Fish Meat by Esmé Maria Ng

SheNYC Arts will be presenting FISH MEAT by Esmé Maria Ng as part of the SheNYC 2024 Summer Theatre Festival at the Connelly Theater in Manhattan.

FISH MEAT braids the lives of Mingzhu, a 14 year old girl on a boat going from Hong Kong to San Francisco in 1890, and Ro, a PhD candidate studying marine biology in present-day California. Merging marine taxonomy, Lewis Carroll, and histories of immigration and exploitation, this heartfelt play explores how our care for others can reveal the care we deserve for ourselves and asks: How do we categorize sexual violence?

Content Notice: This is a play that deals heavily with the historic and ongoing sexual violence against Asian women and girls, more specifically referring to workplace sexual violence and forced sex work.

Tickets are on sale now! Performances will be taking place Friday, August 2nd at 6 PM, and Saturday, August 3rd at 1 PM.