K. Sid Zhang

The Monkey King

The San Francisco Opera | November 2025Puppeteering in SF Opera’s new opera The Monkey King/猴王悟空 by Huang Ruo and David Henry Hwang, with puppetry direction by Basil Twist.
Typecast as the Monkey Feet and Teal Cuttlefish.

Premiered at the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco.


with Fred C. Riley III (arms) and Esther de Monteflores (head & torso)
photo by Basil Twist, on closing night of the opera

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