Kuan-Ting Lin, Author at The Theatre Times

Beautiful Detours: An Interview with Taiwanese Playwright Cheng-Chun Lee

Posted by Kuan-Ting Lin | 13th Jul 2026 | Interview, Playwriting, Taiwan, Theatre and Dance, Theatre and Politics, Theatre for Young Audiences, Translation

Cheng-Chun Lee was an underperforming student in his high school composition classes. It was...

Writing On An Empty Page: An Interview with Taiwanese Playwright Chien-Cheng Chen

Posted by Kuan-Ting Lin | 9th Jul 2026 | Interview, Playwriting, Taiwan, Theatre and Politics

Taiwanese playwright Chien-Cheng Chen is set to release A Chronicle of Consciousness, his second play collection, this August. However, the plays in this collection bear little resemblance to the realist dramas that launched his...

Writing Across Taiwan and Macau: An Interview with Taiwanese Playwright Chiao-Jung Chen

Posted by Kuan-Ting Lin | 6th Jan 2026 | Interview, Playwriting, Taiwan

It’s very hard to define Chiao-Jung Chen as one kind of artist, for she is someone who works...

Thriving in an Either-Or World: An Interview with Taiwan-based Pangcah Theatre Artist Ihot Sinlay Cihek

Posted by Kuan-Ting Lin | 19th Nov 2025 | Interview, Playwriting, Taiwan, Theatre and Decolonization

Ihot Sinlay Cihek is a Taiwan-based Pangcah theatre artist whose work confronts the intersecting realities of Indigeneity, womanhood, and urban life. How Romantic: A Guide to Modern Pangcah Life follows a young woman struggling...

Exploring a Global Vision in the Sinosphere: An Interview with Katherine Chou, Chair of the World Sinophone Drama Competition for Young Playwrights

Posted by Kuan-Ting Lin | 24th Jun 2025 | Interview, Playwriting, Taiwan

The World Sinophone Drama Competition for Young Playwrights is the largest playwriting contest in the Chinese-speaking world. Open to playwrights aged 18 to 36, it accepts plays written in either Mandarin or English from around...