You Mean to Do Me Harm

Sandbox Series World Premiere

JUN 6 -JUL 2, 2017

Tickets: from $20

Performances held at The Rueff at ACT’s Strand Theater: 1127 Market St.

Run time: 1 hour, 20 minutes

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YOU MEAN TO DO ME HARM

Written by Christopher Chen

Directed by Bill English

“No small accomplishment … Chen’s play resonates on multiple levels.” – Jean Schiffman, San Francisco Examiner

“Master craftsmanship of local playwright Christopher Chen.” – Lily Janiak, San Francisco Chronicle

PLAY DETAILS

An innocuous comment at a dinner of two interracial couples leads to a surreal escalation of Cold War-style paranoia. You Mean to Do Me Harm is a psychological exploration of Chinese and American foreign relations, and of the personal relations we hold most dear.

THE CAST

James Asher
BEN
Don Castro
DANIEL
Lauren English
LINDSEY
Charisse Loriaux
SAMANTHA

Actors appear courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association.

PRE-PRODUCTION PHOTOS

Charisse Loriaux (Samantha) and James Asher (Ben) in San Francisco Playhouse's production of "You Mean to Do Me Harm" at ACT's Strand Theater.

Charisse Loriuax (Samantha)in San Francisco Playhouse's production of "You Mean to Do Me Harm" at ACT's Strand Theater.

Don Castro (Daniel) and Charisse Loriaux (Samantha) in San Francisco Playhouse's production of "You Mean to Do Me Harm" at ACT's Strand Theater.

James Asher (Ben) and Lauren English (Lindsey) in San Francisco Playhouse's production of "You Mean to Do Me Harm" at ACT's Strand Theater.

Don Castro (Daniel) and Lauren English (Lindsey) in San Francisco Playhouse's production of "You Mean to Do Me Harm" at ACT's Strand Theater.

James Asher (Ben) and Charisse Loriaux (Samantha) in San Francisco Playhouse's production of "You Mean to Do Me Harm" at ACT's Strand Theater.

James Asher (Ben), Charisse Loriaux (Samantha), Lauren English (Lindsey) and Don Castro (Daniel) in San Francisco Playhouse's production of "You Mean to Do Me Harm" at ACT's Strand Theater.

Lauren English (Lindsey), Charisse Loriaux (Samantha), James Asher (Ben), and Don Castro (Daniel) in San Francisco Playhouse's production of "You Mean to Do Me Harm" at ACT's Strand Theater.

Don Castro (Daniel), James Asher (Ben), Lauren English (Lindsey), and Charisse Loriaux (Samantha) in San Francisco Playhouse's production of "You Mean to Do Me Harm" at ACT's Strand Theater.

The cast of "You Mean to Do Me Harm" (from left: Don Castro, Lauren English, Charisse Loriaux, James Asher).

Don Castro, director Bill English, Lauren English, Charisse Loriaux, James Asher, playwright Christopher Chen.

The cast and creative team of "You Mean to Do Me Harm".

Charisse Loriaux (Samantha) and Lauren English (Lindsey) in San Francisco Playhouse's production of "You Mean to Do Me Harm" at ACT's Strand Theater.

James Asher (Ben), Charisse Loriaux (Samantha), Don Castro (Daniel), and Lauren English (Lindsey) in San Francisco Playhouse's production of "You Mean to Do Me Harm" at ACT's Strand Theater.

Samantha (Charisse Loriaux) in "You Mean to Do Me Harm" presented by San Francisco Playhouse.

Daniel (Don Castro) and Samantha (Charisse Loriaux) in "You Mean to Do Me Harm" presented by San Francisco Playhouse.

Lindsey (Lauren English) and Samantha (Charisse Loriaux) in "You Mean to Do Me Harm" presented by San Francisco Playhouse.

Lindsey (Lauren English) and Daniel (Don Castro) in "You Mean to Do Me Harm" presented by San Francisco Playhouse.

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Photos by Ken Levin.

THE PLAYWRIGHT

CHRISTOPHER CHEN is a San Francisco-based playwright whose works include The Hundred Flowers Project (the Glickman and Rella Lossy Awards, James Tait Black Award shortlist), Into The Numbers (Belarus Free Theater International Playwriting Competition- 2nd Place), The Late Wedding, Mutt, Caught (NY Times Critics Pick, Barrymore Award, Drama League Nomination), and Home Invasion. Honors include the 2017 Obie Award for Playwriting; the 2017 Lanford Wilson Award; the 2015-2016 Sundance Institute/Time Warner Fellowship; the Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, through which he was playwright in residence at The Vineyard; Upcoming world premieres include A Tale of Autumn at Crowded Fire, and Passage at The Wilma. He is currently under commission at American Conservatory Theatre, The Aurora, LCT3, Manhattan Theatre Club and Oregon Shakespeare Festival. Chris is a founding member of 6NewPlays, and is the resident playwright at Crowded Fire. A San Francisco native, Chris is a graduate of U.C. Berkeley, and holds an M.F.A. in playwriting from S.F. State.

San Francisco Playhouse’s production of You Mean to Do Me Harm is made possible by Executive Producer Rowland Weinstein; Producers David & Cynthia Bogolub, Tom & Mary Foote, and Sue Kubly; Associate Producers David Anderson & Nancy Kaible and The Castilian Fund.