GUMIHO
A West Coast Premiere
by Nina Ki
directed by Crystal Liu​​​​​
April 17 - May 11, 2025
Opening/Press Night: April 19, 8 PM
Theatre Rhinoceros, 4229 18th St, San Francisco
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Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8:00pm
General seating & preshow at 7:40pm
Sundays at 3:00pm
General seating & preshow at 2:40pm
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If you've been waiting your whole life for the arrival of Asian American lesbian/queer/non-binary horror theatre, playwright Nina Ki is here with complexly flawed characters and razor-sharp dialogue ablaze. Ki, a self-described “Queerean” (Queer + Korean) playwright who uses xe/she/they pronouns, is one of the most exciting and important new voices in modern playwriting.
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GUMIHO’s ensemble of Asian queer women, nonbinary & trans characters illustrate a community in desperate need of interpersonal connection, but consistently sabotaged by the characters’ own struggles with cultural trauma, defensiveness, loneliness, and fear of rejection - monsters of the human psyche that manifest in elegantly terrifying ways onstage.
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PROMOTIONAL PHOTOS
Pictured: Dom Refuerzo in GUMIHO by Nina Ki, directed by Crystal Liu, a west coast premiere presented by Theatre Rhinoceros. Photo by Aaron Simunovich.
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Pictured: Raye Goh in GUMIHO by Nina Ki, directed by Crystal Liu, a west coast premiere presented by Theatre Rhinoceros. Photo by Aaron Simunovich.
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Pictured: Zolboo Namkhaidorj in GUMIHO by Nina Ki, directed by Crystal Liu, a west coast premiere presented by Theatre Rhinoceros. Photo by Aaron Simunovich.
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Pictured: Annie Wang in GUMIHO by Nina Ki, directed by Crystal Liu, a west coast premiere presented by Theatre Rhinoceros. Photo by Aaron Simunovich.
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