Rhinoceros makes a play for the US audience

On a rainy weekday evening, Wang Haichao, producer of the play Rhinoceros in Love, greeted audiences at the entrance of the Asia Society theater in Manhattan as cast members waited to go on stage.

The cast - all Chinese college students in New York from a variety of academic fields including mathematics, business, philosophy, economics, history, accounting, actuary and film - had rehearsed for more than six months for this opening - night performance on Nov 27.

"We all consider this project as something meaningful that we can contribute to the Chinese community in the United States, especially international students like us who make it here from China," Wang says.