Outreach Initiative

September 5, 2025

Connect with other emerging Asian Canadian artists and spend the day with the fu-GEN team as we watch Forgiveness by Hiro Kanagawa at the Stratford Festival. Talk backs, meet-the-artists, dinner, and transportation is all provided.

Photo Courtesy of the Stratford Festival. Photography by David Hou.

This initiative is now closed. Thank you to all who participated!

Co-Development Initiative with Theatre Passe Muraille

September and November 2025

First developed in our Kitchen Potluck Creation Lab in 2024, Aging Youth Gang is back with a stellar team of artists to bring this touching and hilarious story to life.

A trio of senior citizens are none too pleased with yet another hipster coffee shop gentrifying their Chinatown, so they deal with the business the best way they know how: Sabotage! 

A poignant and funny intergenerational story about legacy, community, and the fear of being forgotten, this play deals with the complexities behind gentrification of neighborhoods that immigrants built as pockets of home.

Photo from 2024 Potluck Festival by Kris Yue Photography

An NAC English Theatre/Tarragon Theatre Co-production in association with fu-GEN Asian Theatre Company

Ottawa: April 7-18
Toronto: May 5-24

In 2035, a decade after the Trinity Bellwoods Collapse in Toronto, an investigation into the mysterious disappearance of a young girl leads to a very peculiar house that has sunk into the earth. A flood with no leak, an ominous voice, and hordes of cicadas are only three of the many strange things seeping up through the old floorboards of Trim and Janie’s house. Could a strangely luminous painting unlock long-hidden secrets of what lies beneath the home?  

This world premiere with live music is a fully scored eco-thriller that imagines alternative realities for climate change with a gripping, immersive story, illuminating our profound connection to nature without laying blame. 

Annual Playwrights Unit & Community Celebration

Monday, June 15, 2026
Factory Theatre @ 8:00pm

Welcome to the Kitchen!
fu-GEN's longstanding annual tradition of Kitchen Potluck returns this season with three incredible writers, three phenomenal dramaturges, and a troupe of formidable actors to bring everything to life!

Potluck began before fu-GEN was a company in 2002-a small group of Asian Canadian artists would bring food, gather, and read new works they were writing and look for feedback and encouragement. This tradition has grown into the incredible community you see today, encompassing hundreds of audience members, and supporting hundreds of artists. Celebrating the Asian Canadian new play tradition while closing out another fu-GEN season, we hope you can join us for an evening of joyous camaraderie, delicious food, and a wonderful party.

Playwright Cohort this season:
Lucy Coren, Ho Ka Kei (Jeff Ho), Irene (Fan) Yi

Photo from 2026 Potluck Festival by Jae Yang Photography