TEDDY QIN
AGGGH
(All Good Girls Go to Heaven)
Solo Play | Elevator | 2023
AGGGH (All Good Girls Go to Heaven) is an intimate autobiographical play that follows a trans girl who left behind a string of failures. She throws herself into the ultimate rebound experience in Shanghai. However, the vignettes of her past remain haunting—maybe she is the problem all along? Massively hungover, she embarks on a festive homecoming and confronts the prologue of her problems.
Writer & Performer
Teddy Qin
Producers
Liquid Liquid 夜液
Elevator
Sound Designer
Dian Yu
Perennial
Drama | Short Film | 2021
A trans woman helps a pre-teen girl navigate her first period as they both discover what it means to "become a woman."
Director
Naomi Cubero
Festival Selection
Close to You
Drama | Short Film | 2020
A young Asian-American struggles to balance their exploration of gender identity with the expectations of their immigrant mother.
Director
Kevin Xian Ming Yu
Festival Selection
Big Trouble in Little America
Comedy | Short Film | 2019
Haunted by wet dreams on her newly bought mattress every night, ‘Chinese Girl’ goes on a journey to cleanse herself of the spirits with help from her Chinese heritage.
Director
Qiyue Sun
Festival Selection
[Redacted]
Devised Theatre | NYU Tisch | 2019
[REDACTED] is a devised theatre project built with five individual "Components," each created, choreographed, and directed by a studio faculty member of Tisch Drama in collaboration with the student company.
Director
Andy Arden-Reese
Component Directors
Joanne Edelmann, Sam Gonzalez, Lorca Peress, Max reuben
Cast
Symphony Blue, Inaya Carroll, Michael Crowe, Divina Ito, Elisabeth Ligonnet Lam, Adam Lee, Tommy Lynch, Lauren Lyons, Teddy Qin, Amy Stoogenke, Mallika Velamuri
Technical Team
Madeline Goddard (scenic),
Isabella Rasdal (costume),
Jessica Wall (lighting),
Matt Hubbs (sound),
Charlie Saslow (stage management)
Playdate
Theatre | Dixon Place | 2019
Playwright
Kallan Dana
Hugh Hefner wakes up one morning and realizes that his home doesn’t feel like his home anymore. His kids seem to be keeping secrets from him, his Bunnies are nowhere to be found, and his house is haunted by ghosts. Playdate is an ensemble-driven, twelve-character dark comedy that reimagines the Playboy Mansion not as it is in reality, but as it is in dreams and nightmares.
Director
Erica Zippel Schnitzer
Cast
Phil Cruise, Erika Myers, Jonathan Reed Wexler, Jake Kanengiser, Sydney Tannent, Teddy Qin, Lucy Consagra, Danielle Phillips, Natalie Myrick, Lina Marie, Jillian Sun
Technical Team
Theron Wineinger (scenic), Chloe Brush (lighting), Omi Furst (costume), Max Helburn (sound), Rebecca Hoi (stage management), Shea Leavis (movement), Romi Moors (assist sm)
Producers
Emily Bergquist, Dixon Place, 3DaysPrior
The Tempest
Theatre | Gallery Players | 2019
Playwright
William Shakespeare
Exiled to a fantastical island, Prospero, the rightful Duke of Milan, unleashes a storm to shipwreck his traitor brother Antonio and the complicit Queen Alonsa of Naples, causing them to believe they are marooned on the island. Wanting to protect his daughter Miranda, and plotting to seek revenge using illusion and skillful manipulation, Prospero’s machinations ultimately bring about revelations, redemption, and newfound love.
Director
James Dean Palmer
Cast
Simoné Elizabeth Bart, Martha Benson, Patricia Black, Dominic Cuskern, Harley Diamond, Sarah Hupper, Ana Karneža, Colleen Litchfield, George Olesky, Teddy Qin, Michael Selkirk, Griffin Sharps
Technical Team
Mike Mroch (scenic), Corina Chase (costume), Hao Bai (lighting), Chris Felix (sound&composer), Dennis Ngoc Ho (stage management)
Producers
Rhiannon McClintock, Myah Shein