Do You Think I'm Annoying?

by Jesse Jae Hoon

Two young Asian adoptees, Kayla and Brenna, meet at a Midwestern suburban “adoption party” while their white parents cry in the other room. What begins as a dispiriting search for their birth families through their untrustworthy adoption agency becomes an intimate-yet-volatile friendship built over their shared gallows humor, tempestuous insecurity, and debilitating terror of abandonment. DO YOU THINK I’M...

Two young Asian adoptees, Kayla and Brenna, meet at a Midwestern suburban “adoption party” while their white parents cry in the other room. What begins as a dispiriting search for their birth families through their untrustworthy adoption agency becomes an intimate-yet-volatile friendship built over their shared gallows humor, tempestuous insecurity, and debilitating terror of abandonment. DO YOU THINK I’M ANNOYING? is a coming-of-age cyclone exploring the grief of a forgotten loss, obsessive compulsion, and whether two people with opposing coping mechanisms can help each other through.

DO YOU THINK I'M ANNOYING? was originally commissioned by Theater J’s Expanding the Canon Program.

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Do You Think I'm Annoying?

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  • Shaun Leisher: Do You Think I'm Annoying? by Jesse Jae Hoon
    “

    I was so moved by this play. A fantastic look into the lives of two teen girls that recently found out they were adopted and deal so differently with this information. I really connected with both characters as they try to navigate a friendship. Kayla's tendency to catastrophize and Brenna's tendency to run from her feelings felt so real. I loved the addition of the Mysterious Figure and how this character magically comes in and out of both of these girls' lives. Produce this play.

    I was so moved by this play. A fantastic look into the lives of two teen girls that recently found out they were adopted and deal so differently with this information. I really connected with both characters as they try to navigate a friendship. Kayla's tendency to catastrophize and Brenna's tendency to run from her feelings felt so real. I loved the addition of the Mysterious Figure and how this character magically comes in and out of both of these girls' lives. Produce this play.

    ”

Character Information

  • Kayla
    Do you think she’s annoying? She needs to know.
    Teens-20s
    korean american
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      Teens,
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Asian, Pacific Islander, or Asian American
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female
  • Brenna
    Nobody thinks she’s annoying. She’s made sure of it.
    Teens-20s
    Japanese American
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      Teens,
      20s,
      30s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Asian, Pacific Islander, or Asian American
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female
  • Mysterious Figure
    who the fuck is this
    Older
    Asian American
    Female
    Can be played by:
    • Actor Age
      40s,
      50s,
      60s
    • Actor Race/Ethnic Identity
      Asian, Pacific Islander, or Asian American
    • Actor Gender Identity
      Female

Development History