Other writings
Live Action TV Pilots
Yin & Yan
Half-hour, heartfelt dark comedy
Cash-strapped Chinese immigrant Yin’s life is upended when her estranged mother resurfaces and discloses the existence of her privileged half-brother. As Yin confronts her family’s favoritism and navigates personal and financial struggles, she embarks on a heartfelt journey of self-discovery, forgiveness, and unexpected connections. Think of Gilmore Girls meet Fleabag.
Little Empresses in America
Hour-long, suspenseful ensemble comedy-drama
Four Chinese young women are left devastated and confused after their seemingly happy friend commits suicide. When they try to figure out what went wrong the only thing they discover is more mystery. Desperate Housewives meet You.
Myra Owen
Hour-long, teen fantasy thriller
Myra is an ordinary high-school girl until her foster father goes missing, a secret government lab unleashes its powers, and she starts spitting fire after a chain of emotional events… mystery abounds in this supernatural teen thriller. Siren meets Riverdale.
Kira MacChu
Half-hour, fun family comedy
Kira will do whatever it takes to keep her strict mom happy, her GPA perfect, and her secret crush interested. Meanwhile, her rebellious older brother and overachieving younger sister compete to own the family shed. Lizzie McGuire meets the Goldbergs.
Animated TV Pilots
Huna’s Magical Adventures
Age 5+, magical, team problem-solving adventure
Huna is a kind little fox who lives with her single mom and a baby brother. One day she is gifted with a magical brush that can turn anything it draws real. She is excited to use it to help others with her best friends—Drassy the shy dragon and Robby the talkative red robin, but the brush disappeared the next morning. How can the three friends get the brush back and put it into good use? The Powderpuff Girls meets Chinese folklore.
BOKI
Age 2-5, cute vegetables and fun craft
Boki features a playful Bok Choy boy and his family in Greensville, a world where vegetables and fruits come to life. The show explores handcraft, family dynamics and emotional intelligence. Bluey meet Bossy Boss (but younger).
Live Action Feature Screenplay
Empathy
90 Minutes, vulnerable, stigma-fighting drama
Jerry, a hardworking Chinese-American man desperate to have the perfect life, comes face to face with his insecurities when his schizophrenic sister comes to town and turns his whole world upside down.
Sunny’s Mom in America
120 Minutes, unexpected, genre-bending road-trip drama
After failing to convince her daughter to pick a proper American boyfriend, a traditional Chinese mother meets up with her tinder date and gets kidnapped by a pair of bumbling English-speaking criminals, who unwittingly mirrors her strained relationship with her daughter.
Live Action Short
Evelyn's Bracelet
10 Minutes, dark, feminist teen thriller
A teen girl becomes fixated on getting her ex-boyfriend back, but when his new girlfriend reaches out to her, she struggles to navigate her own feelings and the possibility of forming a genuine connection with another girl. As her obsession intensifies, she must confront the darker aspects of her own psyche.
Freya
15 Minutes, emotional, surreal drama
When her mom's sickness begins to worsen, a lonely nine-year-old escapes to her fantasy world but only to find that the reality gets worse... An experimental piece exploring fantasy and insanity.
The Fire Eater
3 Minutes, a salute to Cabinet of Dr. Caligari
Greta's mother wants her to be able to make a living as a fire eater like herself, but Greta is terrified of fire. When her mother suddenly passed away, Greta must find her courage to take on the role she dreads about... A German expressionist piece exploring our secret nightmare.
Dark Road
3 Minutes, iPad-shot horror
A woman is under investigation for having inappropriate thoughts. She displays her rigid life routine, but something eerie pops out that shocks even herself... An experimental piece exploring memory and identity.
Zi
10 Minutes, a dystopian take on the Doll’s House
Zi lives a cautious life with her beloved husband in a country where people of her spotted skin are not welcomed. But when her husband wants her to conform to the standards of the society even when she was at home alone, Zi is facing a hard choice... A drama exploring love and self in a devastating world.
E-learning, dramaturgy and script consultant
I have written scripts for Houghton Mifflin Harcourt’s K12 education, and provided cultural consultants for for Super Deluxe Production and Silk Road Rising Theatre. I have also created dramaturgy packet for Northlight Theatre’s productions Mother of the Maid , The Wickhams: Christmas at Pemberley and Falls Point Theatre’s An Untitled Devised Piece. Contact me for sample or a try out.