Jennifer Chang

Jennifer Chang is a multi-hyphenate storyteller and educator who won the LADCC Award in Direction for the LA premiere of Vietgone by Qui Nguyen.

Select Directing: On Gold Mountain with LA Opera at The Huntington; The Great Leap by Lauren Yee at The Round House Theatre.

Play Development: O’Neill Playwrights Conference, Geffen Playhouse, Pasadena Playhouse, New Harmony Project, Center Theatre Group, Sông Collective, Artists at Play, Black and Latino Playwrights’ Conference, Theatre Mu, Chance Theater, Boston Court, PlayOn!, East West Players, Artists at Play and others.

Co-Artistic Producing Director of award-winning Chalk Repertory Theatre.

Upcoming Directing: The Heart Sellers by Lloyd Suh at Milwaukee Rep; American Fast by Kareem Fahmy at City Theatre.

Upcoming Playwriting: The Devil is a Lie at Quantum Theatre.

SDCF Fichandler Award Finalist. Director’s Lab West, Drama League NY Fellow, 2022 Beatrice Terry Residency.

Jennifer has a BFA from New York University and an MFA from UC San Diego. She is on the faculty of the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.