Xieng Mieng: A Trickster from Southeast Asia – A Live Musical and Shadow Puppet Performance

10/25 – starts at 6pm – Charles B. Wang Center Theatre, 100 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook. https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/wang/ or call (631) 632-4400

In Laos and Northern Thailand, Xieng Mieng is a popular trickster character that represents the common man’s ability to lay low the mighty. He appears in legends of many parts of Southeast Asia under different names, but always as the representative of the subordinate ready to mock and defeat the overweening authority. Xieng Mieng stories come in many episodes, all featuring the notorious trickster using his wit and tricks to overcome difficulties or to get the better of the rich and powerful.