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January 13, 2025

Experimental Mime and Shadow Play: Nathan Zhe Talks ‘Snow in Midsummer: The Silence’

  • Artist
  • Interview
  • Yu Theatre Society

To call Nathan Zhe the co-producer and director of Yu Theatre Society’s Snow in Midsummer: The Silence feels like an oversimplification of his role. After all, he’s also the show’s technical director, sound designer, and live sound programmer, as well as one of two student playwrights who adapted the 12th-century Chinese script to create a non-verbal performance using shadows and movement. 

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