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SMALL TOWN ICONS at The Dramatists’ Guild
I got to be a part of SMJ’s play, directed by Britt Berke, produced by The Uptown Collective. I played Kimberly, a headstrong queer teenage girl training for the Olympics. Read more about the play here.
Music Video “WANT TO WANT ME” by krissy
I danced and acted in the music video of pop artist krissy’s latest single. Watch video here and read about it in Wonderland!
dir: T.S. Evering, choreo: Katherine McClintic, DP: Angelica Jacinto
GARNIER Video Shoot
Just did a very fun shoot for Garnier with Prime Content! Watch my video here.
GLORIA @ The Gloucester Stage Company
I played Kendra/Jenna in this Pulitzer Finalist play by Branden Jacobs-Jenkins, directed by Bryn Boice. Check out more photos here!
Shawn Henry Photography
PRESS:
“All of the actors embodied their characters fully, but Dang’s performance as Kendra was particularly outstanding. She delivered impassioned speeches with vigor and held attention throughout her delivery. She was convincingly the rich, privileged Kendra with big dreams.”
“Dang’s ever-snarky, callous Kendra can expertly slice and dice someone’s confidence within a few minutes.”
- WBUR (Boston’s NPR news station)
“A 1st-rate ensemble shocks then makes you think as it satirizes a cutthroat workplace, ravenous media, who controls the story. DO NOT MISS!”
CeraVe Shoot
I had a great time shooting for CeraVe with Prime Content! Watch video here
ASCEND! @ The Tank NYC
“The most nuanced depiction of Asian women on stage.”
I got to be a part of Amy Zhang (Patriot Act, Ping Chong)’s new play Ascend! This deeply personal devised piece explores the shared joys and pains of Asian women over the past two years.
Shotgun Players 3030 Vision Project: Iphigenia@Aulis
I collaborated with Annie Jin Wang (PlayCo, Fresh Ground Peppers) and Julián Mesri (Public Theatre Emerging Writers Group, Ensemble Studio Theater Sloan Commission) on a new commissioned piece based on the Greek tragedy Iphigenia in Aulis, as a part of the 3030 Vision Project at Shotgun Players. I am playing a modern version of the titular character Iphigenia. Learn more about the project here!
Mezcla Table Reads: Fresh Cut Flowers
I performed the part of Poppy, a smart badass queer woman who is a part of an all-female heist crew robbing sleazy bankers since the Great Recession in this genre-bending film. Imani Davis is a recipient of Reunion Chicago’s Cultural Producer’s Grant, Mezcla Media Collective’s & Banner TV’s Inaugural Film Microgrant, and semi-finalist of The Future of Film is Female's 2021 Production Grant. Mezcla Collective is a hub that supports women and non-binary filmmakers of color in Chicago.
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BOND Festival • 此刻当时 At All Moments
Ruoxin Xu’s play was presented as a part of a Chinese virtual theatre festival. I played Zhiyun, a nurse during China’s Cultural Revolution who has to deal with the difficult consequences from choices she made. It has been such an adventure rehearsing with 9 actors across 2 time zones with a 12 hour time difference!
September 19 7:30am (7:30pm Beijing Time)
Dixon Place HOT Festival • HI BI
I played the role of Sasha in HI BI, a new virtual play written by Margot Meijia and directed by Michael Alvarez. HI BI will be debuting in and closing Dixon Place Theater's HOT! Queer Festival. Each actor filmed their parts separately in their own homes.
August 1 8:30pm
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Uncommon Excerpts and Others: The Wendy Chronicles • HANGAR Virtual Season
I got to be a part of a live virtual staged reading, featuring text by Wendy Wasserstein and compiled by Hangar Theatre’s artistic director Michael Barakiva. The performance was directed by Michael Barakiva and Shirley Serotsky.
SCENES FROM CHILDHOOD
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I performed in a new play written by Ari Brand (The Marvelous Mrs Maisel, Fosse/Verdon, My Name Is Asher Lev) and directed by Eugenia Manwelyan, as a part of the LABA Project at The Theater at the 14th Street Y. Set amidst the AIDS crisis in NYC, a family of performers wrestle with ambition, tragedy, and the stories we tell about who we are. I played Kira, a young talented pianist (I also got to play some Beethoven!), as well as Susan, a smart New York Times journalist.
January 10th - 25th
Voice Recording for LOVE, MEDEA
I had a blast recording a sassy rendition of “How Do You Solve A Problem Like Maria/Medea” for Michael Alvarez (NYTW, The Civilians R&D)’s production of LOVE, MEDEA at The Center at Park West. You’d get to watch men in drag dancing and lip-syncing to my singing!
January 8th-16th
Staged Reading FILIAL PIETY
I played Dakota, the no-nonsense eldest daughter of a dysfunctional Japanese American family dealing with historical trauma in Lionelle Hamanaka’s new play, directed by Nicholas Leung at produced by Crossways Theatre.
Heaven On Fourth at PERFORMA19
I performed in Taiwanese artist Huang Po Chih’s piece as a part of the Performa19 Biennial’s Taiwanese Pavilion, co-commissioned by the Taipei Fine Arts Museum. Based on the true story of Song Yang, a Chinese immigrant sex worker who committed suicide in Flushing in 2017, Huang’s piece serves as a requiem that tells her story through multiple narratives in a specially-designed exhibition space and bar. More info
Nov 14-23 at Performa Hub: 47 Wooster Street
SVA Short Film
I played Xiao Wang, a level-headed college senior trying to get her messy best friend to get her life together before graduation in a short film by Wei Zhao, a senior at the School of Visual Arts.
K-Theatre at FringeNYC
It was awesome to be a part of this year’s Fringe Festival! I played a bright-eyed, eager young actress who has just returned to Korea to join a theatre company after studying in New York in this new play written by Ian Kim.
Oct 25-27 at Metropolitan Playhouse
Webseries “IT GIRLS” - NYC Web Fest 2019, Filmmactic’s Comedy Screenplay Awards Quarterfinalist
Our webseries made the 2019 NYC Web Fest Official Selection and premiered at the festival in October! I played the recurring role of Brit, a cool young woman who plays the drums in an all female tech-themed punk band and works in tech.
“STRANGERS AND THIEVES” Music Video dir. Kuperman Brothers
I had a blast being in the music video for Jesse Malin and Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong’s new song “Strangers and Thieves,” directed by Jeff and Rick Kuperman (Lucille Lortel Award & Chita Rivera Award winners and Drama Desk nominees).
Columbia MFA Thesis: CHINESE OPERA AND A MODERN DRAMA
I played the lead, Kiki, in Columbia MFA Playwright Ruoxin Xu’s thesis play, directed by Miriam Mikiel Grill, and mentored by Diana Son. Kiki, a fiercely independent and feminist Chinese stage manager living in 2019 NYC, is hired to work on a brand new Beijing Opera piece about Madame Huarui, an ancient Chinese “Helen of Troy”. Kiki’s professional and personal life spiral out of control as her Visa situation becomes increasingly uncertain. The play explores patriarchy in both historical and modern times, as well as new immigrants living under the current political climate between the US and China.
May 10-11 at Lenfest Center for the Arts
Check out more production photos here!
Crossways Theatre's Afternoon of Staged Readings: "MISS NOWHERE DINER"
I played Kaitlyn, the wife of a gambling addict in a staged reading of Kathleen Potts' play "Miss Nowhere Diner" directed by Nicholas Leung, as a part of a showcase of works by Kathleen Potts and Howard Pflanzer.
"WHERE IS MY MAPLE TOWN" Staged Reading
I was a part of the reading of a new play by Rain He, a visiting MFA scholar from Shanghai Theatre Academy at Columbia University.
Columbia MFA Play "SPEAKING AS THEN"
I played Tang Keren, a soft-spoken and reserved Chinese high school senior (who is much more than the perfect facade she puts on) in Columbia MFA Playwright Ruoxin Xu's new play, directed by Noam Shapiro. It was wonderful sharing our play with David Henry Hwang, Lynn Nottage and Chuck Mee!
March 16-18 at Schapiro Theatre
“Wu Ming Hua (无名花)” 52nd Annual WorldFest-Houston Official Selection / Remi Winner
I played a picky, neurotic bride in a film in Mandarin, written and directed by Sunwoo Park (SVA Thesis), who also won Best Director with this film at the SVA Awards.
BILINGUAL "DEATH OF A SALESMAN" Workshop • Gung Ho Projects 1/22-28/2018
I got to be a part of "Salesman之死“, based on the 1983 Beijing production of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman". I had a great time collaborating with OBIE Award-winning director Michael Leibenluft, playwright Jeremy Tiang, and our team of bilingual artists!
"CHICAGO" with UPSTART CREATURES 01/07/2018
I played "Machine Gun Rosie" in Maurine Watkins's Chicago (the original play that inspired the Kander & Ebb musical), directed by Michael Barakiva and Suzanne Agins.
CLASSIFIEDS: A CRAIGSLIST PLAY @ The Hive NYC 12/07-09/2017
I had a blast doing this brand new play made up of 13 real Craigslist ads, written & dir. Matt Kinsey. I got to bring these hilarious, mind-blowing and heartbreakingly honest ads to life, and also dance some of my original choreography!
Short Film "FREE" - written and dir. Jen Kim
I played the lead role, Hyun Hee, a young Korean girl confronted with the difficult choice of what to do with her pregnancy in the wake of her Mother's death and her Father's grief.
"SPINNING" dir. Lisa Guo
Had a great time dancing and doing endless fouettés in Lisa Guo (NYU Tisch)'s black and white silent short "Spinning".
HANGAR THEATRE Summer 2017
I performed in three shows and one cabaret this summer, directed by this year's Drama League Directing Fellows. Check out more photos here!
KIDDSTUFF • Lilly's Purple Plastic Purse (by Kevin Kling) dir. Jillian Carucci, June 12th - June 17th @ Hangar Theatre
THE WEDGE • The Messenger (by Olivia Dufault) dir. Tom Costello, June 26th - July 3rd @ The Cherry Arts Space
LATE NIGHT CABARET (celebrating female composers!) dir. Jillian Carucci, July 1st @ Hangar Theatre
THE WEDGE • Pullman Car Hiawatha (by Thornton Wilder) dir. Gabriel Weissmann, July 17th - July 24th @ The Cherry
