DEAR JOHN

The Museum of Chinese in America is proud to collaborate with writer/actress Rachel Lin again to present a workshop performance of DEAR JOHN. Previously at MOCA Cinema: Spotlight on Women Filmmakers in March 2023, Rachel presented her short film, “Great Listener,” a story about an Asian American actress who found herself forced to reckon with the real-life consequences of the pervasive typecasting. Parallel with an anti-Asian hate crime case, Rachel successfully captures the Asian American community’s struggles in today’s society through a very intimate story.

DEAR JOHN is a solo show inspired by real life events. In 2011, an estranged father, “John,” reaches out to a long lost daughter for the first time… on Facebook. When he begins writing her letters, she doesn’t reply. For years. Until a sudden illness beckons her to reconcile with her previously unknown past.