SOLO SHOW Presented by Margaret Cho: Tiger Daughter
Get ready for laughter, tears, and rock and roll glory as rising star Charlene Kaye brings her hit solo show, TIGER DAUGHTER: OR, HOW I BROUGHT MY IMMIGRANT MOTHER ULTIMATE SHAME (directed by Jennifer Monaco), across the US for a fall tour. The show follows a sold-out Edinburgh Festival Fringe run and two-sold out shows at Joe's Pub presented by comedy legend Margaret Cho.
TIGER DAUGHTER is an emotional rollercoaster detailing Kaye’s tumultuous relationship with Lily, her immigrant Chinese mother. Kaye defies her mother’s dreams that she play Carnegie Hall by age 12 and, instead, applies her classical piano knowledge to shred guitar as slutty Slash in an all-girl Guns N’ Roses cover band called “Guns N’ Hoses” (with the slogan “Welcome to the Vajungle!”). This is just one of many mishaps in the show as we watch Kaye try, and epically fail, to win Lily’s respect. As Lily watches the nightmare version of the American Dream play out before her eyes, Kaye grapples with inherited baggage, cultural clashes, and the fight to be herself.
"For my whole career, I’ve shared this very public-facing story of being a musician. With Tiger Daughter, I finally get to share the private-facing story that’s been running parallel to it this entire time,” says Kaye.
And what if you’re not Asian?
“I don’t think you need to be Asian to understand the show,” Kaye says. “You just need to have a parent who doesn’t understand you.”
Directed by Jennifer Monaco
Produced by Adam Gold