Backed by a live band playing contemporary Dengue Fever hits and classic Cambodian oldies, this thrilling story toggles back and forth in time as father and daughter face the music of the past. By Lauren Yee Directed by Marti Lyons Songs by Dengue Fever. "Directed by Chay Yew, 'Cambodian Rock Band' doesn't quite hang together as a whole: It relies too much on contrivance and exposition, especially in the modern parts.

Backed by a live band playing contemporary Dengue Fever hits and classic Cambodian oldies, this thrilling story toggles back and forth in time as father and daughter face the music of the past. Cambodian Rock Band features an array of psychedelic surfer rock songs by Dengue Fever, an American band that fuses sixties Cambodian pop and psychedelic rock.

Directed by Chay Yew , this intimate rock epic about family secrets is set against a dark chapter of Cambodian …

A Khmer Rouge survivor returns to Cambodia for the first time in 30 years, as his daughter prepares to prosecute one of Cambodia’s most infamous war criminals. PLEASE SEE PLAYBILL FOR MORE INFO.

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In 1978, Chum fled Cambodia and narrowly escaped the murderous Khmer Rouge regime. ‘Cambodian Rock Band’ is an excellent part-play, part-rock concert about the legacy of the Khmer Rouge, while ‘All the Natalie Portmans’ makes the actor a much-loved ghost. ♪ [rock music playing] ♪ >>> cambodian rock band is almost impossible to describe because it is so many things. But there's something both touching and rousing about the way it honors the lost beat of Cambodia's past. This play with live, loud rock music contains references to murder, kidnapping, drug use, and the Cambodian genocide.

In Lauren Yee ’s play “ Cambodian Rock Band,” the doomed, fictional band Cyclo is represented by actor-musicians with considerable musical chops and enormous affection for their ill … Photos. Lauren Yee Playwright. it is incredibly morally-complex for our characters. South Coast Repertory presents the world premiere of “Cambodian Rock Band” by Lauren Yee, directed by Chay Yew. Featuring a cast that performs a mix of contemporary Dengue Fever hits and classic Cambodian oldies, Lauren Yee vividly brings to life the Cambodian rock scene of the ‘60s and ‘70s, a movement cut short by the Khmer Rouge’s brutal regime, which nearly erased the music (and musicians). “Cambodian Rock Band is contemporary theater at its most electrifying, edifying and emotionally affecting.” – StageScene LA “Joy, heartbreak and psychedelic surf rock power a …

In recognizing that the phrasing of "original cast album" can be misconstrued as excluding that journey, we are referring to this simply as a cast recording, one that will reach many more for years to come. Lauren Yee’s play Cambodian Rock Band premiered at South Coast Rep, with subsequent productions at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Victory Gardens, Portland Center Stage and many others.