Guilin the Musical
Progress Updates
Feature song of the week: Stay With Me (Mei Li)
Volume 1
The concept for the story of Guilin began in April of 2004. Guilin the Musical has been officially under development since early in 2008. Readings are scheduled for 2011.
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Guilin website video
Click on the image above to be directed to the musical's introductory video on YouTube. The images in the video show scenes from the 1989 June 4th incident in China, the student protests in Tiananmen Square. These events are the historical background for the musical.
A primary character, Zhuang Guo, a Communist Party provincial leader, must manage the repercussions from the unrest. The tumultuous times have a profound effect on his personal life. His wife has given birth to their second child. Zhuang Guo had allowed his wife to carry the child to birth, even thought the laws in China forbid having more than one. He reasoned that his authority would allow him to keep the second child, something his wife wanted so much. However, now under the scrutiny of his superiors, Zhuang Guo feels that they cannot keep the child. He decides to take his infant daughter to an orphanage. It is a decision that he tragically regrets for the rest of his life.
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