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Plays

Moth Boy

November 27 - December 6, 2025

Written by Peihwen J. Tai, Directed by Tetsuro Shigematsu

After a sudden tragedy, Taiwanese-Canadian sadboi Ikari Zao spirals into a catatonic depression, leading to a surreal metamorphosis into a moth. Moth Boy is a magical realist and non-linear story about emotional negligence, cultural alienation, and existential dread within a Taiwanese-Canadian household. The protagonist is a teenager from Vancouver named Ikari Zao, who falls into a catatonic depression and subsequently metamorphoses into a moth after tragedy befell his friend Greta. Ikari’s mother is a lawyer that has an “anal fetish for categorizing things and putting them in boxes” and has been entangled with Greta’s mother Amber throughout the 13 years the play spans.