Young cast skillfully captures clash of cultures

The Boston Globe: "There's a bit of the workshop still clinging to 'Surviving the Nian,' which Melissa Li began writing four years ago at the tender but clearly prodigious age of 19. It's abundantly evident why the project earned a coveted award from the Jonathan Larson Performing Arts Foundation, a nonprofit set up by friends and family of the creator of 'Rent.' The script, mostly sung-through, is well structured, and the music and lyrics are complex."