The GW Taiwan Education and Research Program (TERP) cordially invites you to its upcoming Taiwan Humanities Lecture on the topic of Peking opera culture and historical anecdotes in Taiwan!

Join us for a unique event and performance demonstration with theatre actor and artistic director Chu Po-Cheng, recipient of a 2024 Asian Cultural Council grant to research and study the diverse and free-form expressions of Broadway theater (both on and off-Broadway). He will speak about the importance of Wu Hsing-kuo, a Taiwanese born actor, playwright, director, and Fulbright Scholar known around the world for his adaptations of Western theatre into traditional Peking Opera. After introducing the works of Wu Hsing-kuo, Chu will highlight several performances and pieces of the Contemporary Legend Theatre (CLT), a Taiwanese performing arts company that was created in 1986 by Wu Hsing-kuo, and became renowned worldwide for integrating traditional Peking Opera techniques with Western classical plays. Po-Cheng will then introduce Peking opera, its origins and global spread. He will then conclude by performing Lin Chong’s Night Flight, a classic traditional Peking Opera piece, and answering questions from the audience.