Recent theater news and projects, below.
A list of plays is available here:
NPX: https://newplayexchange.org/users/2894/sam-chanse
2023/24:
April 2024
MacDowell Residency
July 2024
[untitled]
new musical workshop
commissioned by La Jolla Playhouse
directed by Jess McLeod
book by Sam Chanse | music and lyrics by MILCK (AKA Connie Lim) and AG
conceived by MILCK and Jess McLeod
story by Sam Chanse, MILCK, and Jess McLeod
September/October 2023
[untitled]
new musical workshop
commissioned by La Jolla Playhouse
directed by Jess McLeod
book by Sam Chanse | music and lyrics by MILCK (AKA Connie Lim) and AG
conceived by MILCK and Jess McLeod
story by Sam Chanse, MILCK, and Jess McLeod
2022/23:
September/October 2023
[untitled]
new musical workshop
commissioned by La Jolla Playhouse
directed by Jess McLeod
book by Sam Chanse | music and lyrics by MILCK (AKA Connie Lim) and AG
conceived by MILCK and Jess McLeod
story by Sam Chanse, MILCK, and Jess McLeod
April 2023
LA Theatre Works’ audio production of What you are now awarded Earphones Award Winner by AudioFile Magazine
Review: https://www.
Best of April list: https://booktrib.com/
March 2023
What you are now
audio recording
Los Angeles Theatre Works
directed by Anna Lyse Erikson
https://www.latw.org/title/what-you-are-now
September 29-October 8, 2022
Rochester, NY
Fellowship
University of Rochester International Theatre Program
directed by Dominiqe Rider
https://www.sas.rochester.edu/theatre/productions/current/fellowship/index.html
2021/2022:
May 11 -29, 2022
San Francisco, CA
Monument, or Four Sisters (A Sloth Play)
world premiere
The Magic Theatre
directed by Giovanna Sardelli
http://magictheatre.org/season/season
performance streaming July 18-26th:
https://www.magictheatre.org/season/monument-or-four-sisters-a-sloth-play
March 9 – April 3, 2022
New York, NY
WHAT YOU ARE NOW
world premiere
The Civilians and Ensemble Studio Theatre
an EST/Sloan Project Commission
directed by Steve Cosson
https://thecivilians.org/upcoming/what-you-are-now/
February 15 – March 13, 2022
New York, NY
OUT OF TIME
World premiere plays by Jaclyn Backhaus, Sam Chanse, Mia Chung, Naomi Iizuka, and Anna Ouyang Moench
Commissioned and Produced by NAATCO
Conceived and directed by Les Waters
Presented by the Public Theater
https://publictheater.org/productions/season/2122/out-of-time/
https://publictheater.org/globalassets/final_-2021-22-season-announcement-8.12.21.pdf
December 11, 2021
MONUMENT, OR FOUR SISTERS (A SLOTH PLAY)
reading at Boston Court’s 17th Annual New Play Reading Festival
directed by Jessica Kubzansky
https://bostoncourtpasadena.org/events/17th-nprf-online/
October – November 2021
New York, NY
Ars Nova presents P.S.
created by Teddy Bergman, Sam Chanse, & Amina Henry
directed & developed by Teddy Bergman
written by Sam Chanse & Amina Henry
Since November 2020, P.S. has brought intimate storytelling directly into the hands of audiences, as they’ve received letters in real time sent between two childhood friends isolated from each other during the pandemic. Now, this correspondence culminates in a unique theatrical event that welcomes new audiences in addition to those that have been following along at home.
https://arsnovanyc.com/PS
August, 2021
The Public Theater Announces 2021-22 Season
featuring new plays and musicals by Erika Dickerson-Despenza, Daniel Alexander Jones, Tom Kitt, Kwame Kwei-Armah, Mona Mansour, Suzan-Lori Parks, Shaina Taub, and Brian Yorkey. The season will also feature co-productions by Jaclyn Backhaus, Sam Chanse, Mia Chung, James Ijames, Naomi Iizuka, Anna Ouyang Moench, and Lloyd Suh with renowned theater companies Barrington Stage Company & Ma-Yi Theater Company, NAATCO, and National Black Theatre.
more information: https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/The-Public-Theaters-2021-22-Season-Announced-20010101
https://www.broadwayworld.com/article/The-Public-Theaters-2021-22-Season-Announced-20010101
May 2021
NAATCO Announces OUT OF TIME: Five Commissions For Asian American Women Playwrights: Jaclyn Backhaus, Sam Chanse, Mia Chung, Naomi Iizuka, and Anna Moench
https://www.broadwayworld.com/off-broadway/article/NAATCO-Announces-OUT-OF-TIME-Five-Commissions-For-Asian-American-Women-Playwrights-20210309
2020/2021:
May 13 – 30, 2021
New York, NY
En Garde Arts presents A Dozen Dreams
featuring work by Sam Chanse, Erika Dickerson-Despenza, Martyna Majok, Emily Mann with singer Kecia Lewis, Ellen McLaughlin, Rehana Mirza, Mona Mansour, Liza Jessie Peterson, Ren Dara Santiago, Caridad Svich, Andrea Thome, and Lucy Thurber
more information: https://www.engardearts.org/a-dozen-dreams/
Fall 2020/Spring 2021
Ars Nova presents P.S. (letters)
created by Teddy Bergman, Sam Chanse, & Amina Henry
directed & developed by Teddy Bergman
written by Sam Chanse & Amina Henry
info: https://arsnovanyc.com/PS
2019/2020:
2019-2020
Lark Venturous Playwright Fellowship
https://www.americantheatre.org/2018/12/04/the-lark-names-recipients-of-2019-20-venturous-playwrights-fellowships/
2019/2020
2019-2010 Rita Goldberg Playwrights’ Workshop Fellowship at the Lark
https://www.larktheatre.org/what-we-do/our-initiatives/rita-goldberg-playwrights-workshop/
For earlier projects, please click here.