Tim Dang

Tim Dang is a theater director and producer, arts administrator, cultural diversity and equity advocate, adjunct lecturer, writer, and performer over the past four decades. He started out as an actor performing on stage at East West Players, appearing on television episodes, and still performs voiceover work. He is the recipient of the Society of Directors and Choreographers' Zelda Fichandler Award for transforming the regional theatre arts landscape through theatre. He is producing artistic director emeritus of East West Players (EWP), having run the longest running professional theatre of color in the United States for 23 years through 2016. Tim has produced and directed over 100 plays and musicals at EWP, and other venues such as L.A. Theatre Works, PanAsian Repertory (NY), Geva Theater Center (NY), Perseverance Theatre (AK), Lewis Family Playhouse, Sierra Madre Playhouse (CA), and Singapore Repertory Theatre. For four years, he served as an LA County Arts Commissioner appointed by Supervisor Hilda Solis for District 1. He was Co-Chair of the Cultural Equity and Inclusion Initiative (CEII) for the LA County Board of Supervisors through the LA County Department of Arts and Culture and served as the Arts and Culture sector leader for the Economic Resiliency Task Force during the Covid-19 pandemic. For six years, Tim was adjunct lecturer teaching directing and dramaturgy at the USC School of Dramatic Arts and prepared emerging artists about the audition process, industry business essentials, and networking at AMDA College for the Performing Arts.