Pink Fang

Pink Fang Pink Fang creates art at the intersection of performance, community building and social change, rooted in the ethos and artistic legacy of Ping Chong.

Formerly, Ping Chong and Company. Est. 1975, relaunched as Pink Fang in 2025.

Next Thursday, November 20th - Interim Education Manager will lead a workshop for Hunter College students, faculty, and...
11/14/2025

Next Thursday, November 20th - Interim Education Manager will lead a workshop for Hunter College students, faculty, and staff to learn Pink Fang’s interview-based methodologies and community-engaged practices, activating skills around personal narrative, intercultural communication, and self-expression. The workshop will explore generative techniques designed to build original theatrical performance from personal stories. Open to all Hunter College students, faculty and staff. Registration is limited to 20 participants. Presented in partnership with and

Join us for the Ping Chong Archival Symposium, a full day gathering on Saturday, December 6, 2025, exploring the archive...
11/03/2025

Join us for the Ping Chong Archival Symposium, a full day gathering on Saturday, December 6, 2025, exploring the archive and 50-year artistic and pedagogical legacy of visionary artist and Pink Fang’s Artistic Director Emeritus Ping Chong. The symposium brings together artists, scholars, students, and the public for a day of conversation, panels, artistic activations, and celebration—illuminating how Chong’s groundbreaking interdisciplinary practice has transformed the landscape of performance in America and beyond.

In the weeks leading up to the symposium, Pink Fang and Hunter College will host a series of free public screenings and discussions of Ping Chong’s seminal works, as well as a workshop for the Hunter College Community led by Pink Fang artists. Admission is free with registration, use the link in our bio to register for the insightful screenings and discussions.

Our friends at are presenting Chinatown Arts Festival this month, celebrating culture, creativity and community in NYC’...
10/17/2025

Our friends at are presenting Chinatown Arts Festival this month, celebrating culture, creativity and community in NYC’s Chinatown. As part of this festival on October 22nd, Artistic Director Emeritus Ping Chong and his sister Betty will be reflecting on their family’s Cantonese opera roots at an event “Disciples of the Pear Garden: NYC Cantonese Opera Histories.” Register to attend this event and others at thinkchinatown.org/artsfest.

Our community is growing — and so is our team. It has been a pleasure to welcome as a full-time member of the Pink Fan...
10/17/2025

Our community is growing — and so is our team. It has been a pleasure to welcome as a full-time member of the Pink Fang Staff, as our new Interim Education Manager. Chaesong has a long history with the company, and most recently was senior teaching artist in the Secret Histories Education Program and a contributor to our Hidden Voices Cultural Connections Curriculum. She is also a commissioned artist with and was performer in Ping’s final production, Lazarus: 1972-2022. We are delighted to have Chaesong on our team!

In October, Artistic Director, Engagement Sara Zatz and collaborating artist Sherrine Azab (A Host of People, Detroit) c...
10/16/2025

In October, Artistic Director, Engagement Sara Zatz and collaborating artist Sherrine Azab (A Host of People, Detroit) completed a 1-week creative residency for Memory Generation, a new theater project exploring experiences of people living with dementia and the role of caregiving. Memory Generation will premiere in NYC in 2026 and in Detroit in 2027. Read an excerpt from a conversation, about their inspirations and challenges entering into this period of creation on our website: https://pinkfang.org/news/memory-generation-a-conversation-between-sara-zatz-and-sherrine-azab

We are excited to share the profound power of Mirror Memoirs' FREE presentation of Transmutation: A Ceremony (Live Perfo...
10/07/2025

We are excited to share the profound power of Mirror Memoirs' FREE presentation of Transmutation: A Ceremony (Live Performances), upcoming at Judson Memorial Church - New York City on October 10 and 11. Featuring Samantha Jo Dato, Ebony Ava Harper, Alexandra Magallon and Sydney Rogers, four Black and Afro-Latina transgender women sharing their true stories of surviving child sexual abuse, this production uplifts their visions of healing and the world we need and deserve.

This weekend is the first and only live NYC production, featuring two performances: Friday, October 10 (7-9pm) and Saturday, October 11 (5-7pm) at Judson Memorial Church in New York City’s Greenwich Village. Register for tickets here: https://mirrormemoirs.networkforgood.com/events/85392-transmutation-a-ceremony-live-in-nyc

Transmutation: A Ceremony was inspired by Secret Survivors, a 2011 production conceived by Mirror Memoirs' Founding Co-Director Amita Swadhin for Pink Fang (the Ping Chong and Company)'s Undesirable Elements series. Pink Fang has served an ongoing advisory role to Mirror Memoirs’ theatrical work, and is an honorary partner on this production.

We’re thrilled to share big news: Pink Fang is growing our leadership team with the appointment of three extraordinary n...
10/06/2025

We’re thrilled to share big news: Pink Fang is growing our leadership team with the appointment of three extraordinary new board members who embody the spirit of artistry, justice, and community that defines our work. With Perry Yung, Aly Panjwani, and Diane C. Yu’s expertise in labor organizing, law, education, and performance, Pink Fang is better positioned than ever to carry forward a 53-year legacy of socially engaged artmaking while pushing boldly into the future. To find out more head to the link in our bio!

Pink Fang Resident Artist toured Temporary Boyfriend—a Pink Fang commission—to London’s Serpentine Pavilion on Septembe...
09/24/2025

Pink Fang Resident Artist toured Temporary Boyfriend—a Pink Fang commission—to London’s Serpentine Pavilion on September 12–13. Congratulations to Nile, , , and ! Temporary Boyfriend is a dance work that stages the nuanced poetics of Nile and Malcolm-X Betts’ long-term collaboration. It originally premiered in January 2025 at , as part of the Under the Radar Festival. Image credits as follows: Top Image: Cameron Blaylock. Second Image: Serpentine Park Nights 2025: Malcolm-x Betts and Nile Harris: Temporary Boyfriend, 2025. Photo: Hugo Glendinning.

This July, PINK FANG artists partnered with La Guardia Performing Arts Center () to bring theatrical story telling works...
08/08/2025

This July, PINK FANG artists partnered with La Guardia Performing Arts Center () to bring theatrical story telling workshops to nursing students at LaGuardia Community College (CUNY) () to reflect on their journeys as future caregivers.

Led by our Artistic Director, Engagement Sara Zatz () and teaching artist C Meranda Flachs-Surmanek () students from the Nursing (Registered Nurse/RN), AAS program were invited to reflect on their journeys as health care professionals, using our interview-based and community-engaged theater practices to support self-expression, storytelling, and leadership development.

Across two in-person workshops and an online coaching session, students explored identity, caregiving, and communication — using the power of narrative to connect more deeply with themselves and those they will serve.

We’re honored to support the next generation of healthcare practitioners through the arts.

Photos by Ryan Prado.

We mourn the passing of Ozzie Rodriguez, La MaMa's Archive Director. He was truly one-of-a-kind and we will forever reme...
07/30/2025

We mourn the passing of Ozzie Rodriguez, La MaMa's Archive Director. He was truly one-of-a-kind and we will forever remember how he brought the La MaMa archive to life, each time we visited. Pink Fang (formerly Ping Chong and Company) has been a longtime resident company of La MaMa, and we send love to his family, and the La MaMa family in this moment of deep loss.

In June, we wrapped up our Creative Aging program at Selfhelp Maspeth and Elmhurst Older Adult Center—and we’re still bu...
07/24/2025

In June, we wrapped up our Creative Aging program at Selfhelp Maspeth and Elmhurst Older Adult Center—and we’re still buoyed by and thinking about the stories, the laughter, and the dancing. Our Creative Aging program invites older adults to explore memoir, storytelling, and performance. Through a series of workshops, participants craft and share their stories in a final public celebration—rooted in documentary theater and collective memory.

Over ten weeks, participants in the program brought their memories into the room—sometimes through words, sometimes through treasured objects, always with heart. Music from their cultures filled the air, and their voices filled the space with joy, reflection, and connection.

One moment we’ll never forget: the “Swan Goose Song,” when everyone—elders and teaching artists alike—flew across the room like birds. Longing for home, and yet completely together.

Thank you to our incredible teaching artists: , and

Photos by and

Our three year transition period was made possible in large part through support from a transformative grant from ounda...
07/23/2025

Our three year transition period was made possible in large part through support from a transformative grant from oundation. We're honored and excited to be featured on their website! Our Interim Artistic Leadership Team sat down with Mellon to share about our evolution into Pink Fang, a bold reimagining rooted in Ping Chong's legacy, now led by new voices. We reflect on the transition, and our inspirations, hopes, and the future of Pink Fang.

Read the full article - Link in Bio

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