Written by:  Jeremy Lum & Simonne Yu
Performances at:  The Kirk Theatre, Theatre Row



We all know that ‘Asian Americans are good in math and science’ is just a stereotype, but what if our parents think that it is the norm? So, what happens when one is an Asian American who is not good in math and science? Jeremy Lum and Simmone Yu’s Always Family offers an answer. For those who grew up in a household with heavy burden of academic pressure, the mother-son opening scene of the play Always Family does not look unfamiliar. The son reports to his mother about his grade on a biology test in the living room and the mother unable to digest the news that her son has received a C on his science test. In the Tsang family, this happens almost everyday, except that the son replaced by the daughter, LeAnna Tsang.