Biology major Chiang, director of ‘Smart People’ at Long Wharf, won over by arts
Director of ‘Smart People’ reflects on career, art’s value By E. Kyle Minor It would appear that, given the name of one of Shakespeare’s most recognizable female characters, director Desdemona Chiang was predestined for a [...]
Civic Dialogue Panel – Old Plays, New Faces: Representation in Classic Theater at California Shakespeare Theater in Berkeley
Co-hosted by UC Berkeley's Department of Theatre, Dance, and Performance Studies, this dialogue will explore the ways in which traditional casting can act as a barrier to specific communities and the ways in which performing arts organizations are creating more inclusive practices to engage or more diverse range of performing artists.
Offscript: What’s in a Name? With Desdemona Chiang
On this week’s podcast, the guest is Desdemona Chiang, who discusses setting ‘The Winter’s Tale’ in China and why her mother named her after the tragic ‘Othello’ heroine.
SHE’S THE BOSS
The insatiable curiosity of theatre director Desdemona Chiang.
Desdemona Chiang: 2016 Creative Promise Prize in Theatre
Desdemona Chiang: The Lost Generation “A good friend of mine and I like to say—kind of jokingly, but kind of not—that there is a lost generation of Asian American artists between the ages of 30 [...]
2016 Vilcek Prizes in Biomedical Science and Theatre
Immigrant Theatre Artists Lauded With 2016 Vilcek Prizes. Blanka Zizka, Sarah Benson, Desdemona Chiang, and Yi Zhao are this year’s honorees.
Thank You10 Episode VI: 4000 Miles
Considered one of the most influential writers of his generation, Lin Yutang said, “No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familia pillow.” So [...]
Bill Rauch Announces OSF’s 2016 Season
"I am particularly excited about THE WINTER’S TALE in the Allen Elizabethan Theatre, seen through an Asian and Asian-American cultural lens."
Desdemona Chiang on bridging generational gaps in 4000 Miles
"It is a sweet, funny, and poignant story of two people who, as a result of an unexpected tragedy, find themselves connected and changed forever. "
The International Examiner: Desdemona Chiang brings the bard’s truths to today’s stage
Survival was tough in Shakespeare’s day, as it often can be today, and director Desdemona Chiang wants to bring that struggle to modern Seattle audiences with Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure.
Encore Arts: Q&A with Desdemona Chiang
Desdemona Chiang is a stage director and University of Washington MFA graduate based in Seattle and San Francisco who puts the spotlight on the marginalized and forgotten... this month she directs Measure for Measure at Seattle Shakespeare, their first restaging of the play in twelve years. I talked to Chiang about the show, finding contemporary relevance in Shakespeare and the challenges of bi-urban living.
Crowded Fire Theater Announces 2015 Season
Crowded Fire Theater has announced its 2015 season, which will feature plays by A. Rey Pamatmat, Idris Goodwin and Geetha Reddy.