This summer, Pawn has embarked on a world tour opening at the Daegu International Musical Festival where it won the award for Best Original Musical, making stops in Macau, Chengdu, Beijing, Vancouver, and finally, New York for the New York International Fringe Festival.

The Ellen Stewart Theatre @ LA MAMA
74 East 4th Street,  New York, NY

Pawn follows Abraham Niu, a young Asian Canadian soldier stationed in Kandahar, Afghanistan, into the darkest night of his life. This groundbreaking, entirely student-written, all-original folk rock musical play unlocks an urgent discourse on the last decade through the keyhole of one family’s tragic loss and the triumph of unrelenting hope. This summer, Pawn has embarked on a world tour opening at the Daegu International Musical Festival, making stops in Macau, Chengdu, Beijing, Vancouver, and finally, New York for the New York International Fringe Festival.

Dates:
Saturday, August 13 at 4:45
Thursday, August 18 at 8:30
Sunday, August 21 at 5:30
Wednesday, August 24 at 4:30
Sunday, August 28 at 3:00

For tickets, visit http://fringenyc.org

About the Production:
Pawn received its first public workshop under the name Abraham Niu and the Friendly Fires at STAMP’s 2nd Annual “Spring into Action Play Festival” in late May, 2010 at Stanford University’s Roble Hall Theater. Though the script was still under construction and workshop was a simple staged reading, Abraham Niu and the Friendly Fires was received passionately by the community and soon garnered a dedicated fan base on campus. After a summer of planning, rewriting, and composition, Pawn was born, and received a full production by the Stanford Theatre Activist Mobilization Project (STAMP) and the Asian American Theater Project (AATP) in November 2010.  The show performed one final run at Stanford from May 12 through 15 before departing for its international tour. For more info: www.pawnthemusical.com