Chinese Theatre Works


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Chinese Theatre Works is a non-profit theatre company whose mission is to preserve and promote the traditional Chinese performing arts (including opera, shadow theatre, puppetry, dance and music); to create new works that bridge Eastern and Western aesthetics and forms; and to foster understanding and appreciation of Chinese culture in audiences, students, artists and educators around the globe.
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Stephen Kaplin Wins Henry Hewes Award
CTW's Co-Artistic Director Wins Design Honor
We are proud to announce that Chinese Theatre Works' Co-Artistic & Technical Director, Stephen Kaplin, was awarded a 2006 Henry Hewes Award for Notable Effects by the American Theatre Wing. He won the award, one of the highest honors in U.S. theatrical design, for his work designing and constructing the puppets for Ping Chong's acclaimed 2005 show Cathay: Three Tales of China. Cathay was a unique collaboration between artists in New York, Seattle and Xian, China; working on the show gave Stpehen the opportunity to work closely with and learn from traditional Chinese puppeteers in Xian as they developed the piece. The Hewes awards, originally the Maharam Awards, were established in 1964 as the first design awards allowing Broadway, Off-Broadway and Off-Off-Broadway shows to compete equally. Stephen joins Ping Chong, Peter Schumann, Julie Taymor, Theodora Skipitares, Paul Zaloom, and many other longtime friends and colleagues among the noted artists who have recieved Hewes Awards.



CTW Honored in China!
At the First International Shadow Play Art Festival in Tangshan, China, Chinese Theatre Works - the only company from the U.S. invited - won four awards. Our new production, Three Women, Many Plays, won Best Writing and Direction; our two storytellers, Co-Artistic Director Stephen Kaplin and Director Emerita Jo Humphrey, won Best Narration; and the company was honored for Excellence in Performance and Best Short Plays for both Three Women and Tiger Tales, our other contribution to the festival.



Upcoming Public Performances
More Upcoming Performances in Private Venues



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Hao Bang Ya, Rabbit! (Turkey Flavor)


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Long Island Children's Museum
11 Davis Avenue
Garden City, NY 11530

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November 25 & 26, 2011
1:00 pm & 3:00 pm

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Chang-Er Flies to the Moon


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St. Annīs Warehouse
38 Water Street
Brooklyn, NY 11217

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September 23, 2011
7:30pm

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Traditional Music from China


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Pace University
41 Park Row
New York, NY 10038

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September 22, 2011
Time TBD

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Peking Opera Presentation & Demonstration


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Morehouse College
830 Westview Drive
Atlanta, Georgia 30314

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September 12, 2011
4:00pm

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Hao Bang Ya, Rabbit!


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Hammond Museum
28 Deveau Road
North Salem, NY 10560

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September 10, 2011
1:00pm

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Tiger Tales


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Museum of Chinese in America
215 Centre Street
New York, NY 10013

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September 10, 2011
12:00pm

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Tiger Tales
Kun Opera:Strolling in the Garden

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Flushing Branch Library
41-17 Main Street
Flushing, NY 11355

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August 20, 2011
2:00 pm - 4:00 pm

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Little Red Riding Hood: The Chinese Opera


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Charles B. Wang Center Theater
Suite 302, Stony Brook University
4040 SUNY, Stony Brook, NY 11794-4040

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April 3, 2011
3:00 pm

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Little Red Riding Hood:
The Chinese Opera

tickets info

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY 10028-0198

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February 5, 2011
7:00 pm


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Excerpt from
Little Red Riding Hood: The Chinese Opera
tickets info

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY 10028-0198

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February 5, 2011
3:00 pm


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Workshop -
Face Painting, Calligraphy, Costume



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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 Fifth Ave.
New York, NY 10018-2788

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February 5, 2011
10:00 am

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Chinese Theatre Works
34-23 Steinway Street, #241
Long Island City, NY 11101

(718) 457-1627
Chinese.theatre.works@gmail.com



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