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Ran Xia


Ran Xia is an interdisciplinary theater artist. Her works have been produced at IRT (Pomegrenade), HERE, Dixon Place, The Brick ([ai]), The Wild Project, The Tank (Echo; Siren, also directed Independent Study, The Tallest Man in the World, etc.). A frequent collaborator of Exquisite Corpse Co. (audio/visual installation Echo at the Memory House, on Governors Island), a current Resident Director at The Flea, and a resident artist at Access Theater. Assistant Directing credits include: The Great Leap (by Lauren Yee, Dir. Taibi Magar at the Atlantic Theater), and Refrigerated Dreams by Carrie Mae Weems, Nona Hendryx, Francesca Harper, and Niegel Smith at Joe's Pub.


Articles by Ran Xia


Review: Gnit at Polonsky Shakespeare Center
8 November 2021
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Gnit at Polonsky Shakespeare Center

Polonsky Shakespeare Center ⋄ October 30-November 21, 2021
By Ran Xia

“The temerity to see yourself at the center of it all”: Does Will Eno’s newest critique the myth of the hero’s journey, or just give us another example of it? Ran Xia isn’t so sure.


Review: Timon of Athens at Polonsky Shakespeare Center
3 February 2020
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Timon of Athens at Polonsky Shakespeare Center

Polonsky Shakespeare Center ⋄ January 11-February 9
By Ran Xia

This rarely produced Shakespeare play “illuminates the utter divide between the rich and the poor.” Ran Xia reviews.


Review: Terra Firma at the Baruch Performing Arts Center
11 October 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Terra Firma at the Baruch Performing Arts Center

Baruch Performing Arts Center ⋄ September 27-November 10
By Ran Xia

The COOP’s inaugural production uses the true story of a sovereign state in the North Sea as a microcosm of environmental woes. Ran Xia reviews.


Review: runboyrun & In Old Age at New York Theatre Workshop
27 September 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: runboyrun & In Old Age at New York Theatre Workshop

New York Theatre Workshop ⋄ September 4-October 13
By Ran Xia

Ghosts are hard to escape in these two parts of Mfoniso Udofia’s Ufot Cycle, but the family matriarch, Abasiama, forces herself to try. Ran Xia reviews.


Review: Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth at Atlantic Stage 2
21 July 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Dogg’s Hamlet, Cahoot’s Macbeth at Atlantic Stage 2

Atlantic Stage 2 ⋄ July 9-August 4 (in rep)
By Ran Xia

Tom Stoppard mashes up Shakespeare, Wittgenstein, underground Czechoslovakian theater, and an investigation into the limits of language, with surprisingly hilarious results. Ran Xia reviews.


Review: The Way She Spoke at the Minetta Lane
19 July 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: The Way She Spoke at the Minetta Lane

Minetta Lane Theatre ⋄ July 8-August 18
By Ran Xia

Isaac Gomez’s new piece for Audible punches you in the heart and leaves you with a lump in your throat. Ran Xia reviews.


Review: We’re Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time at Public Theater
28 June 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: We’re Only Alive for a Short Amount of Time at Public Theater

Public Theater ⋄ 13th June - 14th July 2019
By Ran Xia

David Cale creates a vulnerable, complex journey through his childhood memories in this new musical memoir. Ran Xia reviews.


Review: Leap and the Net Will Appear at The Flea Theater
23 June 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Leap and the Net Will Appear at The Flea Theater

Flea Theater ⋄ Through 30th June 2019
By Ran Xia

Committed performances cannot rescue a show that loses its way in its own surrealism. Ran Xia reviews.


Review: Square Go at 59E59 Theaters
15 June 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Square Go at 59E59 Theaters

59E59 Theaters ⋄ 6th -30th June 2019
By Ran Xia

Buzzing, humming, and full of imagination, this play about a school fight looks at the conflicts of growing up. Ran Xia reviews.


Review: Passage at Soho Rep
6 May 2019
Reviews • NYC • Off-Broadway

Review: Passage at Soho Rep

Soho Rep ⋄ April 23-May 25
By Ran Xia

The characters in Christopher Chen’s new play negotiate identity, difference, and what it means to be human. Ran Xia finds that the richly diverse and “wildly talented” cast makes a lasting impression.


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