DIRECTING - Photos and Videos



UNTIL THE FIRST SNOW
by Tanya Ko-Hong

Directed by Michi Zaya

Theatre Row - Pan Asian Repertory Theatre’s NuWorks Festival 2026

Lighting Designer - Ayumu Poe Saegusa
Stage Manager - Bekah Lazar

Featuring Audrey Kim Chung and Ellen Ko

Photography by Joanna Leigh Downing

I SHOULD BE OBLITERATED
by Alison Vincitore

Directed by Michi Zaya

Theatre Row - Downtown Urban Arts Festival

Featuring Tu’Quyen Pham, Alfredo Reyes, Maria Müller

A RARE BIRD
by Zaza Diana Oh

Playwrights Horizons - Breaking the Binary Theatre Festival

Zaza Diana Oh  | Writer/Director/SKYE
Akane Little  | GABRIEL
Mei Ann Teo | VOICE
Alex Might | Intimacy Director
Michi Zaya  | Assistant Director/Acting Coach
Shannon Yu 余香儒 | Assistant Director/Movement Coach
Ariana Swei  Stage Manager
Christopher Darbassie | Sound Designer

Photography: MCP Photo

wAve
by Sung Rno

Directed by Sarah Shin, Associate Director Michi Zaya

The Public Theater - Brooklyn College Residency

Video Designer: Cinthia Chen, Associate Designer Michi Zaya
Music and Sound: Zaza Diana Oh, Kai Bohlman
Stage Manager: Zara Zeidman

Featuring KK Moggie, Clew, Ron Domingo, Jae Woo, Deborah S. Craig, Zaza Diana Oh, Zoë Kim

CHANGELING
by McKelvey Courtney Collins

Directed by Michi Zaya
Presented by “Beyond the Ninth Floor”/Hannah Marie Pederson

Featuring Théo Thouitou, Sakinah Bastien, Sadie Redmond

CALICO
by Kai Xing Mun


Directed by Michi Zaya
Presented by FRIGID New York at UNDER St. Marks Theater

Co-Producer: Lil Rhee
Stage Manager: Lingyi Wang
Lighting Designer: Non Kuramoto
Choreography by Kai Xing Mun, Marcina Manaloto, and Priya Roy
Photography by Joanna Leigh Downing

Starring Kai Xing Mun, Marcina Manaloto, Priya Roy, Christian Masinsin, Angela Chew

Available On-Demand - ︎



DIG IN
by Melissa Maney


Directed by Michi Zaya
Presented by Connelly Theater and Hannah Marie Pederson-
“Beyond the Ninth Floor” 

Line Producer/Stage Manager: Katie Lavelle
Lighting & Sound Operator: Cat Gillespie

Featuring Clay Baker-Lerner and Julia D’Angelo


ANCIENT HISTORY
by Jonon Gansukh


Directed by Michi Zaya
Presented by The Tank - PrideFEST
Production Stage Manager: Zo McGlynn
Intimacy Director: Kimi Handa Brown
Lighting Designer: Non Kuramoto
Lighting Associate: Jesse Baxter
Costume Designer: Wilden Weihn
Sound Designer(s): Wilden Weihn and Michi Zaya
Scenic and Cultural Consultant: Mega Olonbayar

Photography by Joanna Leigh Downing

THE BOY WHO BURNT HIS VILLAGE DOWN

by Michi Zaya, Emma Xu, Michelle Chan, Alison Yueming Qu, Sunny Jie Liu

Recepient of The MA AME Capstone Award
MA Arts Management & Entrepreneurship Capstone Project 2022 

Available on Youtube - ︎︎








My Name
by Jonon Gansukh


FIRMLY ROOTED: American Stories - presented by Amplify Theatre Collective
Available on Youtube (Begins at 32:12) - ︎︎