Performing Arts Series Held Every Fourth Thursday
Text, lyrics and music by Mimi Seton; additional music by James Peterson

The Abduction of Lady Wen Chi is Mimi Seton's imaginative re-working of a Chinese tale of an upper-class girl, educated in Confucianism, but still unworldly, who is violently kidnapped by H'siung Nu nomads at the end of the Han Dynasty. Her journey through 15 years in the desert—from naive girl parroting her parents' values to powerful woman whose ethics of non-violence are personal and hard-won—is told through stylized movement, elegant stage imagery and dynamic contemporary music.