Maybe because I grew up reading (too much) magical fiction, I’m prone to interplay fantasy and reality… I believe fantasy is a powerful tool, because otherworldly symbols are rich metaphors for our reality.
Mystery unveils complex truth.
PRODUCTIONS
Highlighter Girl
15 minutes
2F
Emily and Anna work on a school assignment to create a superhero. But as they explore their possibilities, they feel trapped by their paradoxical experience—if they stand out so much, why do they also feel invisible? An empowering play about Asian American identity.
2022 NuWorks with Pan Asian Rep; Production at Theatre Row
2020 The National Women’s Theatre Festival; Production
Winner of Best Acting2018 New Works Now at the University of Kentucky; Production
2017 10-Minute Play Festival at the University of Kentucky; Reading
ONE-ACT
The Tea on Robert
45 minutes
One-Woman Show
On her dream vacation to London, Cecilia Wang’s love of all things British collides with the bitter history behind a beloved beverage. She discovers the 1848 tea espionage–when a Scotsman dressed up as a Chineseman to steal trade secrets. Alternating between scenes of idyllic adventures and a classroom full of children she must educate, she explores complex identity, responsibility, and the consequences of romanticization.
SHORT FILM
Dance, Body
20 minutes
5F
When Zoe, a lost twenty-something, learns that her niece Allegra is being body-shamed by the same adults who once shamed her, she must tackle a generational cycle she never escaped herself. A film that celebrates the AAPI girls taking up space.
