Dustin H. Chinn

Artist Profile

A native Seattleite and long-term Manhattanite, Dustin’s developed plays with Ars Nova’s Play Group, the Ground Floor at Berkeley Rep Summer Residency Lab, A.C.T.’s New Strands Festival, Bay Area Playwrights Festival, the University of Washington via a Mellon Creative Fellowship, Ensemble Studio Theatre, SPACE on Ryder Farm, UMass at Amherst New Play Lab, UC Berkeley, and Vampire Cowboys. Proud product of the Ma-Yi Writers Lab, the largest collective of Asian American playwrights in the history of recorded time. 2022-3 Colt Coeur resident. Special thanks to Madeleine Oldham, Mina Morita, Ken Savage, Mei Ann Teo, Josh Costello, Natalia, and Oánh for the support, notes, and meals. Dustin’s headed to Scotland this June for the Hawthornden Castle Literary Retreat, where he’ll start a new play based on his liveaboard scuba boat travels.

Productions at Chance Theater

Production Date Role
Colonialism is Terrible, But Phở is Delicious March 2023 Playwright
Colonialism is Terrible, But Pho is Delicious February 2021 Playwright