Carla Ching

Playwright

An LA native, Carla stumbled upon pan-Asian performance collective Peeling at the Asian American Writers Workshop and wrote and performed with them for three years, which she still considers her first theater training. Her plays include Revenge Porn or the Story of a Body (Ammo, O'Neill 2022) Nomad Motel (City Theatre Company, Unicorn Theater Company, Horizon Theater Company, Atlantic Theater Company), Fast Company (South Coast Rep, Ensemble Studio Theatre, Lyric Stage and Pork Filled Productions; winner of the Edgerton New American Play Award), The Two Kids That Blow Shit Up (Huntington Theatre Company’s Breaking Ground; Artists at Play and Mu Performing Arts), TBA (2g) and The Sugar House at the Edge of the Wilderness (Ma-Yi Theater Company). She’s an alumna of The Women’s Project Lab, the Lark Play Development Center's Writers Workshop and Meeting of the Minds, the CTG Writers’ Workshop and the Ma-Yi Writers Lab. Former Artistic Director of Asian American Theater Company, 2g.TBA is published in Out of Time and Place. Fast Company is published by Samuel French. Two Kids and Nomad are published by TRW. BA, Vassar College. MFA, New School for Drama. Proud alum of New Dramatists and The Kilroys. On television, Carla has written on USA’s Graceland, AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead, Amazon’s I Love Dick, The First from Beau Willimon for Hulu, AMC’s Preacher, Apple's Home Before Dark and Amazon's Mr. + Mrs. Smith. She's developed work for AMC, Amazon, Netflix, FX, Onyx and Hulu.  www.carlaching.com @carlaching