I Have a Dream in Chinese

I Have a Dream in Chinese is a one-woman theatrical journey through borders, bodies, and names. Set aboard a long-haul flight from Hong Kong to Vancouver, a Chinese immigrant navigates the turbulence of microaggressions, state surveillance, workplace erasure, and the haunting grief of a city left behind.

As she oscillates between “Fan” and “Ivy,” Mandarin and English, belonging and exile, her inner fracture deepens. Blending poetic monologue, surreal memory, and bureaucratic absurdity, the play explores what it means to carry two names, two histories, and the unbearable silence of trying to belong.

Stark, intimate, and unflinching, it asks: how do you start over when you are still arriving?