SUMMARY OF THE PLAY

An evening, in Guadeloupe, amidst sugar canes, an abandoned hut.

Three friends have until dawn to create a wall piece for a Street art contest. One of them shares a legend told to her during a trip to China, The Butterfly Lovers.

Zhu Yingtai is a teenage girl who dreams of studying, but young women of her time do not have access to education. Disguised as a boy, she sets off for Hangzhou. She befriends Liang Shanbo, her classmate. Three years pass, she now must return home but she feels that the friendship has blossomed into love. How can she make him understand that she is not who he thinks? And how can they live their love when her family has already planned her destiny?

The lives of Yingtai, Shanbo, Billie, Coco, and Pierre intertwine. Helped by the spirits of the evening, they all emerge transformed and find the strength to enable the lovers' metamorphosis into butterflies.

The play has been submitted to review panels. We are currently looking for partnerships to produce the show. For more information, please contact us.