"What if Farewell My Concubine were no longer just a story, but a mystery box with your name on it?"

FAREWELL, AND ERASE is an original multilingual ethnodrama and participatory theatre work written and directed by Geboli Long and produced by JC Chang. Built from more than 50 hours of interviews with 30 people across China and the U.S., the piece transforms the cultural memory and afterlives of Farewell My Concubine into a cross-cultural theatrical encounter about identity, survival, and what remains in an age of erasure.

Drawing from Chen Kaige's 1993 Farewell My Concubine and Chen Peisi's 2025 film The Stage, the work moves between realism and ritual, memory and the contemporary moment. It explores cultural inheritance, precarity, identity, and public encounter — inviting audiences not only to witness, but to enter a shared space of reflection and participation.

Performed in English, Chinese, and Miao · English surtitles throughout

• Fri May 1, 2026 7:30 pm
• Sat May 2, 2026 2:30 pm · 7:30 pm
• Sun May 3, 2026 2:30 pm

Flamboyan Theater at The Clemente 107 Suffolk Street, New York, NY 10002

F · J · M · Z to Delancey / Essex

2 hrs · refunds up to 7 days prior

Hailey Davis

Imani · International student from Japan

Hailey Davis is a senior at NYU Tisch's Drama Department, studying under Playwrights Horizons Theater School and NYU Tisch's Dramatic Writing Department. Previously seen in NYU Steinhardt's SHAKES2GO production of Twelfth Night as Fabian, and in The Invitation Collective's 3by3 Reading Series as the writer of Metamorphosis.

David Roman-Pavajeau

35-year-old programmer

David is a first-year Drama Major at NYU Tisch, where he was placed in the Experimental Theatre Wing. He has performed with Steinhardt in The Handless Maiden (2026), and in Tisch's 24 Hour Play Festival and Rat Theatre's The Traitor. Farewell, and Erase is his first piece of verbatim theatre.

Topaz Runxuelai Gao

Kenneth · Political Science PhD

Topaz is a multi-hyphenate theatre artist who graduated from NYU Tisch in 2025. They have directed Julie (Shall See Theater) and Rage (Dead Horse Productions) and designed for Wake (35k Productions), Dry Land (Cherubs Productions), and Lord of the Flies (Court Square Theater).

YiHeng Wu

Psychology graduate in job transition

YiHeng is completing her M.A. in Drama Therapy at NYU. With a background in psychology, communication, and theatre, her stage work includes Secret Love for the Peach Blossom Spring (暗恋桃花源) and N' Woman's Monologue (N个女人的独白). She portrays a soon-to-graduate therapist stepping into uncertainty — a role that feels especially personal.

Jasmine (Jiayu) Wang

Peking Opera artist

Jasmine is a junior applied psychology major with a passion for acting and Chinese culture. She combines her understanding of human behavior with her love of storytelling to create thoughtful, engaging performances.

Serena Zhang

Ouzhi

Serena is a New York-based actor who grew up in Beijing, training at the Manhattan School of Music for Musical Theatre. Recent credits include Opera Chick in BOUNCE: The Basketball Opera, Val in A Chorus Line, 4.48 Psychosis, Shen Teh in The Good Person of Szechwan, and Lina Darling in Nine.

Anne Yasmine Larasati

Swing

Anne Yasmine is an Indonesian actor, writer, and producer based in New York, exploring themes of identity, inheritance, and belonging. Her acting credits include the short film Sawo Matang and the feature YUNI, both recognized at international festivals.

Mark Rojas

American Lutheran pastor · Chinese engineering PhD

Mark believes this is an important piece of theatre — one that reflects the state of the world as it is, and reaffirms the idea of what we can learn from our past to help preserve the future.

Peter Xiao

Retired professor of humanities

Peter is a multi-hyphenate artist — actor, casting director, and producer. A graduate of NYU Tisch Drama at the Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute, he has cast dozens of projects officially selected at Oscar-qualifying festivals.

Harry Li

Liu Shuzhi

Fake Bawang or True Yuji? That's a question.

Gary Zheng

Li Chicheng

Geboli Long

Writer · Director

JC Chang

Producer

Esther Ho

Scenic design

Crystal Zhao

Projection design

Rui Yang

Animation · 3D

Joyce Zhang

Lighting design

Silvan Tang

Sound design

Sydney Paolercio

Costume design

Minara Ling

Stage manager

Estella Tang

Marketing

Yi Zhao

Graphic · Illustration

Linxi Jiang

Photography

Guo Liu

Music · cello