CARLA CHING. An LA native, Carla stumbled upon pan-Asian performance collective Peeling at the Asian American Writers Workshop and wrote and performed with them for three years, which she still considers her first theater training. Her plays includeNomad Motel (commissioned by South Coast Repertory; developed by the Eugene O’Neill Theater Center’s National Playwrights Conference and Asian American MixFest at Atlantic Theater Company; National New Play Network Rolling World Premiere: currently City Theatre Company, upcoming Horizon Theatre Company and Unicorn Theatre), Fast Company (South Coast Rep, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Lyric Stage and Pork Filled Productions; winner of the Edgerton New American Play Award), The Two Kids That Blow Shit Up (Artists at Play and Mu Performing Arts), TBA (2g) and The Sugar House at the Edge of the Wilderness (Ma-Yi Theater Company). She’s an alumna of The Women’s Project Lab, the Lark Play Development Center’s Writers Workshop and Meeting of the Minds, the CTG Writers’ Workshop and the Ma-Yi Writers Lab. Former Artistic Director of Asian American Theater Company, 2g. TBA is published in Out of Time and Place. Fast Company is published by Samuel French. Toulmin Commission from the Atlantic Theater Company. BA, Vassar College. MFA, New School for Drama. Proud member of New Dramatists and The Kilroys. On television, Carla has written on Fear the Walking Dead, I Love Dick, the forthcoming Hulu drama The First from Beau Willimon and AMC’s Preacher. www.carlaching.com @carlaching
