31 Asian American Plays in 31 Days
#29. EDITH CAN SHOOT THINGS AND HIT THEM by A. Rey Pamatmat
Sixteen-year-old Kenny and his little sister Edith are all but abandoned on a remote farm in Middle America. But when Kenny’s friend Benji starts encroaching on their makeshift family—and Edith shoots something she really shouldn’t shoot—the outside world comes barging in. Edith takes aim at growing up, staying young, falling in love and facing the consequences . . . then fires away.
I think this is a significant play, representing an emerging trend in Asian American work, where the characters’ ethnicity is inherent, but are not a central theme in the play. Similar plays include Carla Ching’s FAST COMPANY and Leah Nanako Winkler’s KENTUCKY.
Humana Festival of New American Plays, Actors Theatre of Louisville, 2011
directed by May Adrales
Edith, a girl- Teresa Avia Lim
Kenny, her brother- Jon Norman Schneider
Benji, their friend- Cory Michael Smith
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