Qu is the founder and executive director of CHUANG Stage, which tells stories bilingually and transculturally. In the five years since the company’s founding, Qu has grown into one of the leading voices in the Boston grassroots theater community.
Theater producer and director Alison Qu talks with an actor during a rehearsal at a Boston studio. dreamed of one thing: to move to America and become a country music star.“James Taylor, Alison Krauss. Dixie Chicks, the Carpenters, and of course, very early on Taylor Swift era,” Qu listed as inspirations. “The reason why I fell in love with music in the first place was because I felt like there's basically a whole life behind every single song.
They shifted their focus, began auditioning for school plays and got small parts as they were still learning English. A new passion emerged when a teacher asked Qu to compose music to accompany the high school’s production of “Almost, Maine.” Here, the appeal of storytelling that Qu found in music they now found onstage and behind the scenes.
Qu recalls looking inward. “What do I have? What am I equipped to offer to the community to change the situation?” They realized they could direct and use their education in dramaturgy. In 2018, Qu founded CHUANG Stage in an effort to make that space.To Qu’s delight, many other students wanted to join that community, too. In 2023 alone, CHUANG Stage — pronounced “Tron” — has engaged with about 50 artists between its spring and fall shows and smaller-scale projects.
“You just have to get your name in somebody's mouth,” Lee said. “And that is really hard if you don't already have connections, if you are coming from an immigrant family.”As a Korean American actor, Lee remembered searching online for opportunities in Boston theater and seeing Qu’s name at every turn. “It was like, 'Alison, Alison, Alison.' I was like, 'who is this woman? She's incredible.' She's literally making Boston Asian American theater.
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