Artist Profile
Shinshin Yuder Tsai is the Producing Associate at Chance Theater, where he also serves as the Resident Intimacy and Casting Director. He is a Board Member-Council for OCTG and the Founding Artistic Director of the AAPI Sketch Comedy Troupe, No MSG Added.
His directing credits span a wide range of acclaimed productions, including She Kills Monsters at Long Beach Playhouse & STAGEStheatre, The Hatmaker’s Wife, LOVE/SICK, and Cowboy Vs. Samurai at Long Beach Playhouse, as well as The Pillowman and Almost, Maine at the University of California, Irvine. At Chapman University, he has directed Metamorphoses and Mother Courage and Her Children. His production of Kvetcher in the Wry was a standout at OC-Centric, and he directed the 2024 OCTG Award Shows at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, with plans to direct the 2025 Award Show.
As an intimacy director, Shinshin has worked to ensure that performers feel safe and respected in their craft. His intimacy direction credits include the upcoming Spring Awakening and 2024’s Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at Chance Theater, Unbroken Blossom at East West Players, and productions of Vietgone and Peter and the Starcatcher at the University of California, Riverside.
Shinshin is also dedicated to the development of new theatrical works. He has collaborated on projects such as Boat Show by Dustin H. Chinn, saving all my worries till the day you don’t need me and Multiple Loads by Nicholas Pilapil, and The Lantern Bearer and Shanghai Express by Aj Layague.
Outside of his artistic pursuits, Shinshin has lovingly curated an extensive list of All-You-Can-Eat restaurants across Southern California, with a passion for food that rivals his dedication to theater arts.