uplifts and shares real-life stories made by individuals from Reston, VA, reflecting on the challenges and joys of living in Reston during a time of pandemic and global upheaval.  

 (RCC), PCC was invited to bring together members of the community from diverse and intergenerational backgrounds to share their own stories and perspectives on what it means to be a Restonian. Cast members ranging in age from 14 to 57, reflect on Reston's unique history and utopian vision as the nation's first planned community, and what brought their families to Reston. The production addresses themes of healing, grief, growth, struggles with mental health and identity, the impact of COVID, and the search for community.

is written and directed by Sara Zatz, PCC's Associate Director and Artistic Leadership Team Member, and theatre artist Tuyết Thị Phạm in association with the cast (pictured above). 

Performances take place on Friday March 24th and Saturday March 25th at 8pm at the RCC Hunters Woods - the CenterStage. Tickets are $10 for Reston residents and $15 for non-Reston residents. 

Reserve tickets for the 3/25 performance here! 

 is an agency that offers thousands of positive, self-

development experiences that enhance the quality of life for all people living and working in Reston, VA. RCC provides a wide range of programs in arts, aquatics, enrichment and lifelong learning and also creates and sustains community traditions through special events, outreach activities and facility rentals.

In addition to the premiere of this new work, RCC will also host a 

. Participants will share, listen and learn about our individual and collective relationships to where we live and meet some of the Reston residents and cast members who are part of 

, where Ping will share his visually compelling body of work and lead a discussion about the evolution of his theatre work in relationship to the changes in contemporary arts and culture over the last 50 years.

Generations Rise: Reston premieres in Reston, VA on March 24 - 25

All Island Connect Underwater: A Celebration of Ping Chong and Bruce Allardice

Our tribute to Ping and Bruce and the artistic community that has been a part of their journey for fifty years was an experience beyond any other. As old and new friends gathered and an incredible lineup of performers and toasters shared the spotlights at the sold-out Chelsea Factory, we could feel the love and gratitude that filled the room.

Read all about the event and an interview with Ping, which was featured in the 

: "For A Pioneering Artist, the Joy of Having Done the Work His Way" by Laura Collins-Hughes. 

Here are some videos that we created for the occasion, tributes to Ping, Bruce and a glimpse of our future. These were edited by Satoko Sugiyama.

Ping Chong Tribute Video 

Bruce Allardice Tribute Video 

PCC: The Future

Thank you to Chinese Theatre Works, Fogo Azul, Muna Tseng, Meredith Monk, Jazz Passengers, and host Jessica Hagedorn for creating an evening beyond measure, and illustrating the transformative power of live performance; and to Mia Yoo, Melanie Joseph, Kim Chan, Amy Chin, Councilmember Gale Brewer for your tributes to Ping, Bruce and their partnership. 

Thank you to Chelsea Factory, our Production Team led by Bill Toles, Madison Lusby, Richie Clark, Alejandro Fajardo, Waymon Arnette, and our inimitable event producer Boo Froebel for creating a singular evening that encapsulated the spirit of PCC.

Thank you to our Board of Directors, our generous supporters, and all of you for showing your love and support for Bruce and Ping and our company.

We are entering the next chapter of Ping Chong and Company uplifted by your presence, energy and support. We can't wait to share all that's ahead with you.

s. 2nd from Top: Jane Jung. All Other Photos: Alexis Buatti-Ramos 

A Celebration of Ping Chong and Bruce Allardice! 

PCC and The New School’s Eugene Lang College and College of Performing Arts announce a 

 on February 3 and 4, 2023, celebrating the 30-year history of the company’s groundbreaking interview-based, community engaged, theater series 

 cast members, presenters, creative collaborators, producing partners and colleagues in the field of documentary theater to the university to lead courses, panels, and student workshops, culminating with an evening performance from a new work in progress, 

 is a series of interview-based theater productions by PCC that features local community members telling their own stories of place, identity, and belonging. Since 1992, over 65 

 productions have been made in communities across the country and around the world, exploring issues such as the experience of immigrants and refugees in the U.S., the experience of living with disability, Muslim American identity, and the experiences of survivors of sexual violence. Recent productions have looked at living with chronic illness and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on youth of color in New York City.

All events are free and open to the public. 

Click here for full schedule and more information. 

Real People, Real Lives, Real Theater: Celebrating 30 Years of Ping Chong and Company’s Undesirable Elements Symposium

Effective February 1, 2023, performer and director Nile Harris and playwright, director, and dramaturg Talvin Wilks—visionaries of different generations, both with multifaceted skill sets as artists, producers, and strategic thinkers—will join Managing Director Jane Jung and Associate Director Sara Zatz to lead our 

upon the retirement of Founder and Artistic Director Ping Chong and longtime Executive Director Bruce Allardice. In an exciting, new-to-us model of collaborative leadership, the Artistic Leadership Team will work together to develop and realize a vision for the future of the organization.

The establishment of this new Leadership Team represents a pivotal moment in our 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 two artists with deep connections to the Company, alongside existing company leadership. Talvin has been a longtime collaborator of Ping Chong and Company since 1994. He has worked on multiple 

productions and co-wrote and directed the 

series with Ping Chong. Nile is a 2022 PCC Creative Fellow, through which he was in residence with the Company, engaging with the our archive and developing new work.

As they join the Artistic Leadership Team, Jane and Sara will retain their current managerial, administrative, and artistic roles, in addition to taking on new responsibilities. Christina Bixland will also continue to lead the company's Education programs.

“Ping Chong and Company is my life's work, but its future is now Talvin’s, Sara’s, Jane’s, and Nile’s to make.”

adds, “Talvin Wilks, Sara Zatz, and Jane Jung have contributed mightily to the success of Ping Chong and Company as artists and administrators in recent decades, and Nile will bring a fresh contemporary perspective to the mix. I’m confident the company will remain open and responsive to the evolving aesthetic and political conversations of our times, and will always value people first and foremost. I am filled with awe and gratitude as I step aside for new leadership. But I am aware of the challenges that remain ahead in this complicated time. I am fond of saying ‘There is no road until you make the road.’ I look forward to supporting my friends and colleagues at Ping Chong and Company as they boldly make their road.”

Amy Chin, President of the Ping Chong and Company Board

 says, “This moment is especially meaningful, as Ping Chong and Bruce Allardice hand over the reins of the Company to the next generation of artists and leaders—Nile Harris, Talvin Wilks, Jane Jung, and Sara Zatz—who will carry forward the ethos and values of Ping’s visionary work. Ping Chong and Company continues to inspire audiences to think deeply about the world and move beyond our personal cocoons. Through new work generation, support of artists, and the Undesirable Elements series, the organization is pushing back against the increasingly divided and antagonistic society we live in to build connection and seek common truth. The future is bright because we stand on the shoulders of giants like Ping and Bruce.”

The formation of the new leadership team is a key step in a three-year transition plan supported by $900,000 from the Mellon Foundation, which provided lead funding in a $1.5 million budget. We are is currently in the first year of the process, which is being led by the Board of Directors and a 

 consisting of Jane Jung, Sara Zatz, and PCC Board Members Kim Chan, Lillian Cho, and Cathy Barbash. The task force is managed by Boo Froebel with support from the consulting firm

“Through the years, Ping Chong and Company afforded Ping with an infrastructure that allowed him to pursue ambitious projects in multiple mediums over multiple decades. I know first-hand how transformative the company’s support is for younger artists in particular, and I’m excited now to be part of the team imagining new ways for Ping Chong and Company to provide similarly impactful opportunities to other artists, for years to come.” 

"Ping Chong and Company has been a place for discovery, mentoring, and expanded artistry for me since 1994, when I first worked with Ping on 

. I have grown and evolved and become a better artist—more visionary and more expansive—because of the opportunities provided by the company. Over a 50-year history, Ping and his many collaborators have built an incredible legacy that I’m excited to advance for future generations." 

“When faced with the decision to move forward as a Company after Ping's retirement, we were guided by the question: What would Ping Chong and Company look like if it launched anew at this moment in time? For 50 years, Ping Chong has worked with a clear worldview stemming from a complex understanding of history and identity, and has created a rich body of work guided by the values of artistry, precision, humanity, and social justice. As we move beyond Ping’s and Bruce’s retirement, our task is to transform legacy into practice by supporting the next generation of critically minded, socially engaged, experimental artists in working sustainably while pursuing their creative impulses with integrity. The most exciting thing about the future of the company are the artists we will be supporting, and the new work we will create together.” 

“To me, Ping Chong and Company means Art. Dialogue. Community. Listening. Change. Connection. I don’t know what exactly the future will bring, but I know we will continue to build and foster a holistic organization that is a truly welcoming home for artists—one that creates room for growth, risk, learning, and evolution. Talvin, Nile, Jane, and I will challenge and balance each other while asking, together, what stories need to be told, and imagining how we will make space for those stories in innovative new ways that evoke and honor Ping’s legacy while forging new paths forward. I feel grateful, hopeful, and honored to be part of this group, and to have Bruce and Ping’s blessing as we move, with thought, care, and intention, in new and unknown directions.”

 stages meditated confrontations between performer and audience that collage various modes of communication: choreography, reappropriated and scripted text, improvisation, spatial design, and clowning. His work has been presented at the Palais de Tokyo, The Watermill Center, New York Live Arts, Volksbühne Berlin, Prelude Festival, Bronx Academy of Arts and Dance, Otion Front Studio, Grace Exhibition Space, and Movement Research at Judson Church. As a performer, Harris has originated roles in works by Crackhead Barney, Jaamil Olawale Kosoko, 600 HIGHWAYMEN, Tina Satter, Robert Wilson, Young Boy Dancing Group, Nia Witherspoon, slowdanger, Lilleth Glimcher, Malcolm-x Betts, and Miles Greenberg. He is currently in rehearsals for the world premiere of Agnes Borinsky’s

, directed by Tina Satter and co-produced by Playwrights Horizons and Page 73, February 12–March 19.

, which commissions artists to create new work inspired by, and in response to, the Ping Chong and Company’s past works. The Public Theater, in association with PCC, will present his T

, a lecture and solo performance about “absence, abjection, and American nationalism,” January 19 & 22 as part of the 2023 Under the Radar Festival. Harris’s 

, a new work co-commissioned by PCC and building on the themes of 

 premieres at Abrons Art Center, July 14-16, 2023.


 is a playwright, director, and dramaturg based in Minneapolis and New York City. He has served as a co-writer/co-director/dramaturg for Ping Chong and Company’s ongoing 

Collidescope: Adventures in Pre- and Post-Racial America

. In 2022, Wilks directed the world premiere productions of 

by Harrison David Rivers at the History Theatre in Minneapolis, MN, 

 by Baba Israel, Grace Galu and Soul Unscribed at LaMama/Here Arts, and the three play saga, 

 by Ifa Bayeza at Mosaic Theatre in Washington, DC. Since 2014, some of his most acclaimed directorial work has been centered at Penumbra Theatre Company including

by Claudia Rankine. His critically acclaimed direction of 

 by Liza Jessie Peterson is featured in the documentary, 

by Cinque Northern which was recently short-listed for an Academy Award. He also served as dramaturg for Camille A. Brown’s Broadway Revival of 

for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf 

 by Somi at New York Theatre Workshop/National Black Theatre. Other dramaturgy credits include 

Scat!/Walkin’ with ‘Trane/Hep Hep Sweet Sweet 

ink/Black Girl: Linguistic Play/ Mr. TOL E. RanCE 

In a Rhythm/A History/Necessary Beauty/ Landing-Place/Verge

 (Bebe Miller Company). Wilks is an Associate Professor in the Theatre Arts and Dance Department, University of Minnesota/Twin Cities and is a 2020 McKnight Theater Artist Fellow and a 2022 McKnight Presidential Fellow.


 became Managing Director of Ping Chong and Company in 2019. She previously served as the company’s Director of Planning and Operations (2018-19) and as its General Manager (2010-14). From 2014-17, she was Managing Director of The Civilians, an investigative theater company based in Brooklyn, NY. She is a board member of Musical Theater Factory, Radical Evolution, and Network of Ensemble Theaters and was Producing Fellow for the Broadway musical 

. Jung is a graduate of the Yale School of Drama and Mount Holyoke College.


 joined Ping Chong and Company In 2002. As Associate Director, she leads the company’s community engagement and training programs and manages fundraising and development areas. Over the last 20 years, Zatz has been the lead artistic collaborator with Ping Chong on the 

 series, leading the creation of dozens of works in the series, working with partner organizations ranging from regional theaters to community-based arts organizations. Recent productions include 

, with individuals living with chronic illness (Profile Theatre), 

Inside/Out: Voices from the Disability Community 

 (national touring). She has spoken and presented workshops on community-engaged theater at many conferences and universities. She holds an M.Phil in Irish Theatre Studies from Trinity College, Dublin, and an AB from Bryn Mawr College.


Ping Chong and Company Announces New Leadership 

Join us in a public tribute to our Founder and Artistic Director 

, who both retire from their leadership roles at the company at the end of 2022. 

All Islands Connect Underwater: A Celebration of Ping Chong and Bruce Allardice 

will take place on Wednesday, January 25, 2023, from 6-9pm, at Chelsea Factory (547 W 26th St, New York, NY 10001).

The event, hosted by playwright, author, and performance artist 

, will take the form of a party punctuated by brief performances.  

, the organization that preserves and promotes the traditional Chinese performing arts and creates new performance works that bridge Eastern and Western aesthetics and forms; New York City-based all-women, trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming Brazilian Samba Reggae drum line 

; legendary multidisciplinary artist and one of Ping Chong’s earliest and most formative collaborators, 

; dancer, choreographer, and founder of Muna Tseng Dance Projects 

whose moving dance-theater solo performance 

was written and directed by Chong; and legendary American jazz group 

. Other luminaries will be toasting Chong and Allardice at the event. 

Performers Announced for Celebration of Ping Chong and Bruce Allardice on January 25, 2023

We are excited to announce two presentations by our 


As part of their Fellowship during our 50th Anniversary season, PCC has commissioned and supported the generation of a new work by JU-EH and Nile, which we will present in November 2022 and January 2023.

Nearly 50 years ago, when Ping Chong started making performance work, he created an artistic home by establishing Ping Chong and Company. This artistic home has been a place of mentorship and creativity for many artists over the years; and we deepen this commitment through the Creative Fellowship. The Fellowship engages artists to learn from the body of PCC’s work and methodologies; and receive mentorship and guidance on their career and creative goals. These new projects are generated from research and engagement with the Ping Chong and Company production archive.


JU-EH
Wednesday, November 30, 2022, 7:30pm
The DiMenna Center for Classical Music, 450 West 37th Street, New York, NY 10018

This is a free event, with registration required. 

JU-EH will offer a guiding voice as you experience an immersive sound experience in various physical positions/locations (wandering, sitting, standing, lying down, shoes on/off) in a 3000 square feet music hall with a 52-speaker reverb system.

Since the beginning of 2022, JU-EH has built a new microtonal spatial instrument, 意聼 (pronounced YI TING, which is also the poetic translation of OVERHEAR). JU-EH has sourced software developers and audio engineers to code and design this instrument specifically for JU-EH's creative workflow.

You are invited to be early adoptors in this conceptual artwork. 

is presented as an interactive, process oriented workshop for facilitating live creation between the artist and audience, informed organically in real-time.


JU-EH is a male soprano specializing in developing non-human roles envisioning a new era of utilizing opera as a meta-emotional vehicle. As a composer, director, improvisor, and sound conceptualist, JU-EH has built a software synthesizer with coders and spatial sound designers to address microtonality, human voice as sonic sculptures. This is a pioneering concept in understanding human relationships from the perspective of voice, body, and technology. JU-EH has initiated projects that defy genre, period, or easy categorization including 1st Clubhouse episodic opera “ASIAN CASTA DIVA,” for the #StopAsianHate movement with an interactive virtual monument on Mozilla Hubs; JU-EH’s audio/visual NFT collection “仚 Hint” has just won the 2022 Future Arts Awards by Mozaik. Find out more on ju-eh.com.


Nile Harris
Thursday, January 19, 2023 at 7:00pm and Sunday, January 22, 2023 at 1:00pm


Presented in association with the Public Theater's Under the Radar Festival

Shiva Theater, The Public Theater, 425 Lafayette Street, New York, NY 10003

Tickets are $25 and General Access tickets will be on sale November 10th. 



 is a lecture on absence, abjection, and American nationalism. Navigating through the anonymous logic of the internet, where everyone has an opinion, this solo performance, or incellectual rant, poses a rhetorical insurrection of the priorities of neoliberalism and pays homage to the memory of a friend gone too soon.


Nile Harris is a director and performer of live works of art. He has done a few things and hopes to do a few more, God willing.

2022/23 Creative Fellows Presentations 

 All Islands Connect Underwater: a Celebration of Ping Chong and Bruce Allardice

Ping and Bruce will retire from their leadership roles at the company at the end of 2022. In honor of their immeasurable impact and leadership, we will gather to celebrate their vision and artistry, and the artistic community they have cultivated over the past 50 years.  This event will take place on 

The celebration will bring together artists and other luminaries for a public tribute who have collaborated with or been supported by Ping and Bruce. 

 continues a season celebrating 50 years of impactful work by Ping, his 35-year partnership with Bruce, and 30 years of the company’s series of community-specific, interview-based works known as the

 series. The season kicked off with a sold-out run at La MaMa of

, a new reimagining of the production that set Chong’s boundary-shattering career in motion.

Over five decades, Ping has sustained a prolific career as a generative artist, leading the creation of over 110 original works that span artistic disciplines. Throughout his extraordinarily long artistic partnership with Bruce, they have collaborated to achieve and hone PCC’s vision of aesthetically rich, socially probing interdisciplinary theater.

All Islands Connect Underwater: A Celebration of Ping Chong and Bruce Allardice  

Ping Chong's Final Production as Artistic Director 

In 2022, we mark 50 years of impactful work by 

our Founder and Artistic Director Ping Chong 

, his new reimagining of the production that set his boundary-shattering career in motion, from September 30 - October 16

 was Ping Chong’s first independently created theater production. It

is an imagistic meditation on the resurrected man transplanted from its Biblical setting to the surreal, urban purgatory of New York City in the 1970’s—a deeply personal work about cultural alienation disguised as a Biblical story. With the exception of a voice over, sound effects, and some music, 

is silent, poetic, and nonlinear. Originally performed in Meredith Monk’s loft in the heady early days of the New York avant-garde, it

established Chong’s seminal integration of slide and film projection, puppetry, and recorded sound in theatrical performance; so much of what the artist and his company would go on to achieve in theater and storytelling can be mapped from the artistic gestures in this bold starting point.

Ping Chong says, “Lazarus was a metaphor for my own experience, because I had just left my insular world of Chinatown, moving out of that limbo into figuring out how to exist in larger society. The original show was 1972; New York City was nearly bankrupt at that time and the urban purgatory aspect of it was very surreal and real. Originally the work reflected that—but the work has changed: I’m a lifetime New Yorker, and 

 is now different than the show was at the time in the sense that New York is also different, and centrally, part of the character of the show. 

 is my love for New York but it’s also my sadness for what it’s become. Lazarus may have left purgatory and come back into the world—but what kind of a world did he come back into in 2022?”

 as Figure 3. The creative team includes 

take place Thursday – Saturday at 8pm, and Saturday & Sunday at 4pm at La MaMa Downstairs Theater (66 East Fourth Street, NY, NY 10003). Tickets are $30 ($25 for students and seniors), inclusive of all fees, and can be purchased at lamama.org or  646-430-5374. The first ten tickets to every performance are $10. The September 29 preview performance will be pay-what-you-can. Running time is approximately one hour.

Time Passes: Ping Chong and Fiji Theater Company Then and Now
Sunday, October 9

 on Sunday, October 9, at 4pm, Chong will reunite with late 1970s and 1980s members of his company, then called the Fiji Theater Company, for a discussion of the evolution of his work and the changing climate in the downtown performing arts scene. They will share personal memories of their time creating work and touring work together. Moderated by Sara Farrington, editor of 

The Lost Conversation: Interviews with an Enduring Avant-Garde

, the event will feature Ping Chong, John Fleming, Brian Hallas, Louise Smith, and Jeannie Hutchins. Smith and Hutchins both won Bessie Awards for their work with Chong.


Lazarus 1972 - 2022 at La MaMa from September 29 - October 16

Today we announce a three-year leadership transition plan to support the next generation of interdisciplinary artists and expand the Company’s long standing 

 community specific program. This new vision is supported by $900,000 from the Mellon Foundation, which has provided lead funding for the $1.5 million transition budget.

Our beloved Founder and Artistic Director Ping Chong, and Executive Director Bruce Allardice announce their retirement from PCC at the end of 2022, as the organization looks to transform artistic legacy into practice for the next generation of artists.

PCC Managing Director Jane Jung and Associate Director Sara Zatz, alongside a to-be-announced Artistic Chair, will lead the organization through the strategic transition plan envisioned in collaboration with consulting firm 

The upcoming anniversary season will celebrate Ping Chong’s 50-year career as a leading Asian American artist and theatrical innovator; 30 years of the company’s series of community-specific, interview-based works known as the 

 series; and 35 years of artistic partnership between Chong and Allardice.


READ THE STRATEGIC PLAN EXECUTIVE SUMMARY HERE

Ping Chong and Bruce Allardice have worked tirelessly to achieve and hone PCC’s vision of aesthetically rich, socially probing interdisciplinary theater that explores the interconnectedness of cultures and multifaceted identities in the U.S. and across the globe.

 says of his retirement from the company, "What better way to carry the future of creating forward than to support the next generation of artists! It’s such a tough time for the young, especially in how prohibitive New York’s cost of living has become, how different the conditions are here than when I was beginning as an artist, and I believe the future belongs to the young people. I will always be an artist, but as I move away from leadership of the company, it’s great to see that we can create a space for them.”

 says, “I believe that the pandemic, technology and this political moment in New York and the world has had a  fundamental structural impact on our artistic community — and what is required to build back for the future is new approaches, new thoughts, new energy. Building new structures that work in our changed world—that’s for the next generation to do, and I want to support that fully. We have wonderful people who work with us, and this is a way to embrace the potential and opportunity of change. Ping and I will be around throughout the three-year transition, but we don’t want to be 

around—we don’t want to get in the way of that process.”

Amy Chin, Chair of the Ping Chong and Company Board

, says, “Ping Chong and Company has been crossing artistic boundaries for half a century with innovative and pioneering theater that speaks to a global human experience. The Board gratefully honors Ping Chong’s many decades of creativity and the inspired guidance of Bruce Allardice. The legacy of their work continues in the gifted artists and exceptional leaders they have nurtured. As we celebrate this anniversary milestone, we are also excited to lean into the Company’s next 50 years supported by a talented team and the generous support of Mellon Foundation and our PCC friends, family, and fans.”

 says, “The impact of Ping's singular vision and voice has rippled across so many individuals' lives and communities in powerful ways, fostering connection, compassion, and understanding across differences. Ping and Bruce made great art together. We can't wait to carry forth their legacy with a vision to support the next generation of interdisciplinary artists and their works. We’re grateful to the Mellon Foundation and the partnership of our Board and P.S. 314 who have thoughtfully guided us through this major transition moment, which is an exciting opportunity for growth and evolution.”

says, “As we enter into this period of transition and organizational transformation, we have a unique opportunity to center the voices and vision of a new generation of artists forging their own creative paths. Ping Chong and Company has fostered a space that is a truly welcoming home for artists and that creates room for growth and transformation, learning, and evolution. We are excited to honor Bruce and Ping’s legacies and contributions by continuing to incubate community connectedness, artistic risk-taking, and empathetic storytelling for many years to come.”

Ping and Bruce's long-time colleagues offer reflections on their work, and the company’s impact:

"Ping Chong forged new paths in multidisciplinary artmaking and contemporary theater practice and his work continues to expand our collective understandings of identity, otherness, and being. His lasting legacy is a testament to his expansive vision, deep intellect, and imagination; all attributes that he holds humbly, generously, and honestly," shares

 Emil Kang, program director for Arts and Culture at the Mellon Foundation

. “We are honored to support the next chapter for Ping Chong and Company as they honor the rich legacy of Ping Chong and Bruce Allardice while creating space for a new generation of creators."

 says, “The work of Ping Chong and Bruce Allardice has been transformative for our field. They have helped shape the legacy of La MaMa through the powerful artistry and the urgent community-engaged work we have been blessed to have on our stages. By examining the complexities of delving into Otherness and stories of the Other, ultimately the work has revealed our interconnectedness and shared humanity. Ping Chong and Company has influenced generations of artists, and their impact will reverberate for generations to come.”

Artistic Producer/Founder at The Foundry Theatre Melanie Joseph

, Appetite, History, Inclusion, Fluidity, Integrity, 

. Words that will ever hold the image of Ping and Bruce 

, that activated what they made, how they made it and who they shared it with for 50 years. They’re a beacon for anyone who strives to make great art, and then actually makes it. And they’re a rudder for those who seek to build theatres with transparency, experiment and tremendous care, that actually operate and evolve in that way.They were all of this, and then some, for me.I’m so glad that we found one another in this roiling cauldron that is our world, and grateful to have shared reasons to climb out, and get shit done (after a wee pause for a delicious meal.). I love you both, 

BAM Executive Producer Emeritus Joseph V. Melillo 

says, “I began working with Ping Chong in 1984 within the context of BAM’s annual Next Wave Festival and subsequently worked with him many times. Ping expanded my conception of what theater could be as a contemporary genre. His visionary and pioneering art has advanced our understanding of storytelling. His resourcefulness is boundless. His art is redolent of original ideas and highly imaginative techniques for delivering the inherent humanity that is the foundation of his creative artistry.”

Melillo adds, “Bruce is a man of sterling integrity. He has consistently demonstrated the exemplary principles of a manager supporting an artist through the vast myriad of challenges throughout the creative process of the development and producing of new work while growing an organization for that artist and his work. He was an exceptional professional partner throughout our working together to get Ping Chong’s art to its desired opening night for the originating artist, his collaborators and performers.”

Celebrating 50 Years of Visionary Work by Ping Chong and Our Vital Next Chapter  

Welcome JU-EH and Nile Harris, Ping Chong and Company’s 2022 Creative Fellows!

The PC+C Creative Fellowship seeks to establish continuity and foster an ongoing artistic conversation between Ping Chong and Company’s archival body of work, and a new generation of interdisciplinary artists working at the intersection of experimentation and community engagement.

JU-EH and Nile will be in residence from May to December 2022, where they will be a part of the staff and be commissioned to create new work inspired by, and in response to, the Company’s past works embodied in its archive. By engaging specifically with the PC+C archives, Fellows will participate in a learning and creation opportunity while receiving support and guidance around building an ongoing and sustainable practice from the Company. Fellows will join PC+C at a pivotal moment as the Company marks the 50th anniversary of Ping Chong’s career as an artist.

JU-EH and Nile bring new perspectives to PC+C and the Fellowship. Read more about their artistic pursuits and inspirations below.

Announcing 2022 Creative Fellows: JU-EH and Nile Harris

Join us at Lincoln Center this summer in their first annual Summer for the City program, where we will be presenting a revival of

Inside/Out… Voices from the Disability Community

 is part of the Undesirable Elements series, co-directed by Ping Chong and Sara Zatz, and created in collaboration with the performers, Josh Hecht, Monique Holt, Christopher Imbrosciano, Vivian Cary Jenkins, Matthew S. Joffe, Zazel-Chavah O’Garra, and Blair Wing. It explores the first-hand experiences of seven individuals with disabilities, interweaving the disability rights movement in the United State with the cast’s personal stories and experiences.

 was originally commissioned in 2008 by the international organization on arts and disability. It premiered at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and later toured to Maryland, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and New York.

 will be performed on Friday, August 12 at 6:30pm at the Hearst Plaza at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, and is free to the public. On August 11, there will also be a 

, sharing an inside glimpse of PCC's approach to documentary theater and the process of

’s creation blending history and personal narratives.

Summer for the City is Lincoln Center’s invitation to New York to come together and celebrate the city’s diverse arts scene and cultural traditions to connect, heal, and rejuvenate. Discover more vibrant events and offerings 

Inside/Out at Lincoln Center’s Summer for the City

Delve into Ping Chong’s latest conversations on his artistic legacy!

, Ping reflects on his personal and artistic journey. Ping shares about his childhood in New York City’s Chinatown, the beginning of a long history of collaboration with Meredith Monk, the idea of “otherness” in his works, and his preparations for retirement. The episode is titled “Ping Chong: Intents and Purposes,” and delves into Ping’s intents and purposes in his art and in his life. See the full segment at Articulate website 

. You can also find stations and air times in your area for Articulate 

Ping Chong: Intents and Purposes

Articulate is a show created in 2015 by radio journalist and broadcaster, Jim Cotter, telling human stories of creative thinkers.

, edited by Sara Farrington and published by 53rd State Press. The book includes conversations with artistic voices working in the New York avant-garde over the past 50 years, including Ping Chong, Joanne Akalaitis, Anne Bogart, and many others. The conversations explore the life of the artists behind their arts, their evolution and persistence through the process of creating art in NYC. Pre-order the book 

Ping Chong featured in PBS show “Articulate” and a new book, "The Lost Conversation"

Ping Chong and Company Call for Creative Fellows 2022

Fellowship Period: May 1 – December 31, 2022

Ping Chong and Company seeks two Creative Fellows to be artists-in-residence. Fellowships are opportunities for artists of color from traditionally underrepresented communities to be part of the Company and be commissioned to create new work inspired by, and in response to, the Company’s past works embodied in its archive. 

This is a good opportunity for early career artists who have a track record of at least two previously generated interdisciplinary works that have been shared publicly and created outside of an undergraduate program. Fellows will join PCC at a pivotal moment as we mark the 50th anniversary of Ping Chong’s career as an artist.

Fellowships run from May 1 to December 31, 2022. Fellows receive total financial support of $28,000: a monthly $2,500 stipend over eight months, a $3,000 commission fee, and a $5000 development budget to go toward creation of new work.

To apply, complete and submit the application form by March 31, 2022 , 11:59pm. 

Call for Creative Fellows 2022

: On Demand through New Victory Theater! This virtual production is available to stream for $15 through June 2022 at 

 is an interview-based virtual production featuring Black, Latinx, and Asian American teens from New York City telling their own stories and reflecting on their lives before, during and after 2020—a year of crisis and transformation. It shares real-life stories of six New York City teenagers and the significance of a year of growing up during a global pandemic and renewed calls for racial justice.

 series and written and directed by Sara Zatz and Kirya Traber, 

 originated as a virtual theater production in partnership with 

 in June 2021. The live production of the show premiered at New Victory Theater in November 2021.

Announcing Generation Rise: On Demand! 

"Sear the Pan Against the Meat with me, savor tender and bitter memory..."

The smell of SPAM still lingers and the last notes of the finale song still echoes. After four weeks of performances at Dixon Place, 

 by Jaime Sunwoo, closed to sold-out houses. Although this run has come to a close, the show made a deep impression on audience members. See what some of them had to say about the show:

“Educational, entertaining and deeply moving ... No matter what your current relationship is to SPAM, you will not look at it the same way again!” 