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
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.
As a director, Shinshin’s credits include The Chinese Lady at Chance Theater, starring Michelle Krusiec and Albert Park, as well as the 2024 and 2025 OCTG Award Shows at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts. His work also includes She Kills Monsters at Long Beach Playhouse & STAGEStheatre, The Hatmaker’s Wife, LOVE/SICK, and Cowboy Vs. Samurai at Long Beach Playhouse, The Pillowman and Almost, Maine at UC Irvine, and Metamorphoses and Mother Courage and Her Children at Chapman University. His production of Kvetcher in the Wry was a standout at OC-Centric.
As an intimacy director, Shinshin has worked to ensure that performers feel safe and respected in their craft. His 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 UC Riverside.
He is also passionate about developing new theatrical works, collaborating on pieces 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.