NYC @ The Tank (August, 2025)
Inspired in part by the repetitive patterns of our everyday rituals, Vanishing 2.0 invites the audience to cook three dishes: whether delicious, bizarre, or reminiscent of home. This hour-long interactive performance is a cooking and dining game that explores longing and loss through the diaspora experience in a communal way.
As “cultural outsiders”, when our identity is always somewhere in
between, how can we grasp and ground our existence through collective creating and imagining?
In Vanishing 2.0, kitchen becomes the stage, theater becomes a space between ritual and play, and the steam rising from the pots reveals the imprint of migration. We who live far from home begin to cook to find home. Among pots and pans, we linger between containing and merging, placing ourselves into every plate.
Cast & Creative Team:
Host – Sydney (Jiani) Yu
Developed by Jieru Wang, Ruby Wang
Director – Cerulean Long
Stage Manager – Mia Harada
Set/Prop Designer – Nora Iammarino
Sound Designer – Carolyn Kelly
Light Designer – Annabelle Mei
Projection Designer – Jane Su
Production Manager- Joe Fox
Photography – Ruby Wang