Rain City Projects

Plucked from the audience, three contestants live and die their way through a myriad of American incarnations as they compete for the ultimate prize, perfect enlightenment. The entire history of United States becomes their playing field, from Jamestown to the World Trade Center attack and beyond, as they struggle towards their individual goals. In between lives, the contestants visit the bardo realms, wacky worlds between death and rebirth where Stonewall Jackson and Harriet Tubman are husband and wife; and people reincarnate as corporations. Even when things seem like they couldn’t get weirder, they do, as the contestants start to reincarnate as each other and the understanding begins to dawn that enlightenment is now here and nowhere; a trillion light-years and just a blink away.

Stage adapation of John Gardner's outrageous novella retelling the Beowulf epic from the monster's existentialist point-of-view.

Sparks pop from the track gaps when a senior defense department official bumps into a modern day Queen Mab on the commuter train.

Doin' It Again, is the 8th Episode in the original comedic soap known as Sex in Seattle. Join Shari, Tess, Jenna and Elizabeth, four contemporary Asian American women, on a fun-filled adventure with fate, as they journey back to the past, and explore what might have been on a delightful date with destiny. Written by Kathy Hsieh; created by Kathy Hsieh and Serin Ngai for SIS Productions.

Merging science fiction with physical theatre, The 42nd Floor is an hilarious, mind-bending trilogy inspired by the work of Philip K. Dick, Ambrose Bierce and John Collier. Joined by themes of paradox and fate, One story plays out a riveting psychological dilemma, another revolves around a dizzying time-travel enigma, and the last is a zany tall tale of the most absurd variety.

The fantasy writer met success early with his imaginary land, Werndoald, and bought his dream home. Now, with his fourth book due and the advance money gone, he has writer's block and must bring in boarders to pay his mortgage. The eccentric renters initially inspire further adventures in Werndoald, but soon the worlds merge, threatening the writer's sanity, and possibly his life.