Cheeyang Ng (they/them) is a Fred Ebb, Princess Grace, and Jonathan Larson Award-winning singer-songwriter born and raised in Singapore. As a queer Asian immigrant and the first in their family to pursue the arts or leave their home country, Cheeyang creates work that sits at the intersection of personal history and public reckoning—exploring how music can carry stories across borders, languages, and generations.

Their work blends Western musical theatre with Chinese folk traditions, Mandopop, and South and Southeast Asian musical influences, creating a sound that challenges what belongs on global stages. Cheeyang’s musical MĀYĀ, co-written with Eric Sorrels, asks urgent questions about civic responsibility and artistic survival: "Can one person change the world? Where does art meet activism when the world is falling apart?" These are questions central to their practice.

Whether reimagining what it means to be Asian in America in EASTBOUND (with Khiyon Hursey), tracing myth and grief in LEGENDARY, or exploring memory and monument in ECHOES IN THE GHOST FOREST, Cheeyang’s work centers voices that have long lived in the margins—queer, Asian, immigrant—and positions musical theatre as a vehicle for both justice and joy. Other works in development include: THE PHOENIX (with Desdemona Chiang and Eric Sorrels), QUEERING THE CANON (with Eric Sorrels).

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They have performed around the world, from Carnegie Hall with Jason Robert Brown to Lincoln Center with Carole King, and are the first Singaporean to headline concerts at both Joe’s Pub and the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage. Their songs have been performed across the U.S. and Asia. Cheeyang also created the podcast East Side Story and founded The Lunar Collective, uplifting Asian voices in musical theatre.​

 

As a screenwriter, pilots include AFTER LIFE (Coverfly Red List; Screencraft Sci-Fi Semifinalist), THE SONG OF THE YUAN WARRIOR, and THE O WORD.

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MFA: NYU Graduate Musical Theatre Writing

BMus: Berklee College of Music