Paper Offerings 2: Creative Team Bios

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Paper Offerings, Season 2

Creative Team

Jade Chang is a freelance artist and designer based in Houston. Their professional career began in 2018 after graduating high school.

After graduating they spent some time studying technical theatre and design at University of Houston and Sam Houston State University. In addition to Jade’s work with Brave Little Company, they have also worked with Theatre 66 and was a member of Weathervane Theatre’s season 54 in New Hampshire serving as their master electrician and assistant lighting designer. Jade works within various areas of the arts industry including lighting and costuming theatrical design, music and composition, dance, and graphic design. They also spend time within the Houston community as a teaching artist sharing the knowledge and skills they have learned throughout their career in the arts industry to kids ranging from elementary age to high school.

Pin Lim, originally from Singapore, is a freelance photojournalist, composer, and actor in Houston. His photographs have been published in the Houston Chronicle, Houston Press, Miami Herald and in magazines; and his work has been archived at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Past photo exhibitions include “Jazz: In Photos,” performance images of Houston jazz greats; “Winter Celebrations,” an exhibition exploring South American, Asian American and African American rodeo cultures; “Food & Family,” about the diverse food cultures of Houston with the Houston Arts Alliance Folklore program. He has also published the books Farewell the Forbidden Garden and Dandelion. Pin’s compositions have been mainly commissioned and performed in Singapore - most notably “Ghost in the Tower” for Harmonica Quintet. As an actor, he has appeared at Main Street Theater, COM Theatre, Cone Man Running, and Dirt Dogs Theatre Co. During lockdown, he produced a series of videos called the New Silk Road Sessions, showcasing Houston artists in all disciplines.

Alan Nguyen primarily works in marketing and communications, but accidentally became involved in acting by performing in Akeelah and the Bee at Main Street Theater.

Thereafter, he became a founding member of the Houston Asian American Theatre Coalition. He is currently the marketing manager for Combined Arms, a non-profit organization that connects transitioning veterans with services, community and purpose to accelerate their impact. He is also a professional photographer for arts, music, and theatre events in Houston. He is a graduate of the University of Houston, Bauer College.

Troy Scheid is a director and teaching artist based in Houston and the founder of Brave Little Company. Recent projects include Missing from the Museum (MFTM), an audience-driven adventure teaching participants to examine who is included in arts institutions. MFTM is a collaboration among Brave Little Company, Dare to Dream Theatre (Wisconsin), Off the Page Education (Brooklyn), and Trike Theatre (Northwest Arkansas).

New works devised in collaboration with Brave Little Company artists include First Day, Nueva Escuela; Wooden O: An Interactive Shakespeare Adventure for Ages 3-5; Grandpa’s Garden, a musical science class taught by characters; and an adaptation of Bravo, Chico Canta! Bravo! by Pat Mora and Libby Martinez. She serves as lead facilitator on THE BIG “US” PROJECT, a community-driven theatre piece created by 100 members of Houston’s refugee communities and funded in part by the City of Houston/Houston Arts Alliance.

As a freelance director, her work has been seen in Houston, New York, and Chicago. She is a graduate of Houston’s High School for the Performing and Visual Arts and of Rice University (B.A. History, Medieval Studies), and also studied at the University of Houston, Rose Bruford College (London) with the pioneering company Oily Cart, and Lincoln Center Education. She is

an associate member of SDC, the union for professional stage directors and choreographers in the United States.

About Brave Little Company Brave Little Company is theatre for everyone. Since 2013, we’ve created works about, with, and for kids and their grown-ups, reflecting Houston’s diversity with a focus on bilingual programming. We have devised original works in English and Spanish, and produced works in Spanish, Arabic and Cantonese.

We create theatre the way kids play. When children engage in unstructured, imaginative exploration, their creativity is at full power, and they are at the center of the story. Our performances may include hands-on, touch-real props; sensory storytelling; and a meaningful role for the audience in making the story happen.

In addition to annual touring productions, BLC also facilitates THE BIG “US” PROJECT, a community-driven theatre piece led by 100 members of Houston’s refugee communities, now in its second year. BLC is included on the Texas Commission on the Arts Touring Roster for 2020 – 2024.

Find out more at www.brave-little.com.

Special Thanks Teo Chew Temple Katerina Lin