Ping Chong and Company creates works of theater and art that reveal beauty, invention, precision, and a commitment to social justice.

Founded by Ping Chong, Ping Chong and Company is a welcoming home and site of experimentation for multigenerational artists. The company creates original interdisciplinary, community-specific work; and cultivates artistry through training and education programs.


We are excited to announce the premiere of Artistic Leadership Team member Nile Harris' 

, a co-presentation and co-commission with 

. Performances will take place on July 14 - 16 at 8pm at Abrons Art Center Playhouse, located at 466 Grand Street, New York, NY 


A frenzied rant of online logic delivered outside an inflatable mausoleum,

surrounds a bounce castle purchased by Harris' friend, interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker Trevor Bazile (born Miami, FL, 1996-2021). Over the course of the performance, the castle comes to represent an ephemeral monument, a besieged U.S. capital, and a simulacrum of hollow liberal care.



extends from Harris and Bazile’s collaboratively created, live-Google-document-based ‘

’ manifesto (2020), a metaphorical board meeting that asked: will the revolution have 501c3 status? In and around the sound-responsive plastic shrine,

 situates this question within the detritus of the past two years—in bitter inheritance, fugitive avatars, political theater, Tucker Carlson redacted texts, and the cleansing of money through arts philanthropy.


Figures—a gingerbread minstrel, Dimes Square vape addicts, a beloved children’s movie cowboy—appear, haunted by the fraught question: what does it mean to be an American? Enlivened by collaborators Crackhead Barney and Malcolm-x Betts, and featuring sonic composition by slowdanger and GENG PTP, 

uses clowning and live-mixed sound scoring to enact a memorial in an “Incellectual” spew of discourse.

this house is not a home premieres at Abrons Art Center July 14 - 16

 (they/them) as the fifth member of our new

. They will work together to envision and begin to realize PCC's next chapter. The Artistic Leadership Team is a multi-generational group of artists and producers who are collaboratively envisioning the next iteration of Ping Chong and Company. The addition of Mei Ann to the Team is an exciting convergence of new leadership and artistic possibilities.  

Mei Ann states, “I am thoroughly excited to join the Ping Chong and Company Artistic Leadership Team. Ping Chong is a North Star for me, as a generative and truly expansive experimental force who created new forms through original works and reimagined classics throughout his artistic journey. I see the Company’s next chapter as home for a community of such artistic forces and can’t wait to build with the brilliance of Nile, Jane, Talvin, and Sara.”

Mei Ann Teo is a queer immigrant from Singapore making theater and film at the intersection of artistic/civic/contemplative practice. As a director, devisor, and dramaturg, they create across genres, including music theater, intermedial participatory work, reimagining classics, and documentary theater. Teo works internationally, at festivals including Belgium's Festival de Liege (Lyrics from Lockdown by Bryonn Bain), Edinburgh International Fringe, Beijing International Festival, Singapore Theatre Festival. They have directed and/or developed across the country, including the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Theatreworks Hartford, the Playwrights Realm, Goodman Theatre, The Public Theater, Berkeley Rep, Crowded Fire, History Theatre, Page 73, Musical Theatre Factory, and the National Black Theatre. Recent work includes Madeline Sayet’s 

 (film and national tour), the U.S. premiere of Amy Berryman’s 

at Theatreworks Hartford (Best Production and Director - Connecticut Critics Award), and the English U.S. premiere of Stefano Massini’s 

at Waterwell. Teo received the League of Professional Theatre Women’s Josephine Abady Award, is the inaugural recipient of the Lily Fan Director Lilly Award, and has formerly served as the Artistic Director of Musical Theatre Factory and the Associate Artistic Director and Director of New Work at Oregon Shakespeare Festival.

Mei Ann will bring new experience, perspective, and ideas to the PCC Artistic Leadership Team. They join performer and director Nile Harris; playwright, director, and dramaturg Talvin Wilks; PCC Managing Director Jane Jung; and Associate Director Sara Zatz. The formation of the Team represents a pivotal moment in PCC’s multi-year transition from a company identified with a single artist into one that supports a new generation of interdisciplinary artists. The transitional leadership structure is a reflection of this shift, and gives central roles to five individuals with deep connections to the Company. 

Mei Ann Teo Joins Artistic Leadership Team 

Our new Artistic Leadership Team (PCC ALT), Nile Harris, Jane Jung, Mei Ann Teo, Talvin Wilks, Sara Zatz, will host an afternoon soiree  celebrating a new generation of performing arts leaders exploring legacy and transition on 

This interactive event will feature performances, food, and conversation that probes the complexities of artistic legacy and the future of new leadership in the New York City performance scene. Tickets are $10-25. 

The Artistic Leadership Team is rigorously exploring a vision for PCC's future as new directors are taking over the reins of various beloved New York City cultural institutions and arts organizations. For 

An Extra Ordinary Afternoon with Ping Chong and Company, 

we have brought together peers who are managing similar transitions for a generative conversation about the opportunities and challenges of their situations. 

Johnnie Cruise Mercer; Grace Galu; Diana Oh; 

a culinary studio that specializes in creating immersive food experiences and reimagining Caribbean cuisine.  

OPENING INVOCATION -Chanteuse Provocateur, Grace Galu

WELCOME - PCC ALT - Nile Harris, Jane Jung, Mei Ann Teo, Talvin Wilks, Sara Zatz

Mia Yoo (LA MAMA), Jonathan McCrory (NATIONAL BLACK THEATRE), Carl Hancock Rux (MABOU MINES/HARLEM STAGE), Ain Gordon (PICK-UP PERFORMANCE CO), Chanon Judson (URBAN BUSH WOMEN), Mame Diarra Spies (URBAN BUSH WOMEN)

Mei Ann Teo and Talvin Wilks, Moderators (PCC ALT)

PERFORMANCE TRANSITION - Mame Diarra/Chanon Judson (URBAN BUSH WOMEN)

Food Activation by DeVonn Francis, Chef and Founding Director of Yardy World

Johnnie Cruise Mercer - PCC Creative Fellow Alum

Nile Harris featuring Crackhead Barney, Malcolm-X Betts, and Geng PTP

OUTRO - Chanteuse Provocateur, Grace Galu

Please join us on Saturday, June 24th for this celebration of legacy, change, community and artistry!

An Extra Ordinary Afternoon with Ping Chong and Company, June 24 at La MaMa

a digital film created by Ping Chong, will screen at the 

. This new work, created in 2022, is  inspired by Ping's earlier theatrical work, 

(1994), which was part of a series known as The East/West Quartet. 

 connects the present day and the personal with an historical past still being felt today. The film’s narrative weaves personal reflections, music and song, with historical strands, such as the opium war, the building of the railroads across the USA, the murder of Vincent Chin, and the mythical birth of tea, among other things.

The screening will be followed by a talk back with the creators. 

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