ALISON YUEMING QU
Executive Director
Alison Yueming Qu (she/they) is a Chinese American Theatre Producer, Dramaturg, Director, and Community Organizer. Alison curates joyful, transformative, and radical Asian American spaces through the power of arts and culture. Alison was named by WBUR (Boston’s NPR station) as a 2023 ARTery Maker—emerging artists of color shaping the culture and arts landscape in Greater Boston.
Alison’s extensive directing and production dramaturgy credits include I Love XXX at Emerson Stage (Jinghui Meng, translated by Claire Conceison), The Fortune Teller (a collaboration with TC Squared Theatre Company), and The Chinese Lady (Central Square Theater). As a speaker and conversation facilitator, Alison has worked with institutions such as the Pao Arts Center, Huntington Theatre Company, ArtsEmerson, UConn’s Asian American Cultural Center (AsACC), Guerilla Opera, Asian American Women's Political Initiative, Asian American Playwrights Collective, and Central Square Theater, initiating important conversations around Asian American representation in the arts.
Alison serves on the board of the Boston Cultural Council (Mayor Michelle Wu’s Office of Arts and Culture), and the Consortium of Asian American Theaters and Artists (CAATA). Alison is a proud alumna of the Harvard University/American Repertory Theater’s Arts & Cultural Organizational Management (ACOM) program, a 23 - 24 MassCreative Arts Advocacy Fellow, and a National Arts Strategy Creative Community Fellow. Alison holds a BFA in Theatre (Directing and Dramaturgy) from Emerson College.
JENNY S. LEE
Associate Producer
Northern Virginia native and Boston College graduate Jenny S. Lee (she/her) is a Boston-based Korean American director, actress, and arts administrator who serves as Associate Producer at CHUANG stage. As an artist, she finds meaning in theatre as a method of philosophical explication, a necessary mover of social change, and a space for radical catharsis, conversation, and curiosity within and around the AAPI community. Select regional directing credits include The Heart Sellers (Assistant Director) at Huntington Theatre, Luz & Urduja at CHUANG Stage, Volt Lab Directing fellow at Company One, and John Deserves to Die (Assistant Director) at Fresh Ink. Select regional acting credits include Yellowface (Jane Krakowski & Others) at Lyric Stage, Stir Frying Mahjong (Winnie) at Mass Coalition for Suicide Prevention, Concrete Dreams (Tala) at TC Squared, and Troublemaker (May Yu) and Takeover (Pansy) at Asian American Playwrights Collective.
JENINE JACINTO
Marketing and Communications Associate
jenine.jacinto@chuangstage.org
Jenine is a nonbinary California raised Filipino-Chinese American actor/creative now turned New England native. As an actor they have worked with various groups in the Greater Boston area including Company One (The Interrobangers), Umbrella Stage Company (Middleton Heights), Moonbox Productions (Swan), Chuang Stage (Green), and Lyric Stage Company (Lyric Back Stage). When not acting on stage, you can find them playing board games with friends, producing TTRPG podcasts or crocheting. Instagram: @jenine.florence
RENEE RUIHAN YANG
CHUANG Lab@Emerson Summer Intern
Renee Ruihan Yang (she/they), originally from Beijing, China, is currently a Boston University student majoring in journalism and minoring in theater arts. Renee is proud of her bicultural background and passionate with creative storytelling. She’s beyond thrilled to be a summer intern at Chuang Stage and work together with and learn from great artists in Boston area. She was the SM for Elephant silenced (Chuang Lab@Emerson), ASM for Rent (Stage Troupe) and set decorator for Something Rotten (BU on Broadway).
