Twin Cities actor and playwright Sun Mee Chomet, who has performed at the Guthrie Theatre, Penumbra, Ten Thousand Things and Mu Performing Arts, is taking a bow at Lincoln Center in New York.

Chomet plays the stepmother in the New York premiere of Kimber Lee's "Brownsville Song (b-side for tray)."

The 90-minute one-act orbits the life and dreams of an 18-year-old killed before his gifts can be realized. It stars Sheldon Best and Lizan Mitchell and is directed by Patricia McGregor.

The New York Times called the show "moving" and praised the playwright's "vivid and rhythmic" language. The Times also noted Chomet's "nuanced" performance.

"Brownsville Song," which opened Mon., has a limited, six-week engagement.

"If there's a reason to come to New York for a show, this is it," Chomet said Wednesday. "It's rare to have such a complex Asian-American woman to play. She's a one-time addict who left the family. Now, she's dried out and has returned. It's a rich role for an actor to dig into."

The play, which deals with the aftermath of violence, lands at a time when many young black men are being shot across the country. The title character's father also was murdered.

"The show is about Tray, this bright, promising light, but it also is about the impact of his death on his little sister, who considered him a role model," Chomet said. "It's a really important work at this moment in history."

In the Twin Cities, Chomet performed in "Othello," "Macbeth" and "The Intelligent Homosexual's Guide" at the Guthrie, "For Colored Girls" at Penumbra and "Cowboys vs. Samurais" at Mu Performing Arts. She also is known for her compelling one-woman show, "How to Be a Korean Woman."