Cindy Cheung Saw The Signs

<p>Award winning actor Cindy Cheung blames a hot pink flyer stuck to a UCLA campus wall for causing her 180-degree turn away from applied mathematics and towards an acting career. </p><p>From her days in LA discovering the power of theatre and the importance of representation on stage, to turning down a job helping to build B1 bombers so she could do an acting intensive, to struggling to feel authentic and inspired as a young actor in NY, to the time she quit the business altogether and what ultimately brought her back, Cindy&#39;s stories are laced with heart and humor. </p><p> She shares the thrill of deciding to have a child with her novelist husband and how they are raising a well-adjusted son who can handle work- related separations and be thoroughly himself.</p><p>Cindy is a tireless advocate working for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, and as a member of the Asian American Performers Action Coalition, she has created noticeable change in the industry and put her math skills to good use.</p><p>She tells Melanie and Katie about all the fun she’s having in rehearsals for the premier of <em>MEAT SUIT</em> at Second Stage and why Bouffon clowning may just be the absolute best way to express the literal “shit show of motherhood.”</p><p>More on Cindy:</p><p><br></p><p>2st.com</p><p>aapacnyc.org </p><p>edlinforpresident.com</p>