(full lengths)
Plays
ALICE IN HUNGERLAND
Inspired by Lewis Caroll’s Alice in Wonderland. As Alice, a young Asian woman, enters college, she begins to suspect that the world she is living in does not make sense. As she eats and drinks in different ways to appease her parents and grandparents, her size changes drastically. Her newfound friends impose their own lifestyles onto her—though they’re well intentioned, they drive her to the edge of madness. This genre-bending, nonlinear, experimental play dives into the complexities of Asian culture, food disorders, and religion as characters collide with the absurd.
Selected for the Artist-in-Residence Program at Treasure Hill Artist Village, Taiwan (2026)
BACKFIRE
3-5 performers, at least 2f, 1m
Naomi writes herself out of pain. Still reeling from a family tragedy that happened eleven years ago, she goes off the grid into the woods to work on her next great novel. When her ex best friend Levi shows up at her doorstep claiming responsibility for her sister’s death, they’re both shaken by their confessions and revelations. A meditation on memory and the role of writing in truth, BACKFIRE is as much about forest burnings as it is about the consequences of our actions in the hazy recollection of youth and in the timeless face of God.
Selected for the Artist-in-Residence Program at Grünewald Guild (2026)
Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference Semi-Finalist (2026)
PANDEMONIUM
3 performers, gender-flexible
A Yale senior Theater & Performance Studies thesis. An immersive performance piece inspired by J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan that aimed to decolonize theater and the racialized, colonized world of Neverland by fusing our performance with the audience’s childlike imagination.
Devised by Cassandra Hsiao, Ale Campillo, & Noelle Mercer
Yale University Creative & Performing Arts Award (2021)
World premiere of PANDEMONIUM, at Yale University. Photo by Anisë Murseli.
AUNTIE'S
3 performers, 3f
When a wealthy girl befriends Marley, a 15-year-old aspiring artist in NYC Chinatown, she finds herself at odds between her new friend and her traditional Chinese mother, who needs her help with their family nail salon.
The Blank Theatre's Living Room Series (2021)
Yale Playwrights Festival (2021)
AUNTIE'S cast for The Blank Theatre's LRS. Photo by The Blank
SCHRODINGER HIGH
18 performers, 7f, 2m, 3 gender-flexible
Inspired by real-life snakes. When a friend group starts to fracture under academic and social pressure during senior year of high school, their charismatic leader finds ways to bring them back together—even if it means lying about her life, from her health issues to college acceptances.
Ucross + The Blank Theatre's Future of Playwriting Prize Semifinalist (2021)
Yale University Dramat BIPOC Theatremakers Award (2020)
SCHRODINGER HIGH cast for reading. Poster by Waverly Wang
HIGH SPIRITS
2 performers, 1f, 1m
When a steely hot-blooded reporter interviews the founder of a party planning company called High Spirits, their worldviews collide as secrets from their personal lives are revealed.
Ucross + The Blank Theatre's Future of Playwriting Prize Semifinalist (2021)
Horizon Theatre’s New South Young Playwrights Festival (2021)
Produced by Yale Daily News, Attune Podcast (2020)
HIGH SPIRITS poster for Attune podcast, by YDN
WINTER'S TALE
2 performers, 1f, 1m
Winter and Benji are the perfect couple on the perfect date. But when one text goes awry, Winter begins to question: Is Benji who he says he is?
Yale University Creative & Performing Arts Award (2019)
World Premiere of WINTER'S TALE at Yale University, Hopper Cabaret. Photo by Zhirui Guan.
FIRE HAZARD
2 performers, 1f, 1m
At the Principal’s Office at West Oaks High, a rebel and a star student learn that the truth cannot be incinerated.
Yale University Creative & Performing Arts Award (2019)
33rd California Young Playwrights Contest Finalist (2018)
STAGEIT! Ten-Minute Play Festival Honorable Mention (2018)
World Premiere of FIRE HAZARD at The Old Globe. Photo by Playwrights Project.
SUPERMARKET OF LOST
3 performers, 2f, 1m
Three young strangers collide at the Supermarket of Lost, a cosmic warehouse filled with the lost items of the world.
Yale University Creative & Performing Arts Award (2019)
32nd California Young Playwrights Contest (2017)
Princeton University Ten-Minute Play Contest (2017)
The Blank Theatre’s Young Playwrights Festival (2016)
Writopia Lab Worldwide Plays Festival (2016)
YouthPLAYS Publication Contest (2016)
SUPERMARKET OF LOST at Yale University. Photo by Zhirui Guan.
OCEAN DEBRIS
2 performers, 1f, 1m
Six years after the tsunami, two teenagers meet in a dive shop in Japan, trying to heal from the disaster that uprooted their lives.
STAGE IT! Ten-Minute Play Festival Honorable Mention (2018)
The Blank Theatre’s Young Playwrights Festival (2017)
Published by YouthPLAYS Publication Company (2017)
World Premiere of OCEAN DEBRIS at The Blank Theatre. Photo by The Blank.
MERI, MARK & THE MOTHER OF SKY
2 performers, 1f, 1m
In a desert landscape, an older brother reels in his younger sister's rampant imagination, filled with gods and sacrifices. A story depicting different expressions of grief.
Durango Arts Center 10-Minute Play Celebration Semi-Finalist (2017)
Curious Theatre Company Commission (2016)