**** World Premiere Play By Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig Directed by Eric Ting A Co-Production with Goodman Theatre **** The World of Extreme Happiness Manhattan Theatre Club’s world premiere of The World of Extreme Happiness, the new play by Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig, directed by Eric Ting, opens tonight, Tuesday, February 24 at MTC’s New York City Center – Stage I (131 West 55th Street) in a co-production with Chicago’s Goodman Theatre. The MTC cast of The World of Extreme Happiness features Francis Jue (M. Butterfly, “The Good Wife”), Telly Leung (“Glee,” Godspell), Jennifer Lim (Chinglish, This Isn’t Romance at London’s Soho Theatre), Jo Mei (New York stage debut and star of the acclaimed independent film A Picture of You), James Saito (Golden Child, “Life of Pi”), and Sue Jin Song (Paula Vogel’s Hot 'n Throbbing). Unwanted from the moment she’s born, Sunny (Jennifer Lim) is determined to escape her life in rural China and forge a new identity