Action 开拍

Action is a bilingual documentary play based on my great-grandfather’s experience as a film director in Shanghai during the Second World War. Through live performance, movement, audience interaction, and archival materials, I am trying to reconstruct his interrupted artistic life while questioning what it means to continue making art during war and migration.

Director, Performer, Playwright

Performance Lab (Bronxville, NY)

2026

A stage set with a black and white cityscape mural in the background, purple stage lighting, a woman with dark hair in a ponytail pointing upwards, and several chairs on the stage.
A large screen with text about Japan's bombing of the Zhabei District in 1932, including details about refugees and destruction, in a dark room with an exit sign overhead.
A young woman sitting on a white folding chair on a stage, smiling, with a black jacket on her lap, a smartwatch on her left wrist, and a flower on the floor in front of her. The stage background is dark with an exit sign and stage lighting.
A woman with long dark hair, dressed in a black blazer and white shirt, standing on a stage with a cityscape background and a director's clapboard sign behind her. She appears to be speaking or performing.
A woman in a business suit standing on two chairs with arms outstretched, on a stage with a black background and an exit sign, stage lights overhead, and confetti on the floor.
A woman with long dark hair tied back, wearing a light-colored long-sleeve shirt and black pants, stands on a stage writing on a large black chalkboard with a white marker. The chalkboard features a timeline with years labeled from 1929 through 1953. The stage background is black with some stage equipment and a mirror reflecting the woman.
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