A work in progress showing by Project YZ resident artist Đavid Lee Huỳnh

X#*! You Very Much, Mom is Theatre meets TED Talk meets dark family secrets, Đavid Lee Huỳnh shares how the effects of French colonialism shaped Vietnam, rippled out, and made it so #%@#ing hard for his mom to say “I love you." It is told with whimsy, sardonic humor, and heart.


Saturday , June 22, 8pm
Sunday, June 23, 8pm

@ The Helen Gallagher Studio Theatre
HB Studio, 120 Bank Street, New York, NY 10014

Creative Team

Writer/Performer:  Đavid Lee Huỳnh
Director: Nana Dakin
Sound Designer: Hao Bai
Projection Designer: Qixin Zhang
Lighting Designer: Ben Wolfe
Stage Manager: Clarissa Mota 

Yangtze Repertory Theatre Staff

Artistic Director: Chongren Fan
Executive Director: Sally Shen
Resident Dramaturg: Bindi Kang
Producing Associate: Yining Cao

About The Artist

Đavid Lee Huỳnh is an award-winning actor and writer based in NYC. Off-Broadway: The Merchant of Venice (Theatre for a New Audience), Once Upon A (korean) Time (Ma-Yi Theatre Company), the Drama Desk-nominated Henry VI (NAATCO), Mrs. Warren’s Profession (Gingold Theatrical Group) The Trial of the Catonsville Nine (Transport Group), Warrior Sisters of Wu, No-No Boy, Emperor’s Nightingale (Pan Asian Rep) Regional: Yale Rep, Denver Center, Alley Theatre, Oregon Shakespeare, Everyman Theatre, Mixed Blood, Shakespeare Theatre Company, and many others. TV/Film: Blue Bloods, FBI, Solitary, Children of the Dust. TEDx Speaker: “Asian Enough?” He stars in the Dungeons & Dragons television show Encounter Party streaming on Freevee and Plex. MFA: University of Houston | www.davidleehuynh.com | Insta: huynhsome

HB Studio Rehearsal Space Residency

This program is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, in partnership with the City Council, and many generous supporters: