Chil Kong

CHIL KONG has been a leader in theater, film, television and digital for the last 30 years. He began his career garnering multiple awards for his innovative reimagining of American classics and developing ground breaking new works as Artistic Director of theater companies in Boston, San Diego, Seattle, and in Los Angeles as the co-founder and co-Artistic Director of the critically acclaimed Lodestone Theatre Ensemble. After a successful career in theater, Chil was tapped as the creative director of a film fund which focused on English based stories for the Asian market. But his love of theater called him back to the stage and called him back home to his home town in the DC/MD/VA area, just in time for the COVID19 crisis. Between the increadible limits on public gatherings, the stresses of those limits placed on the core of the intimate one on one connection that theater is based on and the tise of hate crimes on Asian Americans, Chil Kong has met the moment with his experience in digital/film/TV, community activism, and the connective power of theater and provied an fresh voice to the artistic and social crisis. He has helmed Adventure theaters push into uncharted waters with creative digital events that preserved the live "theatrical" element of theater. Mr Kongs, innovative leadership has been highlighted in multiple news outlets across the DC metro area. He was also been a leader in social justice and was highlighted in the New York Times acticle "Spit On, Yelled At, Attacked..." that shinned a light on the quick rise of hate crimes against Asian Americans during the COVID19 crisis. Mr. Kong proundly serves as the Artistic Director of Adventure theater in Glen Echo Maryland.