Joann Wu

May 2023

Joann (she) is a chemical engineer turned clinical trial specialist (yes, those people testing things on other people) and she is investigating how those lives from beforetimes pop up in what she hopes is her futuretimes. Recent roles include Meibo in The Butterfly Lovers of Gold Mountain (California Revels), where she conjured the classic Monkey King from the childhood graphic novel Journey to the West and learned Cantonese Opera she heard with her grandparents as a child, and Ambrosia Jekyll in Chemical Imbalance (San Leandro Players), where she conjured a younger, brattier Joann, but Victorian style, with her back stiff and straight, and collars tightly buttoned. Joann is excited to be part of this play and wonders where it will take her on the journey to explore previous lives.