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Esther K. Chae graduated from the Yale School of Drama (MFA in Acting), theUniversity of Michigan (MA in Theater Studies), and Korea University in Seoul (BA French Lit.). Believing strongly in the concept of inspirational education, Chae has taught and lectured at NYU's TISCH Performance Studies (mentor Anna Deavere Smith's class), Yale School of Drama, USC, University of Baltimore/Maryland, Cal State University/San Marcos and NY Film Academy. She is a TED, KIN Global and USC NetKAL fellow and invited speaker to numerous conferences and educational institutions.
USC's Voice and Vision Lecture Series with Dramatic Writing Professor and award winning playwright Velina Hasu Houston (click image to enlarge)
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Character gender swapped Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf, year end student final performance at Joseph Papp Public Theater.
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Esther with mentor Professor Anna Deavere Smith and NYU Performance Studies students. (click image to enlarge)
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Affiliations, Membership & Publications
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TED (Technology, Entertainment and Design) Inaugural Long Beach Fellow |
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Yale Alumni Association At-large delegate |
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Yale Asian-American Association Steering Committee |
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University of Michigan Entertainment Coalition |
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Screen Actor's Guild (SAG), 1999 to present. |
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American Federal TV & Radio Assocation, (AFTRA), 1999 to present. |
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Actor's Equity Assocation (AEA), 1999 to present. |
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Director's Lab West member. Pasadena Playhouse, Spring 2005 & 2006. |
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Producer's Guild of America Film Development Workshop, Fall 2005. |
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Created YATA (Yale Asian Theater Artists) 1999 |
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Renaissance Weekend Under 40 Leadership member |
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Aspen Institute Socrates Seminar member |
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BOMB Magazine 40th Aniversary Edition, Summer 2006. |
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