Madame Ho
Madame Ho tells the story of a formidable woman in the Barbary Coast, a real-life 19th-century brothel madam, Chinese immigrant, wife and mother. Within the confines of the bordello, Madame tries to raise her daughter Daisy right. But headstrong Daisy is spoiled by her father and infatuated with a new servant girl. Madame Ho explores the epic history of the Chinese American West through a shape-shifting tale of one woman's struggle to forge a life for herself and her daughter. In an era when a woman could be bought and sold, what is the price of survival?
Cast Requirements
6 Asian female, 2 Asian male, 1 white actress
Set Description
1 unit set
Production and Development History
The Madame Ho project is supported generously by grants from the San Francisco Arts Commission: Cultural Equity Grant, TBA’ s CA$H Grant for Artists, the Creativity Fund at New Dramatists, the Lippmann Family Fund, the Handel Fellowship, and residencies at Hedgebrook, Byrdcliffe, and Sundance Ucross.
Madame Ho was read as part of Cutting Ball Theater's Risk Is This Festival Of New Experimental Plays on May 28 and 29, 2011, the Playwrights Foundation's Resident Playwrights Graduate Reading Series on June 26, 2011, the Magic Theatre's Asian Explosion, February 12, 2012, New Dramatists (Creativity Fund) May 4, 2012 and May 16, 2013, Magic Theatre Virgin Play Reading Series, April 1, 2013, Great Plains Theater Conference, May 31, 2013.