2007


Velina Hasu Houston's play The House of Chaos at SDSU's Experimental Theatre --
a great success!


WORLD PREMIERE

The House of Chaos
By Internationally Reknowned Award-Winning Playwright
Velina Hasu Houston
Directed by Peter Cirino
Produced at Playhouse on Plaza

This play is a contemporary adaptation of the Medea myth, investigating it in the context of a Japanese female expatriate living with her white American husband in a bleached, segregated community outside of Los Angeles.  Set in the international fashion design industry, the story focuses on Mina Takahashi's struggle to preserve her honor in the face of her husband's adultery and his plans not only to banish her and her daughter, but also to confiscate her business holdings from her. Mixing themes from ancient drama and contemporary culture, The House of Chaos will be published in THE MYTH STRIKES BACK: MEDEA PLAYS BY WOMEN, edited by Velina Hasu Houston and Dr. Marianne McDonald.