Krys Yuan

Krys Yuan (she/her) is a theatre artist, actor and playwright from Singapore. Her artistic journey started in an all-girls drama club and led her to graduate from School of the Arts, Singapore (SOTA) majoring in theatre. She holds a BA in Anthropology through which she explored her curiosity about culture and societies. She lives and plays in liminal spaces, embracing themes of environmentalism, speculative fantasies and human fallibility.

Prior to ITI, she was working in youth non-profit, freelance theatre producing and writing on Coast Salish territories (aka Vancouver, Canada). She also trained in self-defense and Bel Canto style of singing. During her time in Canada she acquired skills in facilitation, de-escalation and mental health first aid, in addition to building a commitment to anti-capitalist decolonial social justice.

She is an alumnus of PuSh Festival Youth Academy, Playwrights’ Theatre Centre’s Block A with Elaine Avila, Arts Club’s LEAP Playwrighting Intensive, and Vines Emerging Creatives with Vines Art Festival. 

After ITI, she hopes to continue writing, performing and creating meaningful work in Singapore and internationally, rooted in the principles of intercultural theatre.

Krys is a recipient of the ITI Scholarship and Tan Chay Bing Education Fund Scholarship.

Read her Q&A here

Last updated: 2 December 2024