Cynthia Woo

Cynthia Woo (she/her) is the Director of Pao Arts Center of Boston Chinatown Neighborhood Center. Cynthia has been the inaugural Pao Arts Center Director at BCNC since Jan 2017. She has more than 15 years of experience in the non-profit arts and arts education sector. Prior to joining the staff at BCNC, Cynthia worked at the Chinese American Museum of Los Angeles, LynnArts Inc, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and Boston Center for the Arts. Cynthia Woo（她）是包氏文艺中心（隶属于波士顿华埠社区中心）的主任。她在非盈利艺术和艺术教育领域有超过15年的经验。Cynthia曾在洛杉矶华美博物馆、LynnArts、波士顿美术馆和波士顿艺术中心工作。

Susan Chinsen

Susan Chinsen (she/they) is a Creative Producer at ArtsEmerson. She established the annual Boston Asian American Film Festival in 2008, where she continues as the Festival Director. Previously, she managed the Chinese Historical Society of New England, and was an engagement consultant for the PBS documentary 'The Chinese Exclusion Act', and 'Plague at the Golden Gate'; building upon her community work and past experience working at GBH. She is on the Board of Directors at South Cove Community Health Center, MASS Creative, and a Steering Committee member of the API Arts Network. Susan Chinsen（她/Ta）是ArtsEmerson的创意制作人。2008年，Susan创立了一年一度的波士顿亚美电影节，并在之后一直担任该电影节的总监。在此之前，她在波士顿电视台工作，有丰富的社区工作经历，曾管理新英格兰中国历史协会，并担任PBS纪录片《排华法案》和《鼠疫袭金门》的顾问。她是南湾社区医疗中心和MASS Creative的董事会成员，也是API Arts Network指导委员会的一员。

Alison Qu

A 1.5-generation immigrant originally from Jilin City, China, Alison Yueming Qu (she/they) is an Actor, Director, Dramaturg, and Creative Engagement Producer. Alison is Co-Founder & Executive Director of CHUANG Stage—the first Mandarin bilingual, bicultural 501(c)3 theater collective nationwide based in Boston, MA, and produces programs for both local and global audiences. Their recent artistic endeavors include Young Nerds of Color (Central Square Theater), Shrike (Fresh Ink Theater), We & Other Queer Goddexxes (Company One), workshop reading of Ascend! by Amy Zhang (The Tank, 2021 NY City Artists Crops grant), Earthquake by Tatyana Emery (Reground Theater Collective), Waiting for Kim Lee by Vivian Liu-Somers (Asian American Theater Artists of Boston). They have also worked closely with Pao Arts Center, Asian American Playwrights Collective, MIT Music & Theater Arts, TC Squared Theater Company, ArtsEmerson, Ping Pong Productions and more. Currently, Alison is the Associate Producer of HowlRound Theatre Commons, a free and open platform for theatremakers worldwide. Alison is a recipient of the TBF Live Arts Boston grant, National New Play Network Collaboration Grant, National Arts Strategies New England Creative Community Fellow, and a steering committee member of API Arts Network. Alison graduated from Emerson College with a BFA in Theatre (Directing and Dramaturgy). 曲悦鸣（她/ta）是一位创意制作人，导演，戏剧构作；爱默生学院戏剧艺术学士学位毕业。2019年联合创立位于波士顿地区的双语跨文化戏剧公司CHUANG Stage, 致力于打造突破旧定义、延伸中美与亚美之间艺术语言共通点的张力新戏剧，推动海内外亚裔艺术家创作，成为与”世界公民“观众一同成长的国际艺术新社群。曲悦鸣目前作为联合制作人就职于国际戏剧文化交流平台HowlRound Theatre Commons。曲悦鸣曾与包氏文艺中心、波士顿亚美编剧联合会、麻省理工戏剧中心、Company One Theatre, Fresh Ink Theater, ArtsEmerson等剧院合作。2021 Live Arts Boston艺术发展项目基金，National New Play Network社群合作项目基金，国家艺术战略(NAS)社群创意奖金获得者。

Sarah Shin

Sarah Shin is a Korean American actor/director/producer theatremaker. She is the Co-Founding Artistic Producer of Asian American Theatre Artists of Boston, which seeks to empower and connect Asian American, Pacific Islander American, MENA American, and Kanaka Maoli theatre artists in the Greater Boston Area through social gatherings, physical and virtual! Currently AATAB has launched AATAB Online, a Virtual Reading Series through Zoom and Facebook. Some past partners include API Arts Network, Pao Arts Center, Asian American Playwrights Collective, Company One Theatre, American Repertory Theater, and the Boston Asian American Film Festival. Sarah’s recent performing credits include “The Three Musketeers (Greater Boston Stage Co./Front Porch Arts Collective), “Something Else: A Love Cycle (BU STAMP)” and “Runaways (BU).” Other Production credits include “Endlings (Assistant Director, NYTW),” “Moby Dick (Choreography Assistant, ART),” “Amputees (Director, BU),” and “Asiamnesia (Director, Brandeis University).” Sarah is also a proud Advisory Board Member of StageSource. www.sarah-shin.com She/her/hers.

Rebecca Leu

Development and Communications Associate at Asian Community Development Corporation

Rebecca Leu (she/they) is the Development and Communications Associate at Asian Community Development Corporation. Born in Taiwan, she came to the US for college. At Wellesley College, Rebecca led a successful campaign to instate a tenure-track line in Asian American Studies (AAS) - continuing the #FightForAAS that first started decades ago. They are passionate about harnessing people-power and institutional resources to strengthen the community. Prior to joining ACDC, she was at a digital fundraising nonprofit located in Somerville, MA. They are bilingual in English and Mandarin, and is working on her Taiwanese.

Wenxuan Xue

Wenxuan Xue (any pronouns/ta/祂) is a queer migrant artist, teacher, scholar, dramaturg, and a PhD student in Theatre & Performance Studies at Tufts University. They create, support, and research contemporary performances that explore inter-Asian and Asian diasporic migration, race, queer/transness, and ecologies towards collective liberation. Wenxuan's artistic process centers on nurturing and awakening “the inner child,” who always sees love, tenderness, and kindness in the darkest corners, who is so curious, open, and playful about the world’s beautiful messes, and yet undisciplined to be ruled by norms of gender, borders, and adulthood. Their teaching and research practice is inspired and guided by critical ethnic studies, feminist/queer/trans studies, theatre and performance studies, and environmental humanities. Ta has recently worked with Company One Theatre, Gung Ho Projects, Square Theatre, the Lark, New York Stage and Film, Eugene O’Neill Theater Center, and Ping Pong Productions. 薛文轩（ta/祂）是一名酷儿艺术家、教师、学者、戏剧构作及塔夫茨大学戏剧表演研究的博士生。Ta的创作和研究兴趣方向是探索当代表演中的亚际及亚裔移民、种族、酷儿/跨性别，以此达成集体解放的目标。文轩的艺术创作过程以培养和唤醒“内心的孩子”为中心——这个孩子总能在最阴暗的角落里看到爱、温柔和善良，对世间的一切美丽和混乱充满好奇，同时又不被性别、界限和成人的规则所束缚。文轩的教学和研究方向受到批判性种族研究、女权/酷儿/跨性别研究、戏剧表演研究和环境人文的启发和引导。文轩近期与Company One Theatre、工合、Square Theatre、the Lark、New York Stage and Film, 尤金奥尼尔戏剧中心和乒乓艺术都有过合作。

Christina R Chan

Christina R Chan is an actor, playwright and producer. Her writing explores the intersections in Asian American history, racial justice, mental health challenges and gambling addiction in the AAPI community. During the pandemic, Christina was in Lyric Stage’s audio walking plays Walking It Off and Hummingbird. She was seen on Zoom as Eleanor in Company One Theater’s “DownTown Crossing” by David Valdes. Her favorite roles in person have been An Mei, THE JOY LUCK CLUB (Umbrella Theater, Concord, MA), Ensemble, Wild Swans (American Repertory Theatre, Cambridge, MA), and Comrade Chin/Suzuki, M Butterfly (Vineyard Haven, Martha’s Vineyard, MA). Christina was a Company One Theater Playwright Fellow and a three-time LAB Grantee. Her play, Stir Frying Mahjong was a semifinalist for the O’Neill National Theater Conference. She was commissioned by the Chinese Historical Society of New England and ArtsEmerson to adapt a play written by Harry H Dow, the 1st Asian American to pass the Massachusetts’ bar. Her plays have been produced or workshopped at the MFA, ArtsEmerson, Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center, Company One Theater, TC2 Theater, Starlight Square, Fresh Ink Theater, and HowlRound. Her work is published in AAPC Anthology I, II, III, IV, & V by in vivo. Christina is a Co-Founding Member of the Asian American Playwright Collective (AAPC). She received her theater training at Trinity Rep Conservatory, Rhode Island and Royal National Theatre, UK. Christina R Chan是一名演员、剧作家和制片人。她的作品致力于于探讨亚裔美国人的历史、种族正义、心理健康以及亚太裔社群中的赌博成瘾问题。Christina参演的作品包括Walking It Off，《蜂鸟》，和DownTown Crossing (Company One Theater)。Christina曾是Company One Theater的剧作家，也是三次Live Arts Boston艺术发展项目基金的获得者。她的剧作《炒麻将》曾入围O’Neill全国戏剧大会的半决赛，也曾受纽英伦华人历史协会和ArtsEmerson的委托改变Harry H Dow的剧本。她的剧本在MFA、ArtsEmerson、剑桥多元文化艺术中心、Company One Theater、TC2 Theater、Starlight Square、Fresh Ink Theater和HowlRound都进行了制作或研讨。她的作品由in vivo出版，被发表在AAPC文集I、II、III、IV和V中。Christina是波士顿亚美编剧联合会的联合创始人，曾在罗德岛的Trinity Rep Conservatory和英国皇家国家剧院接受戏剧培训。

Jingwen Zhang

Jingwen Zhang (She/Her/Hers) is a bilingual artist working internationally and currently residing in Boston as a Director, Playwright, and Stage and Production Manager. Previous directing credits include The Orphan of Zhao: A Modern Adaption; Love, and Everything Related (virtual production) at CHUANG Lab@Emerson. Stage management credits include A Deal by Zhu Yi (English and Mandarin); The Ghost of Keelung by Jamie Lin at CHUANG Stage; The Flight of a Legless Bird by Ethan Luk at Beijing Prism Theater Festival. Assistant stage management credits include The Colored Museum, Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy at The Umbrella Stage Company. Production assistant credits include Much Ado About Nothing at Commonwealth Shakespeare Company. Jingwen is a graduate of Emerson College (BFA Theatre 22’). 张竞文（她）现居波士顿，是一名双语艺术家、导演、编剧、制作和舞台监督。她是Emerson College 2022届戏剧专业的毕业生。过往导演作品包括创剧社的《赵氏孤儿》（现代改编版）和《爱，和所面向的》。她作为舞台监督参与的制作有《杂音》（CHUANG Stage）、The Ghost of Keelung（CHUANG Stage)，和《无脚鸟的飞行》（北京棱镜戏剧节）；作为舞监助理参与的制作有The Colored Museum, Dracula: A Feminist Revenge Fantasy（The Umbrella Stage Company）；作为制作助理参与的制作有《无事生非》（Commonwealth Shakespeare Company）

Micah Rose

Micah Rose carves queer divinity through breath, word, and movement. They are a mestize Tagala memory artist who shares traditions like theatre, story circles, yoga, spoken word, and taiko as paths for communal care. Micah roots in relationship: weaving futures with peoples at Arts Connect International, The Theater Offensive, Company One Theatre, Pao Arts Center, Liyang Network, American Repertory Theatre, and beyond. Their art is published in All the Oils by Ginger Bug Press, CONSTRUCT zine, The Margins, The Wave Magazine, and HowlRound Theatre Commons. Rose’s online avatar is @micah_pdf on instagram and linktr.ee/mrose1

Wisteria Deng

Wisteria Deng (she/her) is the Managing Director of Vermilion Theater. In her second life, she is a PhD candidate in the clinical psychology program at Yale University and a therapist in the Yale Gender Program serving transgender youth. She carries fond memories of the Singapore rain (The Theatre Practice, 2013-2015), the Ann Arbor snow (Thus Spoke Ann Arbor, 2016- 2018) and the Boston potholes (Wuming Drama Club, 2019-2021) in founding Vermilion. Ins: @wisteria__ 邓钰山（她）是朱雀剧团的执行总监。在她的第二人生里，邓钰山是耶鲁大学临床心理学的博士生和耶鲁性别项目的心理咨询师，致力于服务跨性别青少年。她协着对新加坡的雨（绿园剧社，2013-2015）、安娜堡的雪（安娜说话剧社，2016- 2018）和波士顿的洼地（无名剧社，2019-2021）的美好回忆，创办了朱雀剧团。Ins: @wisteria__

Yuning Su

Yuning Su (he/him) is the artistic director of Vermilion Theater. He graduated from the Central Academy of Drama in China and is now based in Boston. He has a career in both theater and film directing. His work in the past years include plays such as Mr. Donkey, Sorrow of Comedy, Das Capital, and Secret Love In Peach Blossom Land. Ins: @s.yuning 苏禹宁（他）是朱雀剧团的艺术总监。他是一名戏剧及影视导演，毕业于中国中央戏剧学院，现基于波士顿。近期话剧导演作品有《驴得水》、《喜剧的忧伤》、《资本论》和《暗恋桃花源》等。Ins: @s.yuning