Po-Chien Chen

Po-Chien Chen

Taiwan’s National Taichung Theater opened on Sept. 30, 2016, in the Xitun District redevelopment zone in Taichung City as a major component of the government’s Creative Industry policy. Designed by the Pritzker Prize-winning Japanese architect Toyo Ito, the NTT has become a popular tourist hub due to its imaginatively curving construction and extensive open spaces where both visitors and residents like to relax and enjoy themselves. Starting as a Programming Associate at the NTT when it opened, Po-Chien Chen, who is now an Associate Manager in its Arts Education Department, has played an important part in its rapid development. Before that, she pursued a successful career as a theater producer and was a core member of the Performing Arts Alliance, a body tasked with establishing a range of platforms for the theater industry in Taiwan.