Insight Colab Theatre presents Shadows & Secrets
INSIGHT COLAB THEATRE
presents
Shadows & Secrets
by
Nancy Wang
Directed by Jennifer So
August 28-30, 2026
Insight Colab Theatre presents Shadows & Secrets August 28-30, at Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St, Aurora, CO 80010. Performances are Friday and Saturday at 8:00 p.m., Sunday at 6:00 p.m. Tickets are $25 - $35 and available at https://insightcolab.org/productions/. Student discount information on the site. For more information call 303-437-8917.
Shadows & Secrets by Nancy Wang is based on a dossier of scattered historical facts, newspaper clippings, and memories of Nancy Wang’s grandfather Chin F. Foin, whose demise in mob era Chicago (Foin fell to his death down the elevator shaft of his restaurant), was understood to be an accident — or was he pushed?
This staged, multi-media whodunit radio play searches for answers! Broadcasted in front of a live studio audience! Mystery Radio Playhouse hopes to solve the cold case of Mr. Chin Foin, famous restaurateur of the Mandarin Inn. It is 1924. A Chicago rain storm. A flooded basement. Prohibition, fires, tong wars, jealousy, and greed hang in the wet and darkened air. Chin Foin has plunged four floors down the elevator shaft of his own restaurant. Slippery shoes? Or was he pushed?! Ruled an accident, but there are too many suspicious circumstances surrounding his untimely and unexpected death. His granddaughter hopes to solve the case!
This show is suitable for mature audiences and runs 75 minutes with no intermission.
Nancy Wang is a San Francisco–based playwright, dancer, choreographer, actor, storyteller, and project manager, best known as the founding co-director of Eth-Noh-Tec, an Asian American kinetic storytelling theater non-profit with her husband Robert Kikuchi-Yngojo.
Wang has been a professional working artist for over 50 years, blending modern and ethnic dance, theater, and playwriting into her performances www.sfiaf.org. She co-scripts and choreographs Eth-Noh-Tec’s signature synchronistic, tandem movement style, creating immersive, multi-media productions Montalvo Arts Center. Her work often draws on Asian American history, folklore, and personal family narratives, aiming to build cultural bridges and celebrate diversity www.sfiaf.org.
She has performed and lectured worldwide, receiving honors such as the Circle of Excellence and the International StoryBridge Award from the National Storytelling Network
The cast includes Caroline Kim (Granddaughter, Nancy & Storyteller), Kevin Chung (Chin Foin/Moy Dong Crew/Don Jay), Alston Phu (Wong Way/Nephew Eugene/Chin Wai/NY Assassin Jack Lem Chin), Tim Inthavong (Radio Host & Assassin Harry Lee), Kim Egan (Chin Foin wife/widow and Molly O’Farrell), Jeffrey Dallet (Irish Sargeant Police #1 Murphy/Executor of Estate Mr. Tangenberg/Judge) and Brandon Phelps (Irish Rookie Police #2 O’Callahan/Journalist/Lawyer).
Insight Colab Theatre was previously known as Theatre Esprit Asia (TEA). TEA, founded in 2012, was Southwest Denver’s first and only pan Asian American theatre company. Insight Colab Theatre features plays with non-traditional, diverse casting, as well as, acting workshops to train the next generation of diverse actors and writers. They focus to create stories that are from our community and that explore identity, race, and privilege. https://www.insightcolab.org
SHADOWS & SECRETS is presented and performed with permission from Eth-Noh-Tec Theater in San Francisco, California.
Insight Colab Theatre
Shadows & Secrets
A grandfather’s mysterious death, during Prohibition and amid tong wars, is explored by his granddaughter.
Aug 28 - 30
Fri/Sat at 8:00 p.m. and Sun at 6:00 p.m.
$25 - $35
https://www.insightcolab.org
For more information call 303-437-8917.
Vintage Theatre, 1468 Dayton St, Aurora, CO 80010
Suitable for mature audiences.
75 minutes with no intermission.
Event Links
Tickets: https://go.evvnt.com/3708279-0
