Happy White Thanksgiving

One Act Play - TYA; Tamara comes home for Thanksgiving in the middle of her first semester at George Brown Culinary and is met with her worst nightmare: her mother has decided to make a white Thanksgiving dinner. While juggling grief around the recent passing of her grandmother and culinary idol Anthony Bourdain, the chaos of best friend Leo’s cooking and trying to save Thanksgiving dinner, Tamara struggles to create a dish that best represents her for a school project. This play reflects diverse Chinese, Vietnamese and Taiwanese experiences through these characters and food as they navigate grief, coming-of-age and identity. 

Developed over two years for The National Theatre School and Geordie Theatre with Dean Flemming

Development History:

Roseneath Theatre - upcoming workshop reading (2023), directed by athena kaitlin trinh

Geordie Theatre (Winter 2022) - workshop reading, directed by Jimmy Blais