Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
- Theater producer and director with 15+ years of management and creative experience; strong expertise in leading the entire production process from ideation, audience & market research, licensing & budgeting, team-assembling, dramaturgical research, writing and directing, to production management, tour booking, negotiation, and sales and marketing - Has an extensive professional network in Chinese and global performing arts industries; closely collaborates with state and private stakeholders in Mainland China, including all the major presenters, venue managers, producers, ticketing platforms, and performing arts academies; well-connected to key producers and prominent artists in US and Europe - Led commercial and experimental productions spanning diverse genres – musical theater, modern dance, immersive theater, drama, theme park live performances; with production size ranging from 10-120 people, and budget from 30K to 15 million USD - Designed and taught innovative performing arts education programs for theater companies, corporations, universities, and secondary schools in Hong Kong and Mainland China - Well-known immersive performance director in Mainland China adept at integrating new technologies and cutting-edge styles in performances, such as hologram, live motion-capture, mechanical puppetry, VR, and A.I. technology - Cross-cultural educational and work experience in Asia, US and Europe; native English and Mandarin speaker
• Worked with Broadway Tony Award-winning director John Rando, Smash choreographer Joshua Bergasse, Tony Award-winning set designer Derek McLane, Tony Award nominee lighting designer Japhy Weideman, Tony Award-winning sound designer John Shivers to create the original musical featuring Jonathan Lee’s (李宗盛) music: https://bit.ly/3y7dxtC • Finetuned and remounted the show for its premiere in Beijing and Shenzhen featuring Bai Baihe, Isabelle Huang and Victor Wong, and its third national tour featuring Bai Baihe, Huang Enru, Ju Hongchuan, Wang Kai, Jin Chi.
• Worked with US director to develop the script and to rehearse interactive performance for live motion capture show Kungfu Panda Live. The graphics and operating programs are developed specifically for the show by DreamWorks and Universal Studio.
• Responsible for training performers, developing raptor behavioral languages and performance guidelines, creating the show flow, finetuning the script, and rehearsing the large mechanical puppet show. The puppets are created by Michael Curry Studio.
• Responsible for designing therapeutic and creative experiences for a wellness residential community.
• Wrote, directed and produced an original immersive cyberpunk show that depicted a dystopian world after a global environmental catastrophe
• Responsible for designing an immersive experience for the Lakeville showrooms and providing branding strategies