After Kingdom of Desire, Wei become even more deeply involved in the creation of atypical Peking Opera protagonists in Medea, Oresteia (set in ancient Troy), Wang Shi-Fong-The Most Scheming Woman in Dreams of the Red Chamber, and The Golden Cangue. For Wei, almost all these works have posed daunting risks and challenges.
《慾望城國》之後，魏海敏在京劇非典型人物的創造上更加著力，不管是飾演改編自希臘悲劇《美蒂雅》的《樓蘭女》、描寫特洛伊城故事的《奧瑞斯提亞》，或是中國文學經典《紅樓夢》的《王熙鳳大鬧寧國府》、張愛玲《金鎖記》中的七巧，幾乎每一齣戲，都充滿冒險與挑戰的腳印。