HUA MULAN
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Hua Mulan explores the origin story of the mythic woman warrior in 5th Century China -- a ten-year-old girl who, after struggling to find herself in a world of men, becomes a legendary hero, immortalized for the ages.
Claire Kwon performing "What I Can Do" during BroadwayCon 2026 at Palladium Times Square.
5. A Girl Child - sung by Angeleia Ordoñez & Alex Humphreys
03.27.2025 at launch night for Prospect Musicals IGNITE festival.
CONTEXT: This song is layered over a montage of agrarian village life as the central character ages from Mulan at 10 (sung by Angel, right) to the soon-to-be hero, Mulan at 17 (sung by Alex, left), pages 22-25 in the script.
1st Draft rough demo
Full company opening number
Warning: home recording, composer vocals.
Pages 2 - 6 in the script.
1st Draft rough demo (composer vocals)
The Hua siblings after having examined the pros and cons of birth order, ponder how they want to reincarnate in their next lives. Pages 11 - 13 in the script.
1st Draft rough demo
Madam Hua (sung by Ali Ewoldt) has a heart-to-heart with her rebellious ten-year-old daughter, who once again has been caught practicing sword work and martial arts with the boys and men. Pages 16-18 in the script. (Incomplete recording, Mulan's dialogue and singing line to be recorded at a future date.)
Sound recording from live performance in video at left. (Interstitial dialogue missing)
1st Draft rough demo
Mulan (sung by Claire Kwon) has just saved her family's honor and shown her father, General Hua, what she can do when freed of gender constraints, pages 40-41 in the script.
1st Draft rough demo
End of Act One, full company number (composer vocals) It's the Mid-Autumn festival, and the conflicts in the aftermath of Mulan's revealing her alter-ego seem to have been resolved and harmony is restored. Pages 43 - 47 in script.
!st Draft rough demo (composer vocals)
Top of Act Two - the village is in the midst of preparations for war. Pages 48 - 51 in script
1st Draft rough demo (composer vocals)
Mulan, in the guise of Shi Ping, runs a combat drill with Ji Ping, while pondering the disconnect between her natural talents and her growing unease with her role in the war. Pages 52 - 54
NOVEMBER 7, 2025. A 29-hour reading of Hua Mulan was presented by Obie Award-winning Yangtze Repertory Theatre. For details, recap, and plenty of photos by Lia Chang, click photo below.
