Ching Valdes-Aran (Performer) is an award-winning theater artist who resides in NYC. Selected Roles: Aying (OBIE Award, Flipzoids, Ma-Yi Theatre), Imelda Marcos (Lucille Lortel nomination, Dogeaters, Public Theatre), Lady Macbeth, Lady Capulet, Duke Senior (NYSF “Shakespeare on Broadway”, Belasco Theatre), Medea (Medea, Pan Asian Repertory), Bernarda Alba (The House of Bernarda Alba, Naatco), Clytemnestra (Iphigenia in Aulis, Yale Rep), Athena (Iphigenia in Taurus (La Mama E.T.C. & Greek Int’l Festival), Empress Tzushi (Empress of China, Cincinnati Playhouse), Philoktetes (John Jesurun’s, Berliner Fiespiele). Other Awards: 2021 Ruthie Award, 2021 TEAM”S Petri Project Grant, Fox Foundation Fellowship, Asian Cultural Council Fellowship, New Dramatist’s Charles Bowden Award, Ma-Yi Award for Artistic Excellence, MAP grantee (Foundry), U.S. Congressional Award for Arts & Culture, others. Films & TV: Missing Link (Golden Globe, 6 Oscar nomination), Mula Kung Ano And Noon, What it was Before (Palm de Oro, Locarno Film Festival ), Across the Universe., Sex & The City !, Across the Universe, Blacklist, Blindspot, Nurse Jackie, Law & Order CI, Others. Ching is also a director and a visual artist.
