DENNIS
YUEH-YEH
LI
director / playwright / performer
DENNIS
YUEH-YEH
LI
director / playwright / performer
DENNIS
YUEH-YEH
LI
director / playwright / performer
about.
Originally from Taiwan, DENNIS YUEH-YEH LI is a director/playwright. His works explore sexuality, power structure and diaspora experiences, culminating often in devised, immersive and participatory theatre which allows audiences to not only learn but experience stories. Dennis is especially interested in adapting rarely produced modern classics by connecting them with current sociopolitical phenomenon and issues. His directorial portfolio spans across plays, musical theatre, dance theatre and opera. Dennis earned his MA in Performance Studies, New York University.
Dennis is an alumnus of the New York Directing Fellowship of Drama League and the Institute Fellowship of Target Margin Theater. Dennis is also a member of Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab. Dennis worked with The Living Theatre and is one of the founding members of Al Límite Collective. Currently, Dennis is the Director of Performance, Storytelling & Community at the Museum of Chinese in America.
artist mission.
I do not just tell a story in theatre.
“What is the use of telling a story since there are so many and everybody knows so many and tells so many,” Gertrude Stein states. My mission is to return theater to its social function—to inspire, nourish empathy, and provoke action.
I focus on creating immersive experiences, blending theatricality with reality, while exploring how audiences can actively participate rather than passively observe.
