The Phantom Bride Quest Theater

Phantom Bride is based on the traditional Chinese folk tale of the same name, and follows the story of two lovers facing impossible odds. When a young girl’s father arranges for her marriage to a wealthy suitor, her true love and childhood friend must flee from the village or be haunted by the union forever.


9/5/03 - 9/7/03

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Phantom Bride is based on the traditional Chinese folk tale of the same name, and follows the story of two lovers facing impossible odds. When a young girl’s father arranges for her marriage to a wealthy suitor, her true love and childhood friend must flee from the village or be haunted by the union forever.

As he prepares to leave, a phantom appears to him through the mist. Through beautiful large scale puppetry and powerful music, Phantom Bride tries the ancient adage, “love conquers all.” This production was developed specifically for entrance into several theater festivals and art fairs around the world. In keeping with Quest's mission to create non-exclusionary shows for the widest possible audience, many of the festivals attempt to bring theater to parts of the world where the arts are otherwise scarce.

Quest originally presented Phantom Bride in May of 2003 at Profiles Theater, where the production was filmed by Chicago film maker, Jason Stephens. Quest was thrilled to remount the show in September 2003 at the Chopin Theater for the Around the Coyote Arts Festival. The production met with a tremendous response, and Quest is looking forward to seeing where Phantom Bride will be heading next.

Director
Andrew Park

Performers
Buck Blue, Jason Bowen Amanda Church, Robert Coleman, Brooke Jackson, Heather Kaminsky, Josh Hoover, Jeff O'Brien, Andrew Park Steve Rich, Nick Rupard, Emily Shannon, Luke Verkamp, Julie Taylor Stacia Wager , Megan Wessel, Vallea E. Woodbury, Owen Yen

Tags: Theater, Asian, 2003