In conversation with Linying and Mikey Xi for @talkhouse, on the music video for her latest single, ‘Dial Tone’, directed by Lenne Chai, starring @micheleseleneang, @xmooncakes, @ileosheng. ‘Swim, Swim’ the album is out April 4th, 2025.
A little commotion for the Kebaya please 🌸🪷
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Last few San Diego / Empty Ride mmrs 🥰🥳 (happy belated world theatre day…get me to my next play please)
Last few San Diego / Empty Ride mmrs 🥰🥳 (happy belated world theatre day…get me to my next play please)
Last few San Diego / Empty Ride mmrs 🥰🥳 (happy belated world theatre day…get me to my next play please)
Last few San Diego / Empty Ride mmrs 🥰🥳 (happy belated world theatre day…get me to my next play please)
Wrapped a really fun short this week called FAMILY RECIPE, directed by Michael Lei. Special thanks to @tanya.giang for the call and the entire cast crew for such a lovely time! FAMILY RECIPE is part of Rising Voices, Season 5 – so catch our premiere at the @tribeca film festival on June 11th. 🫶🏻💫
Wrapped a really fun short this week called FAMILY RECIPE, directed by Michael Lei. Special thanks to @tanya.giang for the call and the entire cast crew for such a lovely time! FAMILY RECIPE is part of Rising Voices, Season 5 – so catch our premiere at the @tribeca film festival on June 11th. 🫶🏻💫
Wrapped a really fun short this week called FAMILY RECIPE, directed by Michael Lei. Special thanks to @tanya.giang for the call and the entire cast crew for such a lovely time! FAMILY RECIPE is part of Rising Voices, Season 5 – so catch our premiere at the @tribeca film festival on June 11th. 🫶🏻💫
Wrapped a really fun short this week called FAMILY RECIPE, directed by Michael Lei. Special thanks to @tanya.giang for the call and the entire cast crew for such a lovely time! FAMILY RECIPE is part of Rising Voices, Season 5 – so catch our premiere at the @tribeca film festival on June 11th. 🫶🏻💫
Wrapped a really fun short this week called FAMILY RECIPE, directed by Michael Lei. Special thanks to @tanya.giang for the call and the entire cast crew for such a lovely time! FAMILY RECIPE is part of Rising Voices, Season 5 – so catch our premiere at the @tribeca film festival on June 11th. 🫶🏻💫
“we will one day run,” a new play (a choreopoem) by @astronautmanju! I had the best time at this reading today with some of my @thelastactingstudio family 🫶🏻
Here is a small example for anyone casting that I can (jn fact) carry a tune and (in opinion) play guitar. (send me your fav guitar learning apps, YouTube channels, etc, please and thank you!)
Playing Kisa in Empty Ride has been my toughest lesson, and greatest joy. I learn the most about acting through performing on stage, even though I am often intimidated by it. There’s a ritualistic, immersive quality to theater – and a sort of raw tension – that I constantly seek. It is, all at once, a visceral, powerful, vulnerable experience that I’m still chasing after, figuring out. I don’t have my own words to describe this process, so I will use a passage from “An Actor Adrift.” “One day Yoshi told me of the saying of an old Kabuki actor: I can teach a young actor the movement of how to point to the moon. But from his finger-tip to the moon, that’s the actor’s responsibility. And Yoshi added: When I act, what matters is not whether my gesture is beautiful. For me, there is only one question. Did the audience see the moon?” With Kisa, I have seen many moons.
Playing Kisa in Empty Ride has been my toughest lesson, and greatest joy. I learn the most about acting through performing on stage, even though I am often intimidated by it. There’s a ritualistic, immersive quality to theater – and a sort of raw tension – that I constantly seek. It is, all at once, a visceral, powerful, vulnerable experience that I’m still chasing after, figuring out. I don’t have my own words to describe this process, so I will use a passage from “An Actor Adrift.” “One day Yoshi told me of the saying of an old Kabuki actor: I can teach a young actor the movement of how to point to the moon. But from his finger-tip to the moon, that’s the actor’s responsibility. And Yoshi added: When I act, what matters is not whether my gesture is beautiful. For me, there is only one question. Did the audience see the moon?” With Kisa, I have seen many moons.
Playing Kisa in Empty Ride has been my toughest lesson, and greatest joy. I learn the most about acting through performing on stage, even though I am often intimidated by it. There’s a ritualistic, immersive quality to theater – and a sort of raw tension – that I constantly seek. It is, all at once, a visceral, powerful, vulnerable experience that I’m still chasing after, figuring out. I don’t have my own words to describe this process, so I will use a passage from “An Actor Adrift.” “One day Yoshi told me of the saying of an old Kabuki actor: I can teach a young actor the movement of how to point to the moon. But from his finger-tip to the moon, that’s the actor’s responsibility. And Yoshi added: When I act, what matters is not whether my gesture is beautiful. For me, there is only one question. Did the audience see the moon?” With Kisa, I have seen many moons.
Playing Kisa in Empty Ride has been my toughest lesson, and greatest joy. I learn the most about acting through performing on stage, even though I am often intimidated by it. There’s a ritualistic, immersive quality to theater – and a sort of raw tension – that I constantly seek. It is, all at once, a visceral, powerful, vulnerable experience that I’m still chasing after, figuring out. I don’t have my own words to describe this process, so I will use a passage from “An Actor Adrift.” “One day Yoshi told me of the saying of an old Kabuki actor: I can teach a young actor the movement of how to point to the moon. But from his finger-tip to the moon, that’s the actor’s responsibility. And Yoshi added: When I act, what matters is not whether my gesture is beautiful. For me, there is only one question. Did the audience see the moon?” With Kisa, I have seen many moons.
Playing Kisa in Empty Ride has been my toughest lesson, and greatest joy. I learn the most about acting through performing on stage, even though I am often intimidated by it. There’s a ritualistic, immersive quality to theater – and a sort of raw tension – that I constantly seek. It is, all at once, a visceral, powerful, vulnerable experience that I’m still chasing after, figuring out. I don’t have my own words to describe this process, so I will use a passage from “An Actor Adrift.” “One day Yoshi told me of the saying of an old Kabuki actor: I can teach a young actor the movement of how to point to the moon. But from his finger-tip to the moon, that’s the actor’s responsibility. And Yoshi added: When I act, what matters is not whether my gesture is beautiful. For me, there is only one question. Did the audience see the moon?” With Kisa, I have seen many moons.
We just closed EMPTY RIDE. Very tired, tender, grateful. More production photos and thoughts tomorrow but for now – pre show ritual captured by @kc2nbe 💛
First lead role in a play (in anything?) Mom & Dad came to see me act. Dad said I was good, not yet great, but on my way. Lydia came to stay and drink Serbian coffee w/me. Noraebang somaek ‘til past closing time w/my cast mates. Yes, I did insist on the harmony. Mom sent along my favorite Chinese bakery cake all the way from the Bay. Eaten right after a five show weekend. I have another show tonight. (Come see our play, we’re up until March 2nd!) Lucky girl, that Michell 😭🫶🏻
First lead role in a play (in anything?) Mom & Dad came to see me act. Dad said I was good, not yet great, but on my way. Lydia came to stay and drink Serbian coffee w/me. Noraebang somaek ‘til past closing time w/my cast mates. Yes, I did insist on the harmony. Mom sent along my favorite Chinese bakery cake all the way from the Bay. Eaten right after a five show weekend. I have another show tonight. (Come see our play, we’re up until March 2nd!) Lucky girl, that Michell 😭🫶🏻
First lead role in a play (in anything?) Mom & Dad came to see me act. Dad said I was good, not yet great, but on my way. Lydia came to stay and drink Serbian coffee w/me. Noraebang somaek ‘til past closing time w/my cast mates. Yes, I did insist on the harmony. Mom sent along my favorite Chinese bakery cake all the way from the Bay. Eaten right after a five show weekend. I have another show tonight. (Come see our play, we’re up until March 2nd!) Lucky girl, that Michell 😭🫶🏻
First lead role in a play (in anything?) Mom & Dad came to see me act. Dad said I was good, not yet great, but on my way. Lydia came to stay and drink Serbian coffee w/me. Noraebang somaek ‘til past closing time w/my cast mates. Yes, I did insist on the harmony. Mom sent along my favorite Chinese bakery cake all the way from the Bay. Eaten right after a five show weekend. I have another show tonight. (Come see our play, we’re up until March 2nd!) Lucky girl, that Michell 😭🫶🏻
