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2022

June 1 – 5:
Co-creator / Performer, New Societies @ rEvolver Festival.

May 25 – 28:
Co-creator / Performer,
Passenger Seat
@ rEvolver Festival

(Photo by Chelsey Stuyt)

April 22:
Panelist, Opera Speaks: Creative Adaptation, Vancouver Opera.

January 29:
Lead Artist,
DBLSPK 菠蘿麵包 Pineapple Bun
(rice & beans theatre /
PuSh Festival)
More into & Tickets.

(Image designed by Derek Chan)

January 22 – 24:
Host, CAPITALISM WORKS FOR ME! TRUE/FALSE, PuSh Festival.

January – February:
Speaker, “Multilingual Creation; Its Dramaturgy and Implications“, PuSh Festival Industry Series.

January:
Digital Artist in Residence, (PuSh International Performing Arts Festival and Royal Court Theatre)

January 7 – 8:
Performer, New Societies Online (Rumble Theatre)

2022:
Associate Artist with rice & beans theatre.

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For my birthday this year, I asked my high school choir director @kellyproznick whether she would direct my friends with singing some songs I loved from highschool. Much love to everyone for making my wish come true!! Accompanied by @_sapphire_haze if you knew me from high school, you knew that while I've always wanted to study theatre, I spent the majority of my time in high school in the band/choir room. I loved starting every morning five days a week for four years with either choir or jazz band rehearsals, and I was so glad to have found a home, and met influential teachers/mentors (@kellyproznick @biddleyding @bangladeuce ).... And while music has taken a back seat since then, I'm excited to be back playing in a band formation again in Passenger Seat (see what I did there) thanks to the vision of @artichokez Finally got to walk across the stage 3 years after my final university class! I met some of my closest friends and collaborators from my time at SFU - feeling so very thankful. Spent the last week fully immersed in the city's vibrant arts scene with all the incredible live performances and industry conversations, and hanging out with @izrabes and @downtonbaddii! Much gratitude to @pushfestival and @royalcourttheatre for bringing them over to Vancouver. How I've missed live theatre ❤ I haven't quite been able to find a word that can capture what this last week has felt like for me. The closest word I can find so far is "magical". Because it felt surreal. That the characters and stories that had lived in my head for the last eight months were now breathing in front of me. Words I've written were being spoken on stage with the Taiwanese Mandarin dialect that I have yet to hear on any Vancouver stages so far. Snippets of my childhood. Stories I hadn't told anyone yet. Feelings I'm still grappling with. A version of myself. A version of other people in my life I knew. So nervous and excited to share this - I've been writing a play! With the generous support of rice & beans theatre (@riceandbeanstheatre ) and PuSh International Performing Arts Festival (@pushfestival ), there'll be a public presentation of our design explorations (in-person & virtual options available) and a moderated discussion about the process! Free to attend. Can't wait to share this with you all! Link in bio. Proud of what I was able to accomplish in 2021. If all contracts can still happen as planned, 2022 may be first year I get to work solely as a performer/writer/creator! Some exciting announcements coming up soon! Thankful for friends and mentors who brought me to where I am today. I'm dreaming of.....being cast in a hallmark holiday film ❄☃️ @cstuyt made me look cooler than I am.