Theatre Credits

Founder, Artistic Director, A Stage Theatre

AWAKE: A NEW PLAY WITH MUSIC

AWAKE is a groundbreaking original Mandarin play with music, equipped with English captions, that delves into the themes of truth and illusion, comfort, and adventure. Crafted by Melvin Yen and brought to the stage by A STAGE THEATRE, this compelling post-apocalyptic narrative invites you on a profound journey of introspection and discovery.

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New York Lounge Interview

Invited to the New York Lounge

Founded in 1990, SinoVision is one of the most influential and largest Chinese television programs in North America, providing high-quality television programs to audiences in the greater New York area.

Talking about the Opportunities and Challenges of Chinese Original Drama

Sing Tao Jih Pao

“全新原创中文音乐戏剧《醒来》探索自我与寻找真实的旅程(AWAKE: A New Play With Music – Self Exploring and Looking For The Truth

September 6, 2023

One of the most famous Chinese language newspapers in the North America Area. The Sing Tao Daily (Chinese: 星島日報) (also known as Sing Tao Jih Pao) is among Hong Kong’s oldest Chinese language newspapers. Sing Tao’s Toronto edition is partly owned by Star Media Group, the publisher of the Toronto Star, a Torstar Corporation company.

Role

Book & Lyrics, Director

Notes from Me

In this journey, I delved into
extensive research encompassing
psychology, sociology, anthropology,
and more, and sought the invaluable
assistance of artists from all walks of life. In a world that can often feel too
real, we need art that pushes the boundaries of our imagination.

Producing & Arts administration

The Defense (A podcast drama)

Role

Producer

Date

Jan to Apr, 2024

Theater

Jalopy Theater

Synopsis

Ann audio drama podcast about a group of women grappling with their defense, a seemingly magical power that protects them from harm.  Recorded live.

TW: Women laughing. Men dying.  

The podcast is available now on Spotify, Apple, Amazon, Pocket Casts, Radio Public, Pandora, Podchaser, iHeart, Deezer, JioSaavn and YouTube or here on our website.

Via Manhattan Theatre Club

Role

Producing Fellow

Date

Feb 2024 to present

Theater

Samuel J Friedman Theatre & New York City Center

Synopsis

Mary Jane

by Amy Herzog
directed by Anne Kauffman

Academy Award nominee Rachel McAdams stars in the Broadway premiere of Mary Jane, written by Pulitzer Prize finalist Amy Herzog (4000 Miles, the recent Tony-nominated adaptation of A Doll’s House). Captivating, affecting and compassionate, it’s the story of a single mother in an impossible family situation. Faced with seemingly insurmountable odds, Mary Jane relies on unflagging optimism and humor, along with the wisdom of the women around her who have become a makeshift family, to take on each new day. But will inner strength and newfound friendships be enough to see her through? The New York Times calls Mary Jane “the most profound of Herzog’s many fine plays.” And The New Yorker raves, “beautiful and remarkable… Herzog has made theatre that shines.” Directing is the acclaimed Anne Kauffman (The Sign in Sidney Brustein’s Window).

Via Playwrights Horizons

Role

General Management Fellow

Date

Jan 2023 to Aug 2023

Theater

Playwrights Horizons

Synopsis

Wet Brain


Mainstage Theater

Regretfully, So the Birds Are


Peter Jay Sharp Theater

The Trees


Mainstage Theater

Stage Manager/ Production Manager

The President’s Invitation

Role

Production Consultant

Date

March, 2024

Theater

Chain Theater 

Synopsis

In 1967, at the Wenge Building at Nanjing University, three elderly professors from the Chinese Literature Department: Rendao Shi, Xiaoshan Xia, and Congzhou Bian were labeled as “monsters and demons,” and were convened to confront their historical dilemmas. Their memory of recollection traversed time and space, transporting them between a crucial discussion in a Chongqing teahouse in 1943 about whether to accept a dinner invitation by the president – the new president of the Central University of China, who also happened to be President of the Republic of China – Chiang Kai-shek.

Tourist Trap

Role

Stage Manager

Date

Feburary, 2024

Theater

Chain Theater (One-Act Festival)

Synopsis

Grace, Deborah, and Shu-Ling are tourists on a mission to find the world’s largest Applebee’s before it gets too late. However, as they grow delirious with hunger and exhaustion, they struggle to find meaning in their own lives as the whirlwind of Times Square becomes otherworldly and strange. In the midst of the city that never sleeps, they end up confronting their own varying degrees of dissociation as Asian American women caught between culture, time, and place – with the help of a mysterious tour guide, a pizza rat, and an off-brand Elmo.

Cellunova New Play Festival 2023

Role

Stage Manager

Date

October, 2023

Theater

Theaterlab

Synopsis

Cellunova New Play Festival brought a 3-day theatrical metamorphosis to New York City from October 13th to 15th, 2023.

Eight brand-new plays, all intricately woven around the theme of metamorphosis, took stage at Atelier @theaterlab over four shows. This festival explored a tapestry of narratives—from tourist traps to solitary, from landfill to motel lobby, from the new girl to the wives, and from the future to the mythological realm. In this unique gathering of imaginative minds, emerging playwrights, visionary directors, and our diverse cast came together to breathe life into these compelling stories.

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