Alice Shuang Wu | 吴双

About Me

Hello! Thanks for stopping by. :)

I’m a writer and actor based in Tiohtià:ke/Mooniyang (Montréal). I earned my B.A. from McGill University, where I majored in English Literature and minored in French and Spanish. I'm also a fluent Mandarin speaker.

I was born in Ontario but spent my teenage years in Oklahoma and Kansas, before making Quebec my home.

My work in writing and acting spring out of the same drive to tell stories and connect with other people. I'm a staunch believer that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and that in an age of Internet silos, art is a vital tool for helping us listen to each other again.

I love to collaborate with other creative minds. If you have a project you think I'd be interested in, please don't hesitate to get in touch here.

Writing

I’m drawn toward speculative fiction and shining light on marginalized characters. My short stories include a cyborg trying to fight her parental programming and sisters navigating the shared deformity of giant wings.

I’m currently working on Countercurrents, a full-length play about political polarization in the social media age. I previously workshopped the play with Teesri Duniya Theatre in Montreal and Tarragon Theatre in Toronto, and an early draft won McGill's Lionel Shapiro Award for Creative Writing. I’m truly grateful to the Canada Council for the Arts for supporting the creation of this piece with a Professional Development for Artists grant.

I recently completed the Short Form Mentorship at Diaspora Dialogues under Amanda Leduc, working on a short story in the style of a Tang dynasty folk tale.

Creative Writing

• "Kat and Dad's Cookie Recipe," On the Table, p. 25, 2021
• "Hot and Sour Love," elementia, 2019, winner of a national silver medal at the 2018 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

Academic writing/journalism

• "Interview with Jennilee Austrio-Bonifacio: How I Wrote Reuniting With Strangers," CBC Books, 2023
• "Garlic heist at Quebec high school prompts anger — and generosity," CBC Montreal, 2023
• "Montreal seniors on the move thanks to free bike-taxi program," CBC Montreal, 2023
• "Confronting Latent Monstrosity in The Progress of Love," The Channel, McGill Department of English Undergraduate Review, 2022

Acting

I speak native-sounding English and Mandarin and fluent French and Spanish.

I’m passionate about shining light on the Chinese-Canadian experience. I’ve appeared in such projects like the animated short Moving On, Moving Forward by Rui Ting Ji (in post-production) and the play Leila Roils the Seas by Lily Chang.

I’m also an avid musical theatre lover. I actively take private voice lessons, studying opera/operetta, art songs, and contemporary Broadway.

Samples of my work

Resume

For my performance resume, please click on the button below.

Downloadable PDF

Contact

I'd love to hear from you! My email is alicewu [DOT] art [AT] gmail.com.

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