Actor • Director • Grammy Nominee

Upcoming:

• Airing Spring 2025: Supporting role in an upcoming major NETFLIX feature comedy film - stay tuned for more details!
• Upcoming October 27: Directing a new play reading for The Frank Silvera Writers' Workshop - NYC/Streaming - more details coming soon...
• Upcoming October 14: Directing a new musical for NAAP's DISCOVER: New Musicals concert - NYC - more details coming soon...
• Upcoming September 28: Performing in a table read of a new musical - NYC

Current/Recent:

• September: Directing observer for Yellowface play revival on Broadway - NYC
• August 3: NYC premiere screening of comedy series "Problematic" (Series regular) at the Asian American International Film Festival (AAIFF) - NYC and streaming
• Summer 2024: Recorded an audiobook for Scribe Media - NYC
• Summer 2024: Directing Observer for Oh, Mary! on Broadway!
• Summer 2024: Co-Directed the new Off-Broadway play Parity (by Howard Ho) for Pan Asian Rep's NuWorks Festival 2024 (Program A) - NYC
• Spring 2024: Our comedy series "Problematic" (Series regular) premiered at SeriesFest (digital short series: block 2) - Denver, CO - We won BEST DIGITAL SHORT SERIES!
• Spring 2024: Standby for Noguchi/Payne in the world premiere Off-Broadway musical "Dead Outlaw" - NYC - The most acclaimed NYC show of the season: NY Times Critics Pick; 11 Drama Desk, 9 Outer Critics Circle, 6 Lucille Lortel and 2 Drama League nominations - won many of them so far including OCC Best Off-Broadway Musical, Off-Broadway Alliance Best Off-Broadway Musical, and Drama Critics' Circle Best Musical (Broadway or Off-Broadway)!
• Spring 2024: Professional directing debut with a staged reading of Howard Ho's new short play "Jie JIe" as part of the 2024 PlayGround(NY) Monday Night PlayGround series - NYC & streaming (FREE, RSVP required) - Winner, People's Choice Award; selected to Best of PlayGround(NY) '24, and Best of the Best of PlayGround (National) 2024!
• Recurring role ("Michael Xufu Huang") in Shonda Rhimes' Netflix series "Inventing Anna" (episodes 103 & 104) 

More Past Highlights:   

• Spring 2020: Performed in the star-studded virtual concert Take Me to the World: A Sondheim 90th Birthday Celebration - Our "Someone in a Tree" quartet (1:40:55-1:48:28) was named one of the New York Times "Best Performances of 2020"! 
• Fall 2019: Played the principal role of "Bobby Bob" (the good-hearted sidekick) in the new musical Soft Power (Pulitzer Prize finalist) at The Public Theater (Off-Broadway) - watch the MUSIC VIDEO and get the ORIGINAL CAST ALBUM (for which I was nominated for a Grammy Award as a principal soloist, Best Musical Theater Album!) 

Hi! I'm an NYC-based, Grammy Award-nominated actor/performer, with a particular interest in originating new roles -- on stage in new plays & musicals, and on screen in TV & movies. I'm also an experienced audiobook narrator and voice actor, commercial print model and hand model, and classical violinist. I've also just begun directing for the stage.

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I was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri, where I played a lot of violin as a kid and then got more into school choir and drama as a teen.

I went to Rice University, where I majored in Asian Studies (Chinese History, Culture and Language, magna cum laude), and Vocal Performance (Opera Performance) at Rice University's prestigious Shepherd School of Music, while also beginning to act and model professionally in Houston.

Seeking a "practical" career in the arts, I then went to the UC Berkeley School of Law and worked briefly as an entertainment lawyer in S.F. 

I was still drawn to performing, and continued to act and model on the side in the Bay Area. I joined AEA & SAG-AFTRA (professional arts unions), and soon left law to more fully pursue a performing path.

I went back to school for a Master's Degree in Musical Theater from The Boston Conservatory (at Berklee), while also performing and modeling in the Boston area.

I obtained professional representation from our graduation showcase presentation, and moved to NYC. Over the past few years, I've been steadily climbing the industry ladder, and am having the time of my life acting, singing, modeling and more!

I still play the violin every now and then. 

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I also love cooking and all things food-related.