Head of the Puppet and Its Double. MFA in Puppet Arts, University of Connecticut, U.S.A. Chia-yin Cheng has served as playwright and director in many modern puppet plays and experiments her cross-cultural approaches and cross-disciplinary aesthetics in those plays. She was acknowledged with the Puppet and Its Double in 2002 and 2009 as “one of the best 10 performance in Taishin Arts Award” with the play “I Am Another Yourself” and “Der Schonste Moment”. The idiosyncratic experimental approach in this play creatively was a quest of possible dialogues between human/puppet play and the audience. Her works have been invited frequently in international events. She helps organize international festivals; she also serves as lecturer in puppetry lessons.

I Am Another Yourself
   (我是另一個你自己)

date of performance: 2002.12.13
place of performance: Crown Theatre

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Little Little Kid
      (小小孩)

date of debut: 2003.10.30
place of debut: National Experimental Theatre

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Puppeteer Granny
      (戲海女神龍)

date of debut: 2005.12.21
place of debut: National Experimental Theatre

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The Happy Prince
        (快樂王子)

date of debut: 2008.09.18
place of debut: National Experimental Theatre

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Text and images are provided by Electronic Theater Intermix in Taiwan and College of Liberal Arts, National Central University