JONATHAN CHANG [he/him] is a first generation Taiwanese-American theater director based in NYC. As a director, he focuses on showcasing talent and work within the Asian community. He is particularly interested in coming of age stories centering queer, Gen Z, Asian-Americans. His recent fascinations have been video games and K-Pop, and using these mediums as an intersection with theater to tell stories of the Asian-American experience. His current side project involves teaching his Animal Crossing villagers the choreography to K-Pop group TWICE’s song “FANCY.” Recent works include Untitled Gamer Play, American Born Chinese, Illusory Life, and untitled Waifu play: an abridged workshop. He has been featured on the Collegiate Association for Artists of Color as well as Artists in Action. Jonathan holds a BFA in Drama from NYU Tisch. He is currently the Artistic Assistant at Second Stage Theater.

CHAR NAKASHIMA-CONWAY (she/her/hers) is a playwright, poet and performer from Oakland, California, currently based in Brooklyn. She recently performed at The Hundredth Hill Emerging Theatre Artist Residency in Bloomington, Indiana, in various new works, and in the national tour of Children’s Crusade. As a writer, Char is fascinated by internet subcultures and human connection within that context. Inspired by forum sites, role-playing games and folklore in the digital age, she strives to turn intangible spaces physical. She also strives to someday write something, anything, remotely as wonderful as the Napoleon storyline from Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure!

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