Naya Bio

Naya Chang was born and grew up in Taipei Taiwan, R.O.C, came to U.S.A at the age of 14 to pursue violin training at Walnut Hill School in Natick, MA. Shortly after her arrival at the States, she was exposed to music composition and started studying music composition with Chris Malloy. Naya continued her studies in music theory with Martin Boykan, music composition with David Rakowski, and sound design with David Wilson at Brandeis University. Naya studied the violin with Nancy Tsung, Mark Beaulieu and Robert Murray, and with Tom Hall in improvisation. Naya received her BA from Brandeis University in Music in 2003.

Naya fell in love with theatre during her senior year in college. After she graduated, she worked in several theatres such as American Repertory Theatre, Handel and Haydn Society, New Repertory Theatre, CompanyOne, Underground Railway Theatre and Theatre Zone. Naya was a member of Brandeis Theater Company during the 3 years of MFA in acting with a special emphasis in directing at Brandeis University.