Lingyue

filmmaker / writer

BIOGRAPHY

Lingyue (凌玥) is a 1.5-generation Chinese American artist who grew up in the Midwest. She is a playwright and filmmaker whose work examines social structures and the ways individuals experience and navigate them. Her research-driven practice often incorporates mythology, folktales, and historical narratives to explore how the past continues to shape the present.

Her plays have been developed with organizations including Prop Thtr in Chicago, SFBATCO in San Francisco, and Primary Stages in New York City. Her recent work, Ordinary Women Nameless Women, was a semifinalist for the 47th Bay Area Theater Festival. Lingyue was also a finalist for the 2025–2027 Jerome Fellowship and a semifinalist for the 2025–2027 Many Voices Fellowship at the Playwrights’ Center.

In addition to her work in theater, Lingyue has begun expanding into film. She recently completed her first documentary short, me and millie and sundown towns, through the Doc U program at SPNN in St. Paul, continuing her interest in storytelling that bridges history, place, and lived experience.