PCC IS BECOMING PINK FANG
After more than five decades of groundbreaking theater and artmaking, we are proud to announce a historic evolution: a renewed mission, a dynamic co-leadership model that honors Ping Chong’s legacy as a groundbreaking theatrical innovator, while boldly shaping the future of socially engaged performance, and a new name, PINK FANG.
Our new mission, leadership team, and name, which will go into effect on July 1, 2025, marks the culmination of a three-year strategic transition period, funded by the Mellon Foundation, that began in 2022 with the concurrent retirements of Ping Chong and longtime Executive Director Bruce Allardice. Announced in 2023, our Interim Artistic Leadership Team—Sara Zatz, Jane Jung, Nile Harris, Mei Ann Teo, and Talvin Wilks—has since stewarded a deep process of reflection, artistic visioning, and structural redesign. Together, Jane and Sara bring over 30 years of dedicated service to the company, ensuring continuity and grounding the transition in deep institutional knowledge.
“What made this transition possible was the extraordinary depth of experience, care, and vision that the Interim Artistic Leadership Team brought to the table. Collectively, they carried decades of knowledge from within the Ping Chong Company—rooted in its artistic legacy and committed to its future. Their stewardship through this multi-year process has been nothing short of transformational, grounded in thoughtful collaboration and driven by the values that have always defined our work. I would also like to applaud and celebrate the faith, hard work and dedication of current and former Board members in supporting and shaping this new genesis.” - Amy Chin, Board Chair
In a gesture both humble and visionary, Ping personally requested that the company be renamed, recognizing that its future would be carried forward by new artists and fresh voices. The name Pink Fang is derived from one of many absurd distortions of Ping Chong's name over the course of his career. This misnomer has been irreverently embraced by the company, as a subversive reclaiming of a distortion. This name change is not a departure, but a continuation—one rooted in deep respect for the past and a radical commitment to the future.
"All things must evolve and change, and I knew the company could not grow into the next iteration with my name on it. I knew when I decided to retire that the future was in the hands of new artists, and I told them that all I want is for them to continue creating art that honors humanity, but how they do it is their path to make. I trust them, and I believe in the future of Pink Fang" - Ping Chong
At the heart of this evolution is the understanding that Ping Chong’s legacy was never about a single name—but about expanding the boundaries of storytelling, uplifting diverse voices, and building artistic homes for those too often left out of the narrative. As part of this next chapter, the company will also serve as the steward and holder of the Ping Chong archive, ensuring that his formative body of work remains accessible and influential for generations to come.
New Mission
New Leadership
Pink Fang introduces a three-part leadership structure that reflects its collaborative and values-driven approach:
This three-part leadership model will co-direct and set the vision for curation, fundraising, partnership, and organizational development, in alignment with the organizational mission. This is an asset-based leadership approach with each role bringing additional expertise in the following areas:
- Artistic Director, New Work Mei Ann Teo – Creating new works, collaborating and cultivating partnerships with generative artists
- Artistic Director, Engagement Sara Zatz – Helming Community Engagement, Education, and Training; Creating new community-based work
- Managing Director, Jane Jung – Leading Producing Strategy, Finance, Communications
Together, this co-leadership team will report to the Board of Directors and collectively guide the organization through its next chapter. The new structure also includes continued involvement from Nile Harris through a salaried Resident Artist position, as well as a project-based partnership with longtime collaborator Talvin Wilks—ensuring artistic continuity and deepened creative collaboration as the company evolves.
“Ping’s vision has always been one of evolution and imagination. We are deeply honored by his trust in us to carry the company forward. His call to rename the organization was a powerful act of faith—an invitation to shape a future beyond his own legacy. Pink Fang symbolizes both continuity and change: a name that holds our roots while embracing the fierce creativity and collective leadership that define our next chapter.” - Pink Fang Leadership Team
In 2025-2026, the company will be developing and presenting a slate of new projects and activities representing the new mission, including: The Table, a participatory theater performance and collective meal ritual experience questioning habits of complicity and consumption, created Mei Ann Teo and performance maker Erika Chong Shuch, with dramaturg Tomi Tsunoda; Memory; Generation, a new interview-based project centered on caregiving and living with dementia, led by Sara Zatz; touring presentations of Nile Harris' this house is not a home; new artist partnerships and a symposium reflecting on the legacy and impact of Ping Chong's body of work. The company will lead arts education residencies at Hunter and LaGuardia Community College, in K-12 schools in Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens, and in senior centers. More details will be announced in October.