episode six 六

OPERATION

DOUBLE HAPPINESS

“You sing low, and I sing high

If you don’t know the melody

Just wing it, you can try.”

A Year of Blessings’ finale episode, Operation Double Happiness tracks a family of Taiwanese Mandarin ducks who reside in different parts of Turtle Island. Clara and Cici are identical twins who have been in rivalry since birth and are now estranged, but their daughters Jamie, and Mallory are tightly connected–thanks to the interwebs. The two BFF cousins hatch Operation Double Happiness to unite their family for the Winter Solstice celebration in Taiwan. Jamie and Mallory narrate their mission to us in this heist-style, spy-movie episode—think The Incredibles meets 007. Will the wily cousins be able to restore family harmony?

Operation Double Happiness is devised and co-written by Nancy Tam, Derek Chan, Jasmine Chen, Howard Dai, and Kristin Fung.

Jamie, a yellow Mandarin duckling with patches of brown down, wears square, shaded spectacles and smiles with an closed beak.
Mallory, a yellow Mandarin duckling with brown down, wears a fedora and smiles with an open beak.

colouring pages

Click on our colouring pages to download print-at-home copies that you can fill in yourself!

They also make for a fun classroom activity!

A printable black-and-white illustration depicting two Mandarin ducklings communicating via their smartwatches as they each attempt to trick their moms into reuniting.
A printable black-and-white illustration depicting two Mandarin duckling cousins and their mothers gathered together and singing.

Family Harmony

Mom-trapment!

with performances by

  • Nhi Do

    CICI YUAN

  • Debi Wong

    CLARA TANG

  • Tiana Jung

    MALLORY TANG

  • Angela Chu

    JAMIE YUAN

  • Elaine Tsang

    WAIPO 外婆

  • Derek Chan

    FLOOR MANAGER

read full bios here!

credits

Operation Double Happiness is devised and co-written by Nancy Tam, Derek Chan, Jasmine Chen, Howard Dai, and Kristin Fung.

Family Harmony composed by Robyn Jacob, performed by Angela Chu, Debi Wong, Nhi Do, and Tiana Jung; Fight Song composed by Robyn Jacob, performed by Nhi Do and Debi Wong.

Sound Design and additional composition by Nancy Tam
Mixed and mastered by Ira Jordison
Illustrations by Cherry Lu
Voice Direction by Jasmine Chen
Associate producing by Charlie Cooper

A Year of Blessings is co-produced by the Five Blessings Collective, Gateway Theatre, and Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre.

An illustration of delicious, round, pink rice balls (tang yuan) on a blue and yellow ceramic plate.

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behind-the-scenes at Monarch Studios!

Angela Chu smiling big in front of the mic.
Tiana Jung smiling warmly at the mic.
Nhi Do smiling confidently at the mic.
Debi Wong smiling joyously at the mic.
Jasmine Chen in action in the recording booth.
Nhi Do, Tiana Jung, Angela Chu, and Debi Wong posing together on a comfy couch.
Robyn Jacob leading a singing rehearsal with the main cast.
Tiana Jung and Nhi Do in action.
The whole crew smiling for the camera at the end of the day.