Location: Queens Public Library at Woodside | 54-22 Skillman Ave, Woodside, NY 11377

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ABOUT Artists

Shan Y. Chuang

Shan Y. Chuang, a talented queer artist from Taiwan, excels in acting, singing, dancing, and choreography. A proud graduate of Circle in the Square’s Musical Theater program, Shan was awarded a City Artist Corps Grant to create 10 Years In The Making, 10 Years Of Me. Her work has been recognized at PhysFestNYC ‘25 and Prelude Festival ‘23. With over a decade of performances in NYC, Shan’s work explores themes of LGBTQIA+ identity, social justice, and self-discovery through the language of dance. She has collaborated with MOCA and LINKED Dance Theatre on several productions and is currently a member of New York Chinese Cultural Center and NYC Queer Playback Theater. IG @shanychuang & https://www.shanychuang.com/

Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li

Dennis Yueh-Yeh Li is a director/playwright. His works explore sexuality, power structure and diaspora experiences, culminating often in devised, immersive and participatory theatre which allows audiences to not only learn but experience stories. Dennis is especially interested in adapting rarely produced modern classics by connecting them with current sociopolitical phenomenon and issues. His directorial portfolio spans across plays, musical theatre, dance theatre and opera. Dennis earned his MA in Performance Studies, New York University. Dennis is an alumnus of the New York Directing Fellowship of Drama League and the Institute Fellowship of Target Margin Theater. Dennis is also a member of Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab. Dennis worked with The Living Theatre and is one of the founding members of Al Límite Collective. Currently, Dennis is the Director of Performance, Storytelling & Community at the Museum of Chinese in America. www.dennisyuehyehli.com

Timmy Ong

Timmy Ong (he/him) is a Malaysian theatre artist based in NYC. Timmy enjoys working on new material, and has originated leading roles in new works. Selected credits: Steve Hadley in Project: Library, Procopio in The Sacrifice of Cassamba Becker (Off-Broadway), Lamont in Mr. Holland’s Opus: A New Musical (world premiere), Harriet in Isabel, Yuan Fan-Shen in Dress in Code, and Prince Edward V in Richard III. He also writes/creates theatrically, often under his writing partnership, The Green-Eyed Monster Project. Commissioned works include: Second Chances, Soul Food, Parabola Loco, This Is All I Have, and En Route to Flowww. Recently selected as a Fellow of The Performance Project at University Settlement. MFA: The New School. Big thanks and many hearts to Dennis for the opportunity and trust! https://timmyong.com IG: @timmy_ong

Jeremy Rafal

JEREMY RAFAL was born in the Philippines, raised in Hawaii, and now based in New York City as an actor, musician, writer, director, and educator.  He was last seen in Heart Strings (The Atlantic Theater), Maple and Vine  (Constellation Stage and Screen),The King & I (Interlakes Theatre), and at MOCA’s production of Double Happiness and Fly Me Away. His own solo show The Boy from Bantay will be going to the Edinburgh Festival Fringe this summer of 2025. TV credits include FBI, Raising Kanan, I’d Kill for You, among others. He has also appeared in films and several commercials. As a writer, his play Where Voices Linger was a 3rd runner up in the Kingsman Playwright Contest and his short film Exit 15 has won several accolades at film festivals including Best Dramatic Short, Best Actor, Best Screenplay, and an Audience Award. Besides being an actor-musician, Jeremy is also into linguistics, jump roping, and CrossFit as a certified CF-L1 trainer. IG @thatonepinoyguy

Miguel Sutedjo

Miguel Sutedjo is a musical theater writer, music director, and performer. As an Indonesian American of Chinese descent, Miguel aspires to tell stories that make people feel seen. He premiered his one man musical “Happy to Be Here” at the AAPI Comedy Night at the Wild East Brewing Company, “Fly Me Away: An Asian American Jazz Musical” at the Museum of Chinese in America, and “Mulan: A Children’s Musical” at the “Flowers in Changhua” Festival. He co-music directed the Off-Broadway premiere of The Opening (Players Theater). 2024 Songbyrd Demo Funding Recipient. Second-year composer in the BMI Musical Theater Workshop. 

Fang Tseng

Fang (She/Her) is a versatile performer and director from Taiwan, currently based in New York City. She is a member of the grant-winning Taiwanese performance group ISLANDERS and a resident dancer at the New York Chinese Cultural Center. Fang works across a variety of projects, including musicals, plays, clowning, dance, music videos, and voiceovers in both Taiwan and the US. Her selected credits include Mulan the Musical (Singapore tour), Starry Memory (National tour in Taiwan), War+Lovers (Theater Row), Islanders3 (Gibney Theater), Bliss Street (Theatre for the New City), Drunk Shakespeare: Twelfth Night (Boozy Bards Production), and Siguete Moviendo (Jorge Alberto’s music video).
IG: @fang_nytw

ABOUT Queens Rising

Queens Rising is a month-long, multi-disciplinary arts celebration created to highlight the borough’s culture and creative diversity.