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.


Our new Artistic Leadership Team (PCC ALT), Nile Harris, Jane Jung, 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. 

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

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. 

Chinoiserie Redux screening at Asia Society on May 24

We are seeking proposals from consultants or firms to provide services for the development and implementation of a 

With the retirement of Ping Chong and Bruce Allardice at the end of 2022, Ping Chong and Company is underway with an intentional three-year period during which we will explore and build towards the company’s transformation, guided by a board approved strategic plan. This process will require skilled communications, as it includes evaluating our organizational model, communications, audiences, and ultimately re-branding the Company under a new name. 

Our aim is to both re-imagine the company for this new moment, and create continuity as we are building on a 50 year legacy of generative artistic practice. The proposed project will communicate a new vision both during its development and upon its completion; to assure artists, audiences, and all of PCC’s communities that while things are changing, the answer to this question will always be innovative, relevant, and compelling. The results will be a new name, new brand, and the implementation of a strategic communications plan.  

The deadline for proposal submissions is June 1, 2023. 

Request for Proposals: Strategic Communications and Company Rebranding 

We're excited to announce a new work produced in partnership with 

. Directed by Artistic Director Emeritus Ping Chong and Yara Arts Group Artistic Director Virlana Tkacz, this latest piece in the 

 series explores the experiences of Ukrainian American New Yorkers: Ukrainian identity, immigration, intergenerational connections, the history of Ukrainians in the U.S., and the disastrous effect of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Performances take place May 5-14 at the 

, located at 222 East 6th Street, New York.

This project ​​is the result of a three-decade relationship between Ping Chong and Virlana Tkacz, who first worked together in the early 1990s, when Ping first created the series. Last year, Ping invited Virlana to collaborate on a new production about the experiences of Ukrainian Americans. She identified the people who form the cast, and whose stories comprise the script. 

 features Ukrainian and Ukrainian-American performers, musicians, and activists: George Drance, whose grandparents arrived in New York before World War I; Julian Kytasty, whose father arrived with his bandura-playing family after World War II; Lesya Verba, who arrived in New York from Odesa just two years ago; Nariman Asanov, a Crimean Tatar who came to U.S. in the 1990s; and Daria Kolomiec, who was in Kyiv for Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The production interweaves their personal stories and Ukrainian history with traditional Ukrainian music and songs.

 are Friday, May 5 -  Sunday, May 14 on Friday and Saturday evenings at 7pm, and Sundays at 2pm. The Sunday, May 7th performance includes a post-performance Q&A. 

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