The story begins like this...

When the three sisters returned to their old family house in Huwei, Yunlin, after many years, they were startled to find that their uncle, aunt, second great-uncle, and third great-aunt had hardly aged a day, with time slowly passing by this declining place. Initially, the sisters were desperate to seize their right to the ancestral house, but they were inadvertently drawn into the dying patriarch's will - to inherit the mantle of the Song family's Soul-Guiding Singing Array, with a prize of five million dollars. Accepting the challenge, the sisters set out to split the inheritance, starting from scratch and committing to learn the art of leading the funeral procession.

As they searched through the small town, they unexpectedly stirred up memories of their long-lost father — a gambler and Taoist priest — and their estranged mother — a professional mourner — reigniting the distant familial bonds in their hearts. The eldest sister, Guo Zhen, emerging from a dissolute life, not only had to confront her incredibly unconfident chubby younger sister, Guo Mei, and her drag queen younger brother, Guo Hao (also known as Angela), but also her own complicated love life. However, Guo Zhen's greatest challenge was witnessing her mother, Meiling's spirit soar away, separated by life and death. Forced to mature and become independent at an early age, Guo Zhen couldn't help but ask the heavens: why did her life seem to be filled with nothing but bad luck in this heartless world?

In the end, the three sisters danced with their youth, dancing away the many regrets in their lives, rising above the ups and downs that fate had thrown their way, as well as the absent parents.

Directed by the acclaimed director TSENG Hui-cheng, with music composed by the emerging composer Robert KANG, and scripted by the Golden Bell Awards-winning playwright ZHAN Jie, Don’t Cry, Dancing Girls the Musical is a love letter to this land and all the people who live upon it.

Director／TSENG Hui-cheng
The Artistic Director of The VMTheatre Company, holds a master's degree in Musical Theater from New York University (NYU) and he is an active musical theater director in Taiwan. With a diverse style, TSENG adeptly combines the concepts and creative frameworks of Broadway musical theater performance with the essence of Eastern performing arts, seeking nourishment from his native culture to narrate Taiwanese stories. His original musical theater works not only move audiences but also spark brilliant collisions between Eastern and Western cultures. Furthermore, TSENG is dedicated to talent development in Taiwanese musical theater, having been invited multiple times to participate in curriculum planning by institutions like the National Taichung Theater and the Cultural Affairs Bureau of Hsinchu. Additionally, he has coordinated the Musical Theater Training Project at the Taipei Performing Arts Center for four consecutive years, guiding participants towards a professional path in musical theater performance through specialized training in vocal, dance, acting, and drama, thereby enhancing the quality of musical theater actors in Taiwan.

Playwright／ZHAN Jie
A playwright for film, television, and stage productions, ZHAN served as an artist-in-residence at the National Theater and Concert Hall from 2021 to 2022. In 2018, he received sponsorship from the Asian Cultural Council (ACC) to participate in an artist residency exchange program in New York. ZHAN has published a script book titled The Last Night of Beauty Karaoke, among others. He has garnered multiple nominations for the Golden Bell Awards for Best Screenplay and clinched the Best Screenplay award at the 49th Golden Bell Awards for the PTS television series Boys Can Fly.

Composer, Arranger & Piano Performance / Robert KANG
The Music Director at Come.on_Studio, recent works include: Don’t Cry, Dancing Girls the Musical by VMTheatre Company , Project R, series-style musical Guei Guei Musical by  Blossom Voice Co., Ltd. and Come.on_Studio, Who Stole My Words? by Punctum Creative, Big Chimney under the Dipper by Quanta Arts Foundation, Rainy Port Keelung Musical by 3Aqua Production Co., Ltd., and Debug the Stage, among others.

VMTheatre Company
The VMTheatre Company, founded in 2007, is based on the performance concepts and creative structure of New York's musicals and feeds on local culture. The Company looks for realistic themes which are close to contemporary life from a humanistic point of view. It is especially interested in working and developing with young artists in music, dance, literature and theater in the hope of helping to contribute to the evolution of Taiwan's own musical culture through exchanging views and crossover collaborations.