"Tiger Style! - Profile Theater's first full production in a two-year dive into the work of playwright Mike Lew - is a canny choice, well-designed to whet audience members' appetite for Lew's work and keep them watching for the next offerings in a planned cycle. The play's quick comic timing deftly navigates themes that might otherwise encounter resistance, leaving those who are willing with lots to chew on."
"Raised by "tiger parents" - a term for parents who devote outsized focus and energy on their children's success (popularized by a memoir by Yale law professor Amy Chua, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother) - the siblings both graduated from Harvard (Jennifer in three years) and cultivated sufficient musical skill (her at the piano, him at the cello) to sell out Carnegie Hall. Jennifer is a tightly-wound MD/PhD oncologist, and Albert is a cynical software programmer."
Profile Theater stages Tiger Style! as its first full production in a two-year cycle examining Mike Lew's work. The play follows Harvard graduates Albert Chen and his older sister Jennifer, both raised by 'tiger parents' and musically accomplished. Albert is a cynical software programmer; Jennifer is a tightly wound MD/PhD oncologist. Humor and quick comic timing expose and subvert received wisdom about Asian Americans, showing family expectations, workplace bias, and fraught interracial relationships. Jennifer endures anxiety over a complacent white partner; Albert covers for an underperforming white coworker who is promoted by an 'relatable' Asian supervisor. The play uses stereotype and satire to provoke reflection.
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