Shinshin Yuder Tsai Producing Associate

Artist Profile

Shinshin Yuder Tsai is a dedicated Resident Artist and full-time staff member at Chance Theater, where he serves as Casting Director and Marketing Manager. He is also a Board Member-Council for OCTG and the Founding Artistic Director of the AAPI Sketch Comedy Troupe, No MSG Added.

His directing portfolio features a wide range of critically acclaimed productions, including She Kills Monsters at Long Beach Playhouse & STAGEStheatre, The Hatmaker’s Wife, LOVE/SICK, and Cowboy Vs. Samurai at Long Beach Playhouse, as well as The Pillowman and Almost, Maine at the University of California, Irvine. At Chapman University, he has helmed works such as Metamorphoses and Mother Courage and Her Children, and his production of Kvetcher in the Wry was a highlight at OC-Centric. Most recently, Shinshin directed the 2024 OCTG Award Shows at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts.

In addition to directing, Shinshin is also an experienced intimacy director, ensuring that performers feel safe and respected in their work. His intimacy direction credits include Sweeney Todd, The Demon Barber of Fleet Street at Chance Theater, Unbroken Blossom at East West Players, Vietgone at the University of California, Riverside, and Peter and the Starcatcher at the University of California, Riverside.

Shinshin is also deeply committed to the development of new theatrical works, having collaborated on projects like Boat Show by Dustin H. Chinn, saving all my worries till the day you don’t need me by Nicholas Pilapil, and Shanghai Express by Aj Layague.

Outside of his artistic achievements, he has lovingly curated an extensive list of All-You-Can-Eat restaurants in Southern California—his passion for food rivaling his dedication to the theater arts.

Productions at Chance Theater

Production Date Role
The Chinese Lady May 2025 Director
Boat Show: OTR New Play Reading October 2024 Director
No MSG Added: The School Daze of Our Lives August 2024 Artistic Director
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street July 2024 Intimacy Director
No MSG Added: The JADED Age of Hollywood May 2024 Co-Artistic Director
“The Holiday Wish List”: Presented by No MSG Added December 2023 Director
No MSG Added: The Empress of Oz April 2023
Colonialism is Terrible, But Phở is Delicious March 2023 Assistant Director
No MSG Added: Family Holiday Dinner December 2022 Director