Enhancing the specific storyline or appropriate mood throughout the different acts in the play is “more so than making things look cool.” Qin believes that lighting design for theater is like telling the story of the play itself. Furthermore, she enjoys the creative freedom she has in creating the settings of the different acts through the lighting. Qin asserted how she “really wanted to put on something that was for an Asian community and that celebrated Asian joy instead of Asian suffering.”Īs the lighting designer, Qin viewed her role as integral in portraying the play in a fun manner. She described many of the shows she watched or participated in focused on lamenting “miserable lives as Asian people,” a theme she felt was overused and tiring to experience as a member of the Asian community - especially night after night as someone involved with a production.

However, she felt the theater shows constantly spotlighted Asian people through a dramatic lens that mainly focused on Asian suffering or racism - topics she admitted were important to give attention to, but concurrently overshadowed pride in the Asian identity.

Qin articulated how the prominence of students advocating for on-campus opportunities for Asian artists in theater ignited her interest in pursuing theater at Princeton.

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