Roles:

• Jade Emperor
• Empress
• Oversee
• Overhear
• Major Domo
• Dragon King
• Lord of the Dead
• Sun Wu Kong (The Monkey King)
• Ancient Sage
• Bodhisattva Guanyin
• Monk Tang
• Ba-jie (half man/half pig)
• Cun-Lan (bride)
• Sha Sen (water ghoul)
• Old Abbot
• White Skeleton
• Vizier
• Queen of the Women's Nation
• Monk Tang B
• Iron Fan Princess
• Bull King
• Jade Fox
• Local Leader of the People
  

Ensemble includes: immortal creatures, bandits, wedding guests, water imps, monks, demons, little monkeys, maids of honor, mountain elves, attendant.

The following resources are included in each performance license:

• Permission to photocopy the PDF script for your production so there is no additional cost for these assets.

The following resources may be added to you license for an additional fee:

• Logo/Media package
• While The Monkey King is not a musical, full sound design by composer Victor Zupanc is available which includes 104 audio files for backtracking, underscoring, and sound effects.

Born in Nanjing, China, she is a world-renowned, award-winning dance artist, rated by China as Choreographer of the First Rank and listed in The Anthology of Chinese Artists and Who's Who in Famous Women, Ancient and Modern. She has preformed around the world; choreographed numerous dances that have toured internationally; authored two books on dance; and received the first Lu Shin Arts and Literature Award in 1995 for her contribution to the arts. Shen Pei brings to Minnesota fifty years of experience as a dancer, choreographer, theater artist, and dance theorist. In the Twin Cities she created numerous works bridging Chinese and western cultures including Legend of the White Snake Lady at Theater Mu and Cut Sleeve with Marcus Young at Intermedia Arts. She has been honored with a St. Paul Companies Leadership Initiatives in the Neighborhoods award, a community leadership award from the State Council on Asian Pacific Minnesotans, and two McKnight Foundation Choreographer's Fellowships. From 1994 to early 2005 she was Artistic Director of CAAM Chinese Dance Theatre where she created more than 12 full-length works for stage. Most recently she premiered the dance drama Sun & Moon at the Southern Theater.

Originally commissioned and produced by Children's Theatre Company in the 2004-2005 season