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This is the official dramaturgy website for James Madison University's production of

Gao Xingjian's The Other Shore directed by Taylor Autumn. 

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In 1986, The Other Shore was banned from production in China as a lasting effect of the Cultural Revolution's suppression of creative freedom. 

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Here you will find information to supplement the production such as research on the playwright, the Cultural Revolution in China, absurdist theatre, and Buddhism & spirituality.