MICHELLE CHAN (she/her) is a director, theatremaker, and arts producer from Hong Kong based in New York City. She is a first-gen Taiwanese-American whose work attempts to redefine the roles that fabricate the American culture, usually through the intersections of gender, race, and/or class. Michelle’s work is often driven by complex characters telling stories of our everyday struggles.

Michelle was recently named Breaking & Entering Theatre Collective’s newest Co-Artistic Director, after 4 years as a Resident Artist with the Collective. She is also an alum of the Drama League, The Fled Collective, and the Moxie Arts Incubator.

Her recent directing work has been seen at Ringling Museum/Asolo Rep, WP Theater, Connelly Theater, Atlantic Stage 2, Dramatist Guild Foundation, The Flea, SERIALS, Brick Aux,Theatre Row, Keen Company, Hudson Guild Theatre, Dixon Place, A.R.T/New York Theatres, NYU, The Tank, Caveat, Brick Aux, The Chain Theatre, Horizon Theatre, The Maker’s Space, Lime Arts Productions, The American Opera Project, The Fled Collective, Moxie Arts NY and fringe festivals across the nation. She has also assisted illustrious directors at Manhattan Theatre Club, Keen Company and Ars Nova, including May Adrales, Mei Ann Teo, Mark Cirnigliano, Portia Krieger, and Lou Moreno. Michelle is also a first-gen university graduate, holding a degree in Directing and English Literature from Pace University’s International Performance Ensemble where she trained in collaborative and devised theatremaking.

Michelle is currently an Associate Member of the Stage Directors and Choreographers Society (SDC).