A Convo with Meiyin Wang

Wednesday, November 10, 2021 at 4:30pm
Zoom

FREE! RSVP required for access to virtual event.

Assistant Professors of Theater Katherine Brewer Ball and Maria-Christina Oliveras will be in conversation with Meiyin Wang about producing, performance festivals, and sustaining live arts. They will specifically explore the world of performance funding, curating, and social engagement. Sponsored by the Theater Department.

Meiyin Wang (she/her) is the Producing Director of The Ronald O. Perelman Performing Arts Center, slated to open in 2023 on the World Trade Center campus. Her previous appointments include Co-Director of Under the Radar Festival at The Public Theater in New York; Director of La Jolla Playhouse’s Without Walls, a site-specific and experiential city-wide commissioning festival in San Diego; and  Curator of the Park Avenue Armory’s Artists In Residence series.  She worked with artists including Tina Satter/Half Straddle, Toshi Reagon, Mimi Lien, 600 Highwaymen, Guillermo Calderon, Mariano Pensotti, Motus, and more. She holds an M.F.A. in Directing from Columbia University. She was born and raised in Singapore by Taiwanese parents.

Image (from left): Meiyin Wang, Katherine Brewer Ball, and Maria-Christina Oliveras.