Oanh Nguyen Named SCR Producing Associate As part of TCG Future Leaders Grant

Chance Theater is pleased to announce that Artistic Director Oanh Nguyen has been named Producing Associate for South Coast Repertory as part of Theatre Communications Group's New Generations Program.

Under the "Future Leaders" grant guidelines, Nguyen will be mentored by SCR Artistic Director Martin Benson. The mentorship will encompass a wide range of artistic responsibilities designed to give Nguyen in-depth exposure to the workings of a large non-profit theatre.

The TCG Future Leaders objective seeks to identify exceptionally talented theatre professionals who will impact the field in a positive way. The program hopes to nurture future leaders in all areas of theatre including but not limited to acting, administration/management, craft areas, design, directing, dramaturgy/literary management, playwriting, producing, stage management and technical production.

Under the terms of the grant, Nguyen has an eighteen-month commitment and is in residence at SCR in a full-time capacity.

"I'm very grateful for the opportunity to work with one of our country's premier theaters," said Nguyen. "We had an amazing experience with Martin and the whole SCR staff during last season's remount of Jesus Hates Me. I'm looking forward to working with them in a more in-depth way, and then transferring and molding that information for the Chance."

ABOUT THE CHANCE THEATER
Nominated in 2010 for six Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Awards and six Los Angeles Stage Alliance Ovation Awards, Chance Theater is proud to be one of the leading ensemble based theatre companies in Southern California. Twice named "Outstanding Arts Organization" by Arts Orange County, Chance Theater is a recipient of the 2007 Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle's Polly Warfield Award for Excellence. Founded in 1999, the Chance Theater's mission has always been to intimately present personally meaningful, uniquely engaging stories that promote dialogue within our community and provide a visceral experience for theatergoers. As a constituent member of Theater Communications Group (TCG), Network of Ensemble Theaters (NET), and the Los Angeles Stage Alliance (LASA), the Chance continues to bring national attention to the Southern California, and Orange County, theater scene.