The innocence and ignorance of youth are a poem, as it may seem, and a mystery as I can dream. Shuttlecocking letters from afar for forty years, I look for love in my life. I wonder if time could stop at the moment when we first met, without dislocation, delusion, and discrepancies. 

Shouxin Kuaile (Love Letters) is adapted from a drama of the same name, in which the motif of “love and regret” has been re-examined and constructed. The work highlights the thinking about encounters in life and the argument of free will, showing how individuals experience inner conflicts in front of choices. This drama uses monologues and cross-media to present the heavy emotional burden carried by the two characters through the artistic technique of “cinema theater”. When the minimalist theater scenes and the verbal metaphor in the language of camera/photography meet, Shouxin Kuaile, a post-dramatic theater, will provide the audience with a unique aesthetic experience online.

This drama premieres at the 5th European Chinese Theater Festival (Online Special, June 24-26, 2021) in Frankfurt.

Cast & Crew

Actors: Yunzhen Huang/Weilin Chen

Director/Producer: Yumin Ao

Playwright: Chengju Shan

Editor: Jiayue Li

Music: Yumin Ao

Camerawoman: Jiayue Li/Yue Wu

Costume/Property: Jiayue Li

Director Assistant: Xiaoxi Li/Qian Lan

Translation/Subtitles (English): Xiaoxi Li

Translation/Subtitles (German): Fangfei Jing/ U. Steinvorth

Dramaturgy: Xiaoxi Li/Zhao Zhao

Graphic Design: Yumin Ao

Attribution

Love Letters, 0:00-0:53 (Alexander Klein) http://jamen.do/t/368162

La Styrienne, 0:00-1:05 (Esther Garcia) http://jamen.do/t/1214580

In Anxious Shadows, 1:00-3:00 (Kai Engel) http://jamen.do/t/1182033

Rain City, 1:11-2:05 (Sibviolin) http://jamen.do/t/1863240

Classic inspiration, 0:10-1:13 (Carlos Estella) http://jamen.do/t/1806279

When the Eyes are Closed, 0:00-3:11 (Esther Garcia) http://jamen.do/t/1089086

Between the Clouds, 2:38-3:35 (Van Syla) http://jamen.do/t/977822

Awake at Midnight, 3:48-4:18 (Alexander Klein) http://jamen.do/t/368182

Solitude, 1:27-3:00 (Renatus Cartesius) http://jamen.do/t/1766146

The Reason, 0-1:43 (Hakim El Kassimi) http://jamen.do/t/1642847

Crying Sky, 0:45-3:04 (Sibviolin) http://jamen.do/t/1863236

Consolations, S.172 – III. Lento placido, 2:00-2:46 (Liszt, F., OnClassical) http://jamen.do/t/1169705

Acknowledgment

We would like to extend our sincere gratitude for all of the support and help in the course of production provided by Dr. Kai Zhang, Dr. Steinvorth, Katharina, Wenxia Song, Katja, Jasmin, Amy, Yayun, Tong Zhang, Jiahao Sun, and many others!