdo, and Richie as a drug dealing gangbanger. In a parallel world, Bear is ousted from his tribe and through a gesture of filial piety, is turned by Hwanung, a gay Korean god, into a human woman....
Silver and Richie are siblings without parents. As the two grow up, they cling to one another as each other's family, and help one another navigate their positions as social outsiders - Silver as a genderqueer weirdo, and Richie as a drug dealing gangbanger. In a parallel world, Bear is ousted from his tribe and through a gesture of filial piety, is turned by Hwanung, a gay Korean god, into a human woman. S/he is then coerced into being Hwanung's pregnant beard, and has Hwanung's child. As family bonds begin to disintegrate, and the god-world begins to crumble, Silver and Bear must redefine home for themselves, to find power through the magic of stories.
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Moon Bear
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Christopher Gould:
8 Feb. 2024
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a wonderful blending of two siblings’ coming-of-age with Korean folk characters. As always: some adventurous producer should take this play on! ”
Enid Brain:
26 May. 2021
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Yasss to seeing nonbinary representation in a play that isn't fully about their gender identity and trauma with it! Also a really sweet and lived-in sibling relationship that warmed my heart ”
Nick Malakhow:
26 Jan. 2021
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Beautiful, beautiful piece! I loved tracking the simultaneous theatrical worlds of Silver/Richie/Dad and Bear. The moment they met was was so powerful, poignant, and such a perfect bookend to the piece. Nina Ki combines a wry sense of humorous, fabulistic/fantastical tropes and devices, and an incredibly moving human heart in Silver to create this transcendent piece. The exploration of gender, family, sense of self, and being an outsider in one's immediate sphere is complex and uniquely presented. I sincerely hope I get to see "Moon Bear" onstage in the future! ”