Happy Closing to DEAR JOHN! 💌
Thank you to every single audience member who showed up, especially those who helped us sell out multiple nights. Your presence, your attention, your energy made this piece what it is.
Thank you to HERE Arts Center for giving this story a home.
To our entire team, onstage and off, for the care, precision, and heart you brought into every moment.
To everyone who believed in this piece and helped carry it forward.
“Long after it ends, it lingers: a testament to the strange alchemy by which memory, technology, and performance can conspire to make something fleeting feel, if only for a moment, enduring.”
— Toni Marinelli
We’ll remember this one for always.
We asked our audience to describe Dear John in just a few words, and they felt it! Moving. Honest. Beautiful. Funny… we couldn’t agree more!
Don’t miss your chance to see this coming of age story told by @therachellin
4 more shows to go! Grab your tickets before it’s too late.
Thank you @isabelrenner , @sagan.chen , @rshuey , @susansoonhe , and @leahnanako for coming to the show!
Last chance to see DEAR JOHN!
Tonight is officially sold out, but tickets might become available at the door.
Feeling lucky? A waitlist will open 2 hours before the performance, and you can sign up in person at HERE Arts Center. If any tickets are returned, they’ll be released right at showtime at full price. Cash only.
If you’ve been thinking about it, this is your moment. Get your tickets for the final performances now before they’re gone.
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It takes a village to bring a story to life!
Behind ‘Dear John’ is a design, production, and marketing team shaping the world of the play in ways both seen and felt. From the lighting and sound to the visual language on and off the stage, each artist helps build the emotional landscape of Rachel Lin’s deeply personal solo show.
You have only a few more chances to see DEAR JOHN.
Don’t sleep on it. Get your tickets NOW!
🎟 Tickets and the full show virtual program via link in our bio.
DEAR JOHN is now EXTENDED through March 22 at HERE Arts Center.
“Full of playful moments and delicious surprises, it is theatricality at its best” — The Front Row Center
“A ‘healing balm’ for immigrant families” — Hollywood Soapbox
In 2011, a recent college graduate receives a Facebook message from someone she doesn’t know. The sender is her long-absent father.
Rachel Lin’s deeply personal solo show built from Facebook DMs, recorded interviews, and memories of growing up undocumented in New York’s Chinatown.
It’s a story about family, distance, and the many ways we try to reach each other across years of silence.
directed by @tara.cristina
dramaturg @kko1417
stage manager @saritajahonnes
assistant stage manager @rainehiga
costume designer @nguyencostumes
lighting designer @yangyudesign
sound designer @mondayminjae
projection designer @seedonmars
production designer @joycezhuosihe
producer @ekleypa
producer @kelly_with_thefrenchlastname
co-producers @amyjliu & @thebennatan with @smallboatpc
marketing & art @failspace_nyc@therachellin@herearts
Limited performances remain.
Tickets via link in bio.
TDF @tdfnyc has said it: Come see Dear John!
Adventurous audiences know that some of New York City’s biggest theatrical thrills and lowest ticket prices are found on the smallest stages. But with dozens of shows running Off-Off Broadway every day, it can be tough to figure out what’s worth your time and money.
That’s why Dear John by @therachellin was included in a roundup of 10 promising indie theatre productions opening in March.
Rachel Lin wrote and performs this deeply personal solo show sparked by an unexpected Facebook message she received from her long-lost father just after she graduated college in 2011. A mix of direct messages, recorded interviews, and recollections about growing up undocumented in NYC’s Chinatown, Dear John explores the challenges of reconnection and coming of age.
Directed by @tara.cristina
March 6–19
HERE Arts Center
@herearts
produced by
@ekleypa & @kelly_with_thefrenchlastname@smallboatpc
Sunday’s performance of Dear John will be a masked audience performance.
For audience members who prefer or require additional health precautions, masks will be required for everyone in attendance at this show.
📅 Sunday, March 15
🕖 7 PM
📍 HERE Arts Center
We’re committed to making the theater accessible and welcoming for our community.
Tickets via link in bio.
Do it like @vanessavelas and come see Dear John, an intimate story about identity, family, and the unexpected message that can change everything. Written and performed by Rachel Lin @therachellin
Now playing at HERE Arts Center.
Limited run through March 19.
If you’ve been thinking about coming… this is your sign.
Tickets in bio.
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 - critics
we’re blushing! thank you @bcrowel1@thefrontrownyc@malini_sm for kind & thoughtful reviews!!
Only a handful of performances left!!! Don’t miss your chance to see this wry & heartfelt show! 🚕💨
