Edward Gunawan plays the Moon Lady in an ensemble scene from the East West Players production of “The Joy Luck Club,” based on the bestselling book by Amy Tan. The Los Angeles premiere of the play runs to Dec. 7. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
East West Players perform the Los Angeles premiere of “The Joy Luck Club”
Karen Huie is one of the mothers in East West Players’ “The Joy Luck Club.” (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Edward Gunawan as the Moon Lady. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Cici Lau as the matchmaker, left, Edward Gunawan as the groom and Karen Huie as the bride in a scene from “The Joy Luck Club.” (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
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Deborah Png plays Ying Ying. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Emily Kuroda, left, as An-Mei, Deborah Png as Ying Ying, Elaine Kao as Jin-Mei and Karen Huie as Lindo play mah-jongg in a scene from “The Joy Luck Club.” (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Deborah Png portrays Ying Ying, left, whose daughter Lena (played by Katherine Lee) is emotionally reticent. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
