Christine ML Lee
Composer, Playwright & Poet

Based out of Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang (Montreal), Christine ML Lee is a composer, playwright and poet interested in the intersection between music, movement and storytelling. Working with dance and spoken word, Christine has had her music performed at Festival Quartiers Danses and in Montreal Botanical Gardens. As a sound designer, she was nominated for a META award for her work on Psycho 6(Teesri Duniya Theatre) and most recently worked on Three Women of Swatow (Centaur Theatre, dir. Sophie Gee). Alumna of Nightwood Theatre’s Young Innovators Unit & Playwrights' Workshop Montréal's Young Creators Unit, Christine is currently working on a musical, Just a Note, supported by the Canada Council for the Arts. She subsequently won a Frankie award for Most Promising Emerging Artist for the staged reading of her musical at the Festival St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe 2022. Christine is currently serving on the Board of Directors for the Quebec Writers’ Federation.

November 5, 2024  — November 24, 2024
Centaur Theatre
Time: 90 minutes (no intermission) 

Three Women of Swatow
Written by Chloé Hung
Directed by Sophie Gee
With Shiong-En Chan, Qianna MacGilchrist, and Julie Tamiko Manning

Dark humour, sharp wit, and family secrets collide in Three Women of Swatow, a gripping exploration of generational legacies from acclaimed playwright Chloé Hung. When Mother accidentally kills her husband, the stage is set for a fierce and wickedly funny confrontation as three generations of Chinese-Canadian women come together to clean up the mess—literally and figuratively.

With its sharp dialogue and unflinching storytelling, Three Women of Swatow is a play that confronts difficult truths with care and comedy. Whether it’s confronting the violence of the past or the inescapable ties of family, the play asks: can these women break the cycle, or are they destined to repeat it?

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