Kim Chinh

Kim Chinh began her acting career at the Alley Theatre in Houston, Texas. She played leading roles in three films by Alice Cox, L to Canarsie, See Something Say Something, and Elizabeth Rose, for which she was nominated for Best Actress in the 4th Annual 72 Hour Film Shootout, sponsored by Asian Cinevision and MTV World. She also played a major role in The Face, a short film written and directed by Elizabeth Browning. Kim originated the role of Lia in Big Flower Eater, an experimental play directed by Victoria Linchong. She most recently played the part of Maggie in The Chinese Restaurant Syndrome directed by April Feld Sandor at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia. Kim is currently working on a one-woman show about her experiences in Vietnam, her father's homeland. She lives in Brooklyn.

BIG FLOWER EATER: Women in Asian History and American Theater

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Join Victoria Linchong, Kim Chinh and Katherine Yew in a conversation about their devised experimental play BIG FLOWER EATER, which explores the untold history of women in Asia through shamanism in three different Asian cultures. Excerpts of the play will be performed and screened. BIG FLOWER EATER is a scholarly and whimsical collage of folktale, ritual, dance and … Read more