Rebs Chan

Rebs Chan

Rebs (they/she) is a queer, biracial, Chinese-American artist working in Kalamazoo, MI. Across their work, their prime objective is intersectionality: both representing intersectional individuals, relationships, and stories and exploring the intersections between different artistic media. A Theatre Arts and English major at Kalamazoo College, Rebs practices various types of creation from music production to...
Rebs (they/she) is a queer, biracial, Chinese-American artist working in Kalamazoo, MI. Across their work, their prime objective is intersectionality: both representing intersectional individuals, relationships, and stories and exploring the intersections between different artistic media. A Theatre Arts and English major at Kalamazoo College, Rebs practices various types of creation from music production to playwriting, songwriting to dramaturgy, film acting to non-fiction.

Plays

  • Pam by Rebs Chan
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy
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    Keyword: features LGBTQ characters, LGBT + 3 more
    Genre: comedy
    Keyword: features LGBTQ characters, LGBT, queer, homeless, houseless
    Written for Queer Theatre Kalamazoo's PlaywrightNow: A #StillProud Event, a 24-hour short play event, Pam tells the story of two Pam's, each trying to prove that they are the real Pam hired at the Homeless Housing for Homosexuals.
  • Traitor Joe's by Rebs Chan
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: comedy, drama + 2 more
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    Keyword: LGBTQ, melodrama
    Genre: comedy, drama, melodrama, romantic comedy
    Keyword: LGBTQ, melodrama
    After discovering a breakup song on Lizzie's Valentine's Day playlist, Jen uses the mysterious motives of a mutual friend, Blaire, to stir the pot while Lizzie attempts to preserve their relationship.
  • Record by Rebs Chan
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama, experimental
    Genre: drama, experimental
    Aly has no memory, except those included in her journals. Gale, a foolhardy stranger, attempts to her her work through her past. The two explore memory, grief, mental health, and forgiveness.
  • WHEN by Rebs Chan
    Cast: 
    6
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: Chinese American, queer + 4 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: Chinese American, queer, intersectionality, family, Relationships, Lesbian
    Margie, a queer, Asian-American college student, explores her identity through conflicting conversations with her girlfriend and her grandmother. Both her relationship and her grandmother's health are on the decline.
  • Gillian Li by Rebs Chan
    Cast: 
    5
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    Genre: drama
    Genre: drama
    Gillian Li wishes herself invisible and, as that wish is granted, watches the consequences--both to herself and others--unfold.
  • It's About Time by Rebs Chan
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: dark comedy, drama + 3 more
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    Keyword: existential, time + 5 more
    Genre: dark comedy, drama, experimental, tragedy, verse
    Keyword: existential, time, absurd, clocks, verse, philosophy, family
    Father notices a clock for the first time and launches himself and Mother into a verse exploration of time, debating the existential implications of their son.
  • Monkey's Fist by Rebs Chan
    Cast: 
    2
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: knot, college + 4 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: knot, college, gay, queer, cute, love
    Two college students work through a complex knot as they reveal complex feelings for about each other.
  • Colorized by Rebs Chan
    Cast: 
    3
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    Genre: drama
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    Keyword: gay, Lesbian + 8 more
    Genre: drama
    Keyword: gay, Lesbian, queer, LGBTQ, Catholic, coming of age, drama, female, mother, daughters
    A Catholic mother learns to accept her daughter's queerness through a well-written letter and an old photo-album.