The Trouble with My Hair: Coloring, Cutting, and Coming into Who I Am
Ada Cheng
An Asheville Fringe premiere, this performance explores Cheng’s gender, sexual, and racial identities through her relationships with her hairstylists. Using hair as a metaphor for social conditioning, she examines the tension between autonomy and social expectations with humor and emotional insight. This performance is her journey of self-love and self-discovery.
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Theatre
Artist(s) of Color, Drama, LGBTQIA+, Storytelling, True-life
Artist Bio(s)
An award-winning artist, Ada Cheng has utilized storytelling to illustrate structural inequities, raise critical awareness, and build intimate communities. She has been featured at storytelling shows and done her two solo performances, NOT QUITE and LOVING ACROSS BORDERS, across the nation. Committed to amplifying and uplifting marginalized voices, she has created numerous storytelling platforms for BIPOC and LGBTQIA community members to tell difficult and vulnerable stories. Ada has been a speaker for Illinois Humanities Road Scholars Speakers Bureau since 2019. She was one of the Illinois Humanities Public Humanities Award honorees in 2024. Her interests encompass academia, storytelling/performance, and advocacy.
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16 and above (16+)
