GUMIHO
A West Coast Premiere
by Nina Ki
directed by Crystal Liu
April 17 - May 11, 2025
Opening/Press Night: April 19, 8 PM
Theatre Rhinoceros, 4229 18th St, San Francisco
Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays at 8:00pm
General seating & preshow at 7:40pm
Sundays at 3:00pm
General seating & preshow at 2:40pm
If you've been waiting your whole life for the arrival of Asian American lesbian/queer/non-binary horror theatre, playwright Nina Ki is here with complexly flawed characters and razor-sharp dialogue ablaze. Ki, a self-described “Queerean” (Queer + Korean) playwright who uses xe/she/they pronouns, is one of the most exciting and important new voices in modern playwriting.
GUMIHO’s ensemble of Asian queer women, nonbinary & trans characters illustrate a community in desperate need of interpersonal connection, but consistently sabotaged by the characters’ own struggles with cultural trauma, defensiveness, loneliness, and fear of rejection - monsters of the human psyche that manifest in elegantly terrifying ways onstage.
PRESS IMAGES - PRODUCTION
Pictured: Raye Goh as "Kam" in GUMIHO by Nina Ki, directed by Crystal Liu, a west coast premiere presented by Theatre Rhinoceros. Photo by Aaron Simunovich.
Pictured L to R: Annie Wang as "Nancy," Raye Goh as "Kam" in GUMIHO by Nina Ki, directed by Crystal Liu, a west coast premiere presented by Theatre Rhinoceros. Photo by Aaron Simunovich.
Pictured L to R: Dom Refuerzo as "Hyun-Joo," Raye Goh as "Kam" in GUMIHO by Nina Ki, directed by Crystal Liu, a west coast premiere presented by Theatre Rhinoceros. Photo by Aaron Simunovich.
Pictured L to R: Kitty Me-Ow! as "Fox," Zolboo Namkhaidorj as "Robin," Raye Goh as "Kam" in GUMIHO by Nina Ki, directed by Crystal Liu, a west coast premiere presented by Theatre Rhinoceros. Photo by Aaron Simunovich.
Pictured L to R: Kitty Me-Ow! as "Fox," Raye Goh as "Kam" in GUMIHO by Nina Ki, directed by Crystal Liu, a west coast premiere presented by Theatre Rhinoceros. Photo by Aaron Simunovich.
Pictured L to R: Kitty Moon as "Rabbit," Kitty Me-Ow! as "Fox" in GUMIHO by Nina Ki, directed by Crystal Liu, a west coast premiere presented by Theatre Rhinoceros. Photo by Aaron Simunovich.
PROMOTIONAL PHOTOS
Pictured: Dom Refuerzo in GUMIHO by Nina Ki, directed by Crystal Liu, a west coast premiere presented by Theatre Rhinoceros. Photo by Aaron Simunovich.
Pictured: Raye Goh in GUMIHO by Nina Ki, directed by Crystal Liu, a west coast premiere presented by Theatre Rhinoceros. Photo by Aaron Simunovich.
Pictured: Zolboo Namkhaidorj in GUMIHO by Nina Ki, directed by Crystal Liu, a west coast premiere presented by Theatre Rhinoceros. Photo by Aaron Simunovich.
Pictured: Annie Wang in GUMIHO by Nina Ki, directed by Crystal Liu, a west coast premiere presented by Theatre Rhinoceros. Photo by Aaron Simunovich.