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Kit Yan

@middleagedtransguy

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Professional ✍️/ Unprofessional🏄🏽‍♂️ HI + LA + NYC

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MISS STEP
Book and Lyrics by Kit Yan and Melissa Li
Music by Melissa Li
Directed and Co-Choreographed by Connor Gallagher
Co-Choreographed by Jay Jackson
• Dates TBD •

Pam is a crushingly ordinary transwoman who works in a New Jersey toll booth. Being unremarkable is her greatest joy. But when her estranged father dies and she begins to unlock the secrets he left behind, Pam discovers a world she never knew: the world of competitive aerobics, where it’s always 1988. Exuberant and joyfully queer, MISS STEP is the new dance comedy musical you never knew you needed. by @middleagedtransguy

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New year, new adventure! Super stoked to be moving to LA to write a movie musical w/ writing partner @melsaboo in the @ridebackrise accelerator. Looking for surf and gym buddies. Where are the best breaks? 🏄🏽‍♂️ taken in Rideback by @middleagedtransguy

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9 months ago

4 shorts now showing on 𝙏𝙃𝙀 𝘾𝙍𝙄𝙏𝙀𝙍𝙄𝙊𝙉 𝘾𝙃𝘼𝙉𝙉𝙀𝙇 🎞️@criterioncollection 💫

In a desperate search for home, my characters escape their volatile families of origin, develop teleportation powers, unleash the dragons within them, and lose themselves in self pleasure, the relief of chinese traditional medicine, or a tender embrace from one friend to enter a portal to another world. Each film is a love letter, a life lesson and an archive of the imaginative ways diasporic queers survive familial trauma and empire. 💌

🙏to every friend, actor, film worker, production assistant, mentor, donor and programmer whose heart and work made these stories possible.

✨🍃𝑺𝑨𝑭𝑬 𝑨𝑴𝑶𝑵𝑮 𝑺𝑻𝑨𝑹𝑺 (2020) (featured still)
starring @poppyliu @__veralam
DoP/vfx @son.noelia
co-writer/producer @middleagedtransguy co-editor @immirappp
🎵 @kaylabriet sound design/mix @prehistoricjerk
producer @raawwwwrrrrrrrrr line producer @melsaboo

🌠💄𝑳𝑰𝑻𝑻𝑳𝑬 𝑺𝑲𝒀 (2021)
starring @theillustriouspearl @jinjabrew @fenton_li @theyiqingzhao
Dop @zamarinwahdat
🎵score @ohyunglia songs @jinjabrew @ohyunglia @tutengster
costume design @sueann.leung
produced by @andreas.nicholas @eris_the_wanderer
executive producer @andrewahnfilms
editors me @yuanyuan_ofcl @prehistoricjerk
co producers @frislysoberanis @toneontop @hanyumeng.nyc 💡 @shulives @sammotamedi color @ayumiashleycolor

🐉✨𝑰 𝑾𝑨𝑵𝑵𝑨 𝑩𝑬𝑪𝑶𝑴𝑬 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑺𝑲𝒀 (2023)
starring me & @joecar.hanna
co-director @traciakemi1 cinematography @_eileeny_
editor @andrew.migliori animation @jeremyaleung
producers @ozuwasright @fruit.sutra EP @culturestrike @eslvis
🎶 @treyalam mix @su.zhoou VFX @douglasstichbury 💡@anika.e.g HMU @r0seandth0rn

🌱𝑹𝑶𝑶𝑻𝑺 𝑻𝑯𝑨𝑻 𝑹𝑬𝑨𝑪𝑯 𝑻𝑶𝑾𝑨𝑹𝑫 𝑻𝑯𝑬 𝑺𝑲𝒀 (2024)
starring @shirleylchen @cialikethey @pearl_wu_woo co-writer @middleagedtransguy DP @sheldonchau
producers @akemilook @frislysoberanis @hanyumeng.nyc @eris_the_wanderer
editors @guangweiddd @andrew.migliori
🎵 @treyalam PD @priscachoe sound design @sitr_zhang
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friend shorts also on the channel: 🥭 @wewerethescenery_film @one_day_this_kid_film by @heyitsalexfarah two by @sofiacamargo__ 🫶 by @middleagedtransguy

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Replacing the annual Christmas nude with Christmas DOOD this year! Last photo of me is still pretty naked. Mele Kalikimaka 🤙🏽✨🎄 taken in Don Quiote by @middleagedtransguy

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Main character energy with a side of sunshine and good vibes 😎 #VacationVibes #IslandLaughs #TropicLikeItsHot #SquadGoals #FlipFlopLife #PalmTreeParty #SunshineCrew #UnfilteredFun #LOLcation #WalkDontRun #JoyOverload #GoodVibesOnly taken in Bird of Paradise Restaurant at Hawaii Prince Golf Course by @middleagedtransguy

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Today’s forecast: 100% chance of love 💍❤️ Congrats Sherri Ann & Josh! #SherriAndJosh #HitchedAndHappy #IDoCrew #WeddingVibes #LoveOnLock #CheersToTheCouple #FromMissToMrs #GroomGoals #BrideVibesOnly #WeddedBliss #JustMarriedMagic #ToHaveAndToHold #PartyWithTheNewlyweds #ForeverStartsToday #LoveAndLaughterAlways taken in Haleiwa Joe's - Haiku by @middleagedtransguy

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Just a couple of coconuts 🌴 #LeafItToUs #FrondlyYours #HawaiianUsCrackUp #TropicLikeIt’sHot #PalmInOneHandLaughInTheOther #Lei’dBackLove #NoProbLlamaButMakeItIsland #SarongButSoRight #CanYouBeLeafThisView #WokeUpInPunadise #wecamewesawweconqueredwedrank #YouHadMeAtAloha taken in Haleiwa Joe's - Haiku by @middleagedtransguy

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a year ago

I still can’t believe it. DD/Zaza/Diana I love and miss you so much. We were just on vacation together four weeks ago with our tiny bathtub xxxmas crew, eating family meals, going to the beach, and you were giving us brain massages. I’m still in shock, and remembering our day in Malibu together talking about our childhoods, art, and life. You told me that you wanted people to be together and to be happy at your shows and you did that. You built us worlds where we felt free to be ourselves and to feel and love and learn from each other. You were a revolution, “a dramatic and wide-reaching change in the way something works or is organized or in people’s ideas about it.” DD you changed us in so many ways, reminding us to demand better and to be better. I am still at a loss for words, but in moving through this, I want to remember that you are a star in the sky who through your life, friendship, and art, burst into a million other stars, and that light is in each and every one of us who got to witness and love you. You are shining in our hearts forever, lighting the sky, and healing the universe with your song ❤️ taken in Los Angeles, California by @middleagedtransguy

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This is 41 ✨or is it fleet week? 🛥️ #middleagedandstillgotit 🔥 📸 @sedasbeta taken in Times Square, New York City by @middleagedtransguy

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🌱Roots That Reach Toward The Sky🌱 [珍珠堂]
• short film •
• writer/director @jessxsnow •

* 2026.01.01 UPDATE: watch now on the Criterion Channel *

Some frame grabs from Jess’ tender and affecting short film, coming off premieres at BFI London, then @sffilm and recently at @vcmediaorg LAAPFF. Thank you Jess for bringing me on this journey and trusting me to be your collaborator and friend. Proud of you!

Filmed in NYC (Bensonhurst & Chinatown). Shot on @kodak_shootfilm Super 16mm on the @arri_rental @arri 416 camera.

starring • @shirleylchen @cialikethey @pearl_wu_woo

Producers • @akemilook @frislysoberanis @eris_the_wanderer @hanyumeng.nyc
Co-Writer • @kityanpoet
Cinematographer • ✋
Editors • @guangweiddd @andrew.migliori
Gaffer • my man @chewchomp
1st AC • @elohe11o 👊
2nd AC • @casianorhamer
Loader • @taylor___lee
Color • @stephopho @raremediumtv
Prod Design • @priscachoe
Art • @cynnya @wyntonw
UPM • @grocpot
Associate Producer • @terrymishu
Sound • @ishkwaazhe
Sound Design • @sitr_zhang
Re-Recording Mixer • @su.zhoou
HMU • @r0seandth0rn
Scripty • @tebogomalebogo
AD • @woohoccw
G&E • @andreas.nicholas @chheangkea
Background • @bohanphoenix mayamsinghal @tingrolls @traciakemi1 @cinerebel860 @kiento.o @ashgohhua @jeremyaleung @prehistoricjerk @bonny.with.the.y @thehalfblindprincess
Music • @treyalam
Sound Mix • @chuckykim
Guzheng • @clayruh
Science Advisor • @shawangunkflats
TCM Consultant • @zoeyxinyigong
Titles & Credits • @jeremyaleung
VFX • @arcanum_post_production @andrew.migliori
BTS • @mengwencao @cieradunbar
PAs • @franz_ayas @lori.ro_
Supported by • Sloan Science in Film + @apainstitute
@nyugradfilm

#indiefilmmaking #cinematography #aapiheritagemonth #supportaapi #aapi #asiancinema #asianamerican #filmmaking #shotonfilm #shotonkodak #arri416 #arri #kodak #shortfilm #chinatownnyc #nyc taken in New York City by @middleagedtransguy

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@melsaboo & I are thrilled to be in the @theblcklst & @womeninfilmla lab this year alongside this group of talented writers. & especially thrilled to be reunited with our fellow @dgfound cohort alum @highlyraeted. taken in Los Angeles, California by @middleagedtransguy

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2 years ago

Get to know our Catalyst Fellows! Introducing Melissa Li (she/her) & Kit Yan (they/he/she), creators and writers for theater, TV and film; Jonathan Larson Award & Kleban Prize recipients.

As part of the Catalyst Fellowship, Melissa and Kit are working MISS STEP Training Intensive for Trans Actors, providing trans theater performers– an underserved community in the arts sector– with the unique opportunity for Broadway-level training as well as targeted resources and greater visibility to casting agents.

“There is a clear lack of trans stories told on mainstream stages and, on the rare circumstances when trans stories are represented, they are usually relegated to fringe theater. Theater productions by trans writers account for less than 1% of theater productions in the United States, while only 0.27% of named characters in Broadway productions are non-binary or transgender. This lack of trans stories on stage results in a lack of training resources and professional opportunities for trans artists, many of whom do not even have a professional audition tape to send to casting agents, a vital asset for performers.
We will be using our upcoming production of MISS STEP as the basis for the pilot program.
MISS STEP is our new musical featuring an all-trans cast.

In our past workshops, we struggled to find actors who not only had formal training but were also confident in their bodies. While working closely with our lead actor in a February 2023 workshop, we saw how she struggled with keeping up with the rest of the cast, especially with singing and dancing, which sparked the idea for a “boot camp”-style training intensive. We hope that our program boosts the skills and confidence for trans/nonbinary talent while helping them gain valuable hands-on guidance from industry professionals.

If successful, we hope to have the tools to recreate this program for other shows that prominently feature trans/non-binary actors.” - Melissa Li and Kit Yan taken in Dramatists Guild Foundation by @middleagedtransguy

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