Tisa Chang in praise of illusion: Pan Asian Rep's longtime leader takes an actorly approach to directing. .(Interview)

Tisa Chang--who was born in China but schooled in the United States and studied acting with Uta Hagen--began her theatre career as an actor and dancer on and Off Broadway. She turned her attention to directing in 1973, establishing the Chinese Theatre Group at La Mama ETC. That led in turn to her formation in 1977 of Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, for which she continues to serve as artistic director.

Most recently she has directed a revival of Rash omon, a play set 1,000 years ago in Kyoto, in which a bandit sets upon a samurai and his wife; and Ruth Wolff's The Empress of China, ...

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