Playwright’s Bio｜

I was born in Henan in 1998, and growed up by drama in Guangzhou. Currently, I am working hard to learn and create in Nanjing.My biggest expectation is to continue writing in the future.I am currently in a state of continuous writing, but I don't know if i will continue to write in the future, so I can write as much as I can in the current time.

Currently, I am a graduate student majoring in drama at Nanjing University. I am a member of the Nanjing University Master of Arts Drama Troupe and a member of the Guangzhou Empty Shell Drama Studio. I studied philosophy for my undergraduate studies, but I feel like I don't have much philosophical temperament. Occasionally, I like acting but my acting skills are not very good. I have directed some of the plays I want to direct. There is a play called "Oedipus X" which I directed was performed in Dongguan Pioneer Theater in 2021. This is my favorite of the plays I have directed. I hope I can direct in the future. I have also done some other work related to drama, including stage supervision and executive production in the drama "Hometown". I also promote dramas. I used to be an intern at the Guangzhou Drama Art Center and wrote many promotional articles, but I feel that they are all pretty good. Anyway, I can do a lot of work, but the most skilled one is still writing scripts.

Last time I won the script award, I wrote a script called "Station" and won an excellent award in the Yangtze River Delta Drama Original Script Competition. Going forward, I wrote a sketch called "Half a Quilt" and won a silver medal in the 5th Guangzhou Drama and Quyi Competition. This time, I won the first prize for "Water" for the first time. I feel like I can write such a paragraph on any topic, but it may be poorly written.

Also, I am a man and I like women.

Dramaturgy's Bio｜Cheng-Han WU

Cheng-Han Wu is a dramaturg, playwright, and translator. He received his MFA in Dramaturgy and Dramatic Criticism from Yale School of Drama. In 2022, he was awarded an Asian Cultural Council (ACC) Fellowship to study new play development in New York City. Currently, he teaches dramaturgy at National Taiwan University and organizes the Musical Theatre Writing Program for Taipei Performing Arts Center.

He has served as dramaturg for over 60 works, ranging from plays, musicals, screenplays, and interdisciplinary performances. His recent dramaturgy credits include Sparrows that Live on Fear and Homeland 1961 (World Sinophone Drama Competition Winners), Role Play (Taiwan National Theatre IDEAS Lab Project), Taiwan Holiwood (Studio M), The Big Meal (Wuzhen Theatre Festival), Teahouse (Shanghai Theatre Academy), etc. He is a member of Literary Managers and Dramaturgs of the Americas.

His plays won Top Prize for New Taipei City Literature Award for Drama, Taipei Literature Award for Drama and two Taiwan Excellent Screenplay Awards. He has translated 20 plays into Mandarin, including August: Osage County and Wit. His English translation of the Taiwanese playwright Wei-Jan Chi’s Playing the Violin has been invited for a staged reading hosted by Lark Play Development Center and Signature Theatre in NYC. He also translated the book, Simon Stephens: A Working Diary into Mandarin.

Director's Bio｜Shih-Hue Tu

Shih-Hue Tu has produced, written, directed and performed for the Playbox Ensemble Theatre since 1998 and as a guest artist to work with other contemporary Taiwan theatre companies. She was awarded the British Council Arts Scholarship of 2001 and 2004 International Artist-in-Resident Program (Australia) held by Taipei Artist Village. Three of her works have been published and produced, Breakfast For One in 2002, A Voyage To The Island ~ A Solo Operetta in 2003 with its premier production in the same year and re-creation in Avignon Off 2010 and A l’Est du Nouveau 2012, Road Kill in 2007. In 2008, she published a book Solo Performance that is so far the only book discussed on this particular subject in Mandarin speaking society. She now is an assistant professor of the Department of Theatre Arts at National Sun Yat-sen University.

Creative Team｜Department of Theater Arts at National Sun Yat-sen University

Playwright's Bio｜LI Chi Tat

Li Chi Tat graduated from The Chinese University of Hong Kong, majoring in Journalism and Communication. He continued his study at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts and completed his Master of Fine Arts in 2016, specializing in playwriting. 

In 2022, his play Flat Earther was awarded “The Best Script” in The 6th Heart River Cultivation Programme organized by POP Theatre. In 2021, Hong Kong Repertory Theatre produced his play Theo in The Open Platformprogramme. In 2017, his work Theo was awarded “Excellent Play (Hong Kong Region)” in Cultural Exchange Scheme in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macau.In 2015, he collaborated with the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra and Yat Po Singers, completed a cross-disciplinary production Herbal, Vocal or Motional?. He was invited to join "Playwright Scheme" initiated by Prospects Theatre for 7 years.

Currently, he is a part-time lecturer at The Chinese University of Hong Kong. He is also a freelance theater practitioner.

Dramaturg's Bio｜Chow Ling-Chih

An art critic, curator, and creative consultant as well as a practitioner of dramaturgy, writing, and creative theatrical aesthetics, Chow also takes on diverse roles in many art festivals, exhibitions, performing arts, sundry tasks, and research projects.

Director's Bio｜Koh Choon Eiow

Koh Choon Eiow is an award-winning contemporary theatre director, playwright and actor. He was born in Malaysia, and educated in Theatre Department at Malaysian Institute of Art. He attained his M.F.A degree from Chinese Culture University in Taiwan. Koh now bases in Taipei, usually collaborates with theatre troupes in Macau, Hong Kong, and South East Asia. Koh’s works focus mainly in questioning how Asian people drifting and surviving in history, post-colonial politics and capitalism power. With extreme, intense and humor, Koh’s “Chronology on Death” earned him recognition as one of the leading figures in Taiwan avant-garde theatre. This daring piece navigates the twin landmines of race and religion conflicts in Malaysia, and has been touring over East Asia for years until now. His other recent works, such as “A Gambling World” (I and II), was co-produced with Step-Out in Macau, dealt with the controversial casino theme; while “Magic in Chinese Style (that you all know about)” approached a potentially explosive topic of political revolution eventually fails, is collaborated with On and On Theatre in Hong Kong.

Creative Team｜approaching theatre

“approaching theatre” is an award-winning avant-garde theatre based in Taiwan, co-founded by Koh Choon-eiow (Malaysia) and Cheng Yin-chen (Taiwan) Their work focus mainly in questioning how Asian people drift and survive in history, post-colonial politics and capitalism power. Meanwhile, they continue their interest in developing the methodology for training contemporary performers, transforming the fundamental core of Chinese traditional aesthetic into a living physical and mental mechanism with serenity

Today is Chen Wen-Chen's 100th birthday! At the birthday party hosted by his wife, Chen Su-Zhen, a long-unseen friend, Deng Wei-Xiang, unexpectedly appeared. However, the two of them got into an argument over the details of an event and even began to suspect each other. To make matters worse, Zou Xiao-Han, who interrogated Chen Wen-Chen at the time of the event, also showed up uninvited. Zou Xiao-Han, who left Taiwan shortly after the event, will his visit bring more truth or make the "truth" even more elusive?

Playwright’s Bio｜Chia-Wei Kuo

Chia-Wei Kuo, born in Kaohsiung in 1997, graduated from the Taipei National University of the Arts with a degree in scriptwriting from the Graduate Institute of Theatre Performance and Playwriting. He has been recognized with several literary awards and was selected as a member of the 2021 NTCH Gap Year Program.

Kuo's work focus on the transformation of historical events and finding resonance with contemporary society. He has participated in various projects, including serving as a scriptwriter for the Voleur du Feu Theatre's〔華文劇本 LAB〕編劇實驗室計畫 "I Will Always Love You" and for Cube Theater Company's "Gray Lake." He also co-created the NTCH's 2057: Rehearsing Ways of Living "Operation Prospect: Code 0001." Additionally, Kuo served as a research assistant for Yang's Ensemble's "Your Friendly Neighborhood Liao Tianding," and his works are featured in "劇透：北藝大學生劇本創作集I "

Dramaturg's Bio｜Wu Yue-Lin

As a theatre critic, editor, dramaturg and curator, Wu yue-lin graduated from National Chung Cheng University with a master's degree in Chinese Literature and studied in the doctoral program in Chinese Literature at National Tsing Hua University. He is currently a contributing editor at “PAR”, regular columnist at Reviewing Rerforming Aarts Taiwan and Reprise–Musical Reviews Platform, while he also teaches at National Tsing Hua University. His recent dramaturgical works include Taipei Seagull Theatre, Chang Yi Ge Hand Puppet Theater, and Studio M.

Director's Bio｜JIA-IUAN CHIN

JIA-IUAN CHIN is an associate professor at the National Cheng Kung University in the Department of Chinese Literature, where she teaches modern drama, theatre and theory. She has participated, directed and devised experimental theatre as well as produced the International Women Festival of Taiwan and some alternative theatrical works in experimental theatres and public spaces.

Creative Team｜College of Libral Arts National Cheng Kung University and Tainan artists

Though there is no drama department in the NCKU, there is never a lack of enthusiasm and learning for drama on campus. The Centre for General Education and College of Libral Arts offer courses that introduce students to a wide range of theatre and performance study. Students also have a long histroy to practise skills through The Flame Tree Literary Prize and The Phoneix Theatre Festival, which established in 1970s. The participants for this script reading event are mainly students from Chinese Literature Department and the MA Program in Drama, and director Shi Li who lives in Tainan is also invited. The diverse backgrounds of the participants show that the influence of NCKU is not limited to campus. We look forward to generating more cooperation, extending theater activities and inspiring innovative practices through the script reading event.