Victoria Linchong (Chinese: 林鍾維香) is an American screenwriter, producer, actress and director working in both theater and film.
Rebelling against her traditional Taiwanese family, she left home at the age of sixteen and lived in the basement of the theater, where she became acquainted with many pioneers of Off-Off Broadway, including several writers who were part of the Caffe Cino.
[1] Linchong is primarily known for her work with the writer James Purdy, which began at the age of seventeen when she met actor/director John Uecker.
Although she had some success as a teenage actress, most notably appearing in the Obie Award-winning play Hot Keys by Jeff Weiss, she was frustrated with the roles then available to Asian-American actresses and teamed up with Uecker to produce Purdy's Sun of the Sleepless, which featured Laurence Fishburne.
[2] Linchong and Uecker went on to produce two other James Purdy productions at Theater for the New City, Til the Eagle Hollers with Jane Smith and The Rivalry of Dolls, before forming Running Sun Theater Company, dedicated to producing Purdy's work.