Inside Out & Back Again
Stage Adaptation by Min Kahng
Based on the book by Thanhha Lai
Commissioned by Bay Area Children’s Theatre
Play / TYA / 60 Minutes
Ten-year-old Hà and her family flee from Vietnam to Alabama, where she dreams of her beloved papaya tree and struggles to adjust in a strange new land. Thanhha Lai's award-winning book of poetry comes to life in this on-stage retelling of a young girl and her family's journey to find a new home.
Mar-May 2018. World Premiere, Bay Area Children’s Theatre
Mar 2020. Tour, Theater Mu
Productions
Aug 2017. Reading, Bay Area Children’s Theatre
Dec 2017. Staged Reading, Bay Area Children’s Theatre
Development
Media
Watch. World Premiere Trailer
Bay Area Children’s Theatre World Premiere
Photo by Joshua Posamentier
L to R: Kathryn Han, Krystle Piamonte, Benjamin Nguyen