We recently interviewed one of the four talented solo show artists in our summer festival later this month, including the handsome and brilliant Jim Chu. His solo show is called Rooftops and chronicles Jim's life as a sixteen year old growing up in the crack-infested tenements in the 1980s.
TIC: What inspired you to write your solo show, Rooftops?
Jim Chu: As an Chinese kid growing up in a Puerto Rican neighborhood, nothing really reflected the people I knew, and my whole life it has frustrated me the way that anyone who remotely looked like me is portrayed, if at all. As far as performers go, Whoopi Goldberg and John Leguizamo have lit the way.
TIC: You created your pieces with the help of solo show guru Matt Hoverman. What was the most valuable lesson you learned from him?
JC: The most valuable lesson I learned from Matt was to accept where I am with my work. Everything's a work in progress!
TIC: If your solo show were made into a movie with a full cast of characters, who would play Jim as a younger version of yourself?
JC: I don't know any teenage Chinese American actors. See Question 1.
[Editor's note: My vote would be for Leonardo Nam.]
Join us for Jim's show and 3 other seriously funny solo shows (The Circle Flying Dance by Myla Pitt, Welcome to the Hallmark Emporium by Megan Melnyk, and And She Bakes by Daliya Karnofsky and musical guest Sarah Aili).
When? Saturday and Sunday, July 28 and 29 at 8 pm
Where? Bridge Theatre (244 West 54th Street, 12th floor @ Shetler Studios).
Tickets: $20. Call 212-868-4444 or go to http://www.smarttix.com/Show.aspx?ShowCode=PLU7.
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