Irene Lo
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2025 Lunar New Year
“How meaningful is it for you to be able to see so many people, from all walks of life, being introduced to your culture?”
In 2018, I moved to the US. for a dream called musical theater. Went to art school, started taking jazz & tap classes, worked so hard on my English, and did everything I could in hopes of blending into American culture and society more and more each day, just to get a little closer to my dream.
Never did I think I would make my big news appearance as a Chinese art dancer —one of the core aspects of who I am. Getting to share and celebrate my culture with the world just makes me feel so seen and loved by so many, leading to this one conclusion: “Being a part of the Chicago community is truly a blessing.”
May the Year of the Snake shed away what no longer serves us and transform us into who we aspire to be. Happy Lunar New Year!
The Music Man
Marriott Theatre
Meredith Willson’s six-time, Tony Award-winning musical comedy is a family-friendly story to be shared with every generation. Follow fast-talking traveling salesman, Harold Hill, as he cons the people of River City into buying instruments and uniforms for a band that he vows to organize – despite the fact that he doesn’t know a trombone from a treble clef.
Miss Chinatown Pageant 2024
Marriott Marquis Chicago
Miss Chinatown Chicago Pageant is held every other year. The event recognizes the beauty and talent of Chinese American women around the world, in addition to representing the future of the Chinese American community in Chicago, highlighting the merit of Chinese heritage, culture and diversity.
South Pacific
Interlakes Theater
Irene will be playing the role of Liat! This classic story takes place during the World War II and addresses the issue of prejudice. Famous music featured include “Nothing Like a Dame,” “Bali Ha’i,” “I’m in Love with a Wonderful Guy,” “Younger than Springtime,” and “Some Enchanted Evening”.
The Music Man
Fireside Theatre
Strike up the band for Broadway’s brassiest musical comedy. Winner of eight Tony Awards including Best Musical, THE MUSIC MAN has delighted audiences the world over with its rollicking tale of the fast-talking, charming con man, the prim but passionate librarian, the bumbling mayor, and all the colorful characters that make this show a classic.
Taiwan Lantern Festival
Taipei City
Organized by the Taiwan Tourism Bureau and Taipei City Government, the festival is officially launched on Feb. 5th, and will run till the19th. The lantern extravaganza is generating great excitement as it’s the first big scale festival open to everyone since Taiwan’s easing of pandemic restrictions. Irene will be performing with the Genio Dance Group Flamenco de Formosa at the Main Stage.
Musical <Gwangju>
787 Seventh Theater
The winner of five Korean Musical Awards, the production was written by Sun-woong Koh and Pil-Dan An, with music composed by Uzong Choe. The Korean ministry of Culture, Sports, and Tourism, Gawangju Metropolitan City, Gwangju Cultural Foundation, Mabangzin, and Contemporary Asian Theatre, Inc. are preparing local staff, actors and orchestras in New York to present an English adaptation of the hit Korean musical.
The King ＆ I
Interlakes Theater
This 1952 Tony Award-winner for Best Musical, a classic by Rodgers and Hammerstein, is based on “Anna and the King of Siam,” a 1944 novel by Margaret Landon. Irene will be covering for Tuptim and dancing the role of Eliza.
New Musical
<Noble Family>
The Cutting Room
THE NOBLE FAMILY is a romantic musical by Chinese-born composer Cecilia Lin(Four-time China Music Award winner) and lyricist David Zellnik (Yank!) under the direction of Tony winner Richard Maltby, music directed by Andrew Gerle, featuring an all-star Broadway cast and is set to open in both New York and Beijing!
Short Film
<HÓNG>
Constructed by nine looks and seven scenes, HÓNG is a visual-audio retrospective look into the course of Chinese feminism through one character who lives in the conflicting conjunction of politics, individualism, and nationalism around the time when a "new China" was just established.
Flamenco
<Carmen Bolero Inmortal>
Taiwan & Spain
Carmen Bolero Inmortal is the work of Hsueh Yu-Hsien, the head of Genio Dance Group and dancer at the Ballet Nacional de España. She led her team to win1st place at the 31st Spanish Dance and Flamenco Choreography Competition (Certamen de Coreografía de Danza Española y Flamenco) in Madrid with the work "Eterno retorno", which is a part of "Carmen Bolero Inmortal". Irene was one of the six dancers who's in the original production.
Flamenco
<El Amor Brujo>
Natinal Taichung Theater
Irene will play the role of Gitano in both productions at the National Taichung Theater! The featured conductor, Manuel Busto, is the principle guest conductor at the Spanish National Ballet. The production is featured in Melómano, one of the most important music magazines in Spain.
Taiwan Ballet Company
<She is so Beautiful>
Weiwuying National Playhouse
The Taiwan Ballet Company has set the fully-original ballet piece, "She~ is so beautiful" to the Violin Concerto in D Minor by Tyzen Hsiao, who once was praised as "the Taiwanese Rachmaninov - the last Piano Poet of the Romantic Era". Irene will be performing with them at the Weiwuying National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts.
Roders & Hammerstien's
Cinderella
Alvin Alley Dance Theater
Irene will be joining the cast of Rodgers & Hammerstien's Cinderella at the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater after graduating AMDA this February! The production will feature Broadway's Ali Ewoldt (Christine Daaé, Phantom of the Opera), Josh Dela Cruz (Aladdin, Aladdin), Ann Harada, JayGee Macapugay, and more!
Passport to Taiwan
2019
Union Square Park
Irene's debut in NYC as a lead singer! In 1999, Congress designated the second week in May as Taiwanese American Heritage Week to recognize the contributions of Taiwanese Americans. Since 2002, it has become the largest outdoor Taiwanese American event in the United States and the largest Asian American festival in NYC. Each year, it presents the best Taiwanese American talents as well as artists from Taiwan.