About The Animals

The Animals is a play featuring three actors who are going to co-present the character Yank from the Eugene O'Neill's play The Hairy Ape. Yank is a poorly educated, simple-minded laborer working on a large cruise ship. His rigid, day-to-day life on the ship makes him overconfident and he is never aware of his inferiority. However, when a tourist named Miss Mildred humiliates him and crushes his self-esteem, he seeks an opportunity for revenge. Despite several failed attempts, Yank walks into a zoo, has a heartfelt conversation with a gorilla, and is eventually strangled to death by the gorilla in its cage.

Credits

Adapted from the play by Eugene O'Neill

Director: Li Luka

Cast: Li Chenyang, Li Yunjia, Wang Yao

Dramaturgy: Huang Bing

Stage Manager: Wang Yuxiang

Assistant Stage Managers: Gu Zhiqiang, Su Qian

Lighting Design: Guo Yangweifeng

Sound Design: Zhou Chen

Multi-media Engineer: Zhang Yuqing

Subtitles Operator: Chen Yuhong

Producer: Xu Chen

About Li Luka

Li Luka is a musician, theatre director, and actor. He has created and acted in numerous musical and theater works. Major plays: Isolationism Carnie, Rhinoceros in Love, Parasite, R. U. R., Still Barking, L'Étranger, Fictions, Pumps and Lunacies, etc.