Xi Chapter Alumna writes, produces, and stars in comedy series: QUEENS
About Cindy:
Cindy Chu became a member of OPBSI in Fall 2007 at Xi Chapter – Syracuse University. She is a screenwriter, actress, and producer from Queens, NY. Her stories typically center around Asian Americans from working class backgrounds because that’s similar to her own family’s story and her upbringing.
“Asian Americans typically have the reputation of being “Model Minorities”, however there’s more to our community than that.”
In March, she was one of the winners of Pitch Royale, a pitching competition featuring judges Baz Luhrmann and Jason Blum for her feature script, 69 BAYARD. Also, her pilot script, ANNA WONG was in 2nd round for 2019 Sundance Episodic Lab. She has been featured on several podcasts and online magazines such as IndieActivity and You Had Me at YLW.
She very passionate about creating more visibility and better representing Asian Americans and Women of Color in front and behind the cameras.
About QUEENS:
In May, her comedy series, QUEENS that she wrote, produced, and starred in, premiered in Los Angeles at Omni Cultural TV Fest and won Best TV Pilot Comedy. Next they will be making their east coast premiere in September at NJ Web Fest where they are nominated for three awards including Outstanding Comedy Series.
Queens is a brash comedy that follows three best friends, Sarah, Gia, and Kim, in their late 20’s, struggling to make ends meet. They soon realize that being adults is a lot harder than their immigrant parents led them to believe. It shares similarities with shows like GIRLFRIENDS and INSECURE.
To keep the momentum going, their team is gearing up to film episode 2 in October and launched a crowdfund campaign with Seed & Spark: http://bit.ly/queenscrowdfund
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