Citizen Chen blends stand-up and true storytelling into a comedy of culture whiplash and daily low-key panic: language fails, border anxiety, small-town awkwardness, and rebuilding a life in Canada—one misunderstanding at a time. Fast, sharp, and weirdly tender, it’s big laughs with real moments underneath (no lectures, I promise). Come for the comedy, stay for the truth I didn’t mean to say out loud.
Scarlet Chen – creator/performer
PAST CRITICAL REVIEWS for Citizen Chen
Series Creator & Writer: Dream Raider (Original series produced by HBO Asia)
Winner: First Place, UCLAx Feature Screenplay Competition (Co-writer, Fortune Springs)
Core Artist & Filmmaker: Messages on Doors (The Fox Queen)
Co-Playwright & Performer: Percolate, a sold-out site-immersive production (Pacific Coast Stage Co. / Nanaimo Fringe Festival)
Successful Producer: Produced and hosted a series of consistently sold-out stand-up comedy showcases across Vancouver Island
Friday, May 29, 2026, 7:15 p.m. 8:15 p.m
Jim Green House Studio (Box Office at The Cultch)
1895 Venables Street, Vancouver, BC, V5L 2H6 (map)