About me:

Michi Zaya (any pronoun) is a Mongolian storyteller of all trades, based in Brooklyn. Michi’s work can be seen on stage as a performer/actor, projections designer, and director. Her primary interests are in experimentally bold and heartwrenchingly vulnerable presentations of art.

Recent works include: Directing Credits- ANCIENT HISTORY (The Tank), a Queer Pan-Asian collection of love stories that center endurance and joy. THE BOY WHO BURNT HIS VILLAGE DOWN, MA AME Capstone Award Winning media project based on interviews with the tenants and workers of Manhattan Chinatown. Acting Credits- TheatreLab: THREE SECOND ANGEL, ICE Factory: HOW I DISAPPEARED, Columbia University: THE TEMPEST, AS YOU LIKE IT, THREE SISTERS, Yale Summer Cabaret: 2V1, Matchbox Theatre Company: BAO-ZI, The New School: r/sarahsmithisdead, KENTUCKY. Design Collaborations- The New School, NYU Tisch Drama, Hunter College, Urban Bush Women, Anamolous Co., bb brecht/Under the Radar (The Public), On The Hook, New Yorkers for Culture &  Arts, Bushwick Starr, Global Citizens Initiative.

Michi enjoys rewatching the same handful of TV Shows, fact-checking inflammatory articles, holding their cat and kissing him, and any celebration of Queer BIPOC artists.

Website: michizaya.com

Contact: im.michizaya@gmail.com

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