Starlynn Chen (she/her) is an emerging set and costume designer and a graduate of the Production Program at Studio 58.

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Next: Costume Design for The Undeniable Accusations of Red Cadmium Light (Firehall Arts Centre), Set Design for The Paper Bag Princess (Carousel Theatre). ​ 

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Recent credits:

[Set Design]

A Journal of the Plague Year, Feb 2026 @Studio 58

Jack and the Beanstalk, Dec 2025 @Metro Theatre

Rent, Sep 2025 @Metro Theatre

Au Grand Jour, Apr 2025 @Théâtre la Seizième

Linck and Mülhahn, Nov 2024 @Studio 58

 

[Costume Design]

The Replacement Wife, Jan 2026 @United Players

The Odd Couple, Nov 2025 @Theatre NorthWest

James and the Giant Peach, Oct 2025 @CTORA

Rent, Sep 2025 @Metro Theatre

The Play That Goes Wrong, Sep 2024 @Metro Theatre

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​[Assistant Design]

Assistant Costume Design: 

Much Ado About Nothing, Jun 2025 @Bard on the Beach

Apprentice Costume Designer: 

Twelfth Night, Jun 2024 @Bard on the Beach

Design Assistant: 

Father Tartuffe: An Indigenous Misadventure, Feb 2025 @Arts Club,  Touchstone Theatre

Assistant to the Set Designer: 

Blood Wedding, Nov 2024 @Studio 58

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She holds a BA in the Indonesian Language and Literature from Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and has a background in event planning and multi-language translation. 

 

Starlynn was the recipient of 2023-2024 BC Arts Council Scholarship, 2023 David Pritchard Stage Management Scholarship, 2023 Boca del Lupo’s SLaM Program Bursary. ​

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She would like to acknowledge that she is fortunate to be able to live, learn, and work on the unceded territory of the Coast Salish People.