Stuy Or Die

Illustrated the cover art, created merchandise, managed social media, and costume designed for Stuy or Die, a full-length play that toured NYC in February - July 2025.

Stuy Or Die is a full-length play following the lives of three Asian-American middle schoolers. Eileen wants to impress her family on the other side of the world. Brian wants his parents to come back home. Alex just wants to rap. In October of 2014, the students must take the Specialized High School Admissions Test (S.H.S.A.T), a test that will determine the rest of their lives. With 821 days before their future is packaged into a score, the three students must battle ELA, Math, and Logic questions as they search for a dream they can believe in.

Inspired by real stories from over 30 students, teachers, and parents, the play dives into themes of family pressure, identity, survival, and dreams — all through a mix of memory, imagination, and emotional truth.

Written by the award-winning playwright Jason Wang, directed by Jonathan Chang., and produced by Lighthouse Ladies founder Sonia Victoria Werner.

STUY OR DIE is made possible in part with public funds from the Queens Art Fund, a re-grant program supported by New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council and administered by New York Foundation for the Arts (@nyfacurrent). This project is also supported by funds from the Map Fund @themapfund, New York State Council on the Arts, Statewide Community Regrants Program (formerly the Decentralization Program) with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature, and administered by Flushing Town Hall (@flushing_town_hall), and through the assistance of a grant from the HEAR US program at New York University Tisch School of the Arts (@nyutisch) through the Tisch Initiative for Creative Research (TCR). Special thanks to Houghton Hall Arts Community (@houghtonhallarts) for supplying rehearsal space!

Stuy Or Die

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