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The Cold, Cold Boot tells the story of a young Chinese woman, Lei-zu, captured, abused, and enslaved by a sadistic
Japanese military commander during the Second World War. After years of hell, an American soldier finally liberates her--and
she promptly shoots the man who is setting her free.
As a military defense attorney tries to piece together why she could have done such a thing, Lei-zu remembers her years in
captivity. In vivid flashbacks she re-lives horror, fascination, terror, and love. Relationships of master/slave, captor/captive,
oppressor/oppressed become challenged. Power, pain, sexuality, and imagination combine in a frightening dance that ultimately
challenges the way in which we perceive reality.
The Cold, Cold Boot can be performed with a minimal set and a cast of four. Two actors perform the roles of Lei-zu
and the Commander, while two others perform numerous roles, often switching race, nationality, and gender, which questions
conventional ideas of all three.
2 women
2 men
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