As an actor, musician, singer, songwriter, brain massage DJ, and creator of performance, installation, music, concert, documentary film multimedia wizard phoenix unboxable hybrid art, gatherings, ritual, party, and new mediums, Oh also identifies as a Clairvoyant (a title passed onto them by their political revolutionist and persecuted South Korean father). Passionate about healing and queering processes, Oh’s work defies easy categorization.
The New York Times calls their work “messy-beautiful,” and “[a] blend of compassion, defiance and practicality...with the joyous freedom to be yourself, whatever pronouns you use.” Oh’s {my lingerie play} (10 underground performance installations in my lingerie, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, TOW Fellow, Venturous Capital Fellow, NY Times Critics Pick), Infinite Love Party (An Intentional Barefoot Potluck, Dance Party, and Sleepover for QTBiPOC & Their Allies, Bushwick Starr, NY Times Critics Pick), CLAIRVOYANCE (A Concert, Installation & Tree Planting Series celebrating Queer Magic, American Repertory Theatre, Oberon), OH FAMILY CONCERT (A Documentary available on All Arts TV & PBS), The Gift Project (A Film & Concert celebrating Elders of Marginalized Experience, Symphony Space, All-For-One), My H8 Letter to the Gr8 American Theatre (The Public Theatre EWG), music, and other work have been featured on PBS, NPR, Mic, SXSW, Sundance, The Huffington Post, People, Vulture, The National, MTV, Korean Broadcast Radio, Ma-Yi Theater Company, All For One, The Bushwick Starr, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, Public Theatre, American Repertory Theatre, the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, and at The White House.
Depression Box (A Sonic Ritual specifically created to be performed with Artists who are diagnosed with Depression), The Dope North Star Workshop (A 3 Hour Workshop to Name and Claim Your Dope North Star), Art Chxrch (an underground binaural beat brain massage & somatic dance party for creatives and introverts thrown out of Oh's Warehouse) last thrown for 150+ people at Judson Memorial for Ping Chong and Company's Spring Event are some of Oh's Favorite Underground Creations. Oh is a Two-Time Venturous Capital Grant recipient, Sundance Institute Fellow, Tow Playwright in Residence (Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre), Van Lier Fellow in Acting (Asian American Arts Alliance), Williamstown Theatre Festival Artist in Residence, Helen Merrill Playwright Award recipient, Steinberg Playwright Award recipient, an Art Equity Persephone Award recipient, a United States Artists Fellow in Theatre and Performance, and a Refinery29 Top LGBTQ+ Influencer.
The New York Times calls their work “messy-beautiful,” and “[a] blend of compassion, defiance and practicality...with the joyous freedom to be yourself, whatever pronouns you use.” Oh’s {my lingerie play} (10 underground performance installations in my lingerie, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, TOW Fellow, Venturous Capital Fellow, NY Times Critics Pick), Infinite Love Party (An Intentional Barefoot Potluck, Dance Party, and Sleepover for QTBiPOC & Their Allies, Bushwick Starr, NY Times Critics Pick), CLAIRVOYANCE (A Concert, Installation & Tree Planting Series celebrating Queer Magic, American Repertory Theatre, Oberon), OH FAMILY CONCERT (A Documentary available on All Arts TV & PBS), The Gift Project (A Film & Concert celebrating Elders of Marginalized Experience, Symphony Space, All-For-One), My H8 Letter to the Gr8 American Theatre (The Public Theatre EWG), music, and other work have been featured on PBS, NPR, Mic, SXSW, Sundance, The Huffington Post, People, Vulture, The National, MTV, Korean Broadcast Radio, Ma-Yi Theater Company, All For One, The Bushwick Starr, Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre, Public Theatre, American Repertory Theatre, the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University, and at The White House.
Depression Box (A Sonic Ritual specifically created to be performed with Artists who are diagnosed with Depression), The Dope North Star Workshop (A 3 Hour Workshop to Name and Claim Your Dope North Star), Art Chxrch (an underground binaural beat brain massage & somatic dance party for creatives and introverts thrown out of Oh's Warehouse) last thrown for 150+ people at Judson Memorial for Ping Chong and Company's Spring Event are some of Oh's Favorite Underground Creations. Oh is a Two-Time Venturous Capital Grant recipient, Sundance Institute Fellow, Tow Playwright in Residence (Rattlestick Playwrights Theatre), Van Lier Fellow in Acting (Asian American Arts Alliance), Williamstown Theatre Festival Artist in Residence, Helen Merrill Playwright Award recipient, Steinberg Playwright Award recipient, an Art Equity Persephone Award recipient, a United States Artists Fellow in Theatre and Performance, and a Refinery29 Top LGBTQ+ Influencer.
When the United States of America asked me what I wanted to spend my Business Coaching money on, I told them to please spend it on Ketamine. It worked out really well!!!
Diana Oh dj's The Bushwick Starr Gala, after closing out the Ensemble Studio Theatre Gala with The U.S. Open, (the band Oh is in with Jeff Biehl, Steve Boyer, William Jackson Harper, Bobby Moreno, and Shawn Randall) and after closing out The Ping Chong and Company Spring Benefit with Oh's ART CHXRCH: an underground binaural beat dance party for introverts and creatives and closing out The Developing Artists Gala by singing them "Happy Birthday." Happy 2024, HOES!
Zaza Diana Oh’s play A Rare Bird is a recipient of a Venturous Capital Grant from the Venturous Theatre Fund. Oh's {my lingerie play} was a previous Venturous Capital Grant recepient. Produced by Ping Chong and Company. Production: 2025 and a part of Breaking the Binary Theatre Festival at Playwrights Horizons.
THE New York TIMES for Infinite Love Party:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/theater/infinite-love-party-bushwick-starr.html
THE New York TIMES for {my lingerie play}:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/09/theater/in-my-lingerie-play-diana-oh-review.html
PEOPLE for {my lingerie play}: https://people.com/celebrity/performance-artist-wears-lingerie-around-new-york-city-to-protest-slut-shaming/
Into More for The Gift Project:
https://www.intomore.com/entertainment/art/diana-oh-art-music-theatre-queer/
LISTEN TO ZAZA DIANA OH'S MUSIC ON ALL PLATFORMS HERE.
13 SONG ALBUM ENTITLED 'SONIC RITUALISM I' COMING SOON.
Zaza Diana Oh for United States Artists Fellow in Theatre and Performance: https://www.unitedstatesartists.org/artists/diana-oh-zaza-d
Healing Spells: Ciara Leina`ala Lacy and Diana Oh “Zaza D” in Conversation for UNITED STATES ARTISTS: https://www.unitedstatesartists.org/perspectives/healing-spells-ciara-leina-ala-lacy-and-diana-oh-zaza-d-in-conversation
VULTURE for {my lingerie play}:
https://www.vulture.com/2017/10/diana-oh-is-a-fierce-feminist-who-rocks-out-in-her-underwear.html
REFINERY 29 for Top 14 LGBTQ Influencer:
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/diana-oh-love-letter-younger-self
CULTURE BOT for Infinite Love Party:
https://www.culturebot.org/2019/01/29256/the-magic-of-diana-ohs-the-infinite-love-party/
HUFFINGTON POST for {my lingerie play}:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/diana-oh-my-lingerie-play_n_6178188
QWEAR for Diana Oh Creating The Image of Us:
https://www.qwearfashion.com/home/2017/3/1/diana-oh-creating-the-image-of-us
HOWLROUND for A Conversation with The Magical Diana Oh:
https://howlround.com/conversation-magical-diana-oh
UPWORTHY for {my lingerie play}:
https://www.upworthy.com/how-one-actor-turned-her-brush-with-street-harassment-into-a-raucous-emotional-concert
MIC for Asian People are Not Magicians:
https://mic.com/articles/151075/actress-diana-oh-reminds-us-that-asians-aren-t-magicians-in-a-spunky-psa
WBUR for Clairvoyance:
https://www.wbur.org/artery/2018/10/09/diana-oh-a-r-t-residency-queer-trans-people-of-color
The Crimson for Clairvoyance:
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/10/28/diana-oh-residency-interview/
The Brooklyn Rail:
https://brooklynrail.org/2017/10/theater/Nine-Questions-for-Diana-Oh
The Interval:
http://www.theintervalny.com/interviews/2017/10/diana-oh-on-my-lingerie-play/
Thinx:
https://www.shethinx.com/blogs/undie-the-surface/undie-the-surface-diana-oh
Playbill:
http://www.playbill.com/article/renee-elise-goldsberry-diana-oh-and-more-join-the-publics-we-rise-a-celebration-of-resistance
American Theatre:
https://www.americantheatre.org/2018/01/09/lgbtq-theatre-emphasis-on-the-q/
Stage and Candor:
https://stageandcandor.com/conversations/a-conversation-with-diana-oh/
Zaza Diana Oh’s play A Rare Bird is a recipient of a Venturous Capital Grant from the Venturous Theatre Fund. Oh's {my lingerie play} was a previous Venturous Capital Grant recepient. Produced by Ping Chong and Company. Production: 2025 and a part of Breaking the Binary Theatre Festival at Playwrights Horizons.
THE New York TIMES for Infinite Love Party:
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/10/theater/infinite-love-party-bushwick-starr.html
THE New York TIMES for {my lingerie play}:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/10/09/theater/in-my-lingerie-play-diana-oh-review.html
PEOPLE for {my lingerie play}: https://people.com/celebrity/performance-artist-wears-lingerie-around-new-york-city-to-protest-slut-shaming/
Into More for The Gift Project:
https://www.intomore.com/entertainment/art/diana-oh-art-music-theatre-queer/
LISTEN TO ZAZA DIANA OH'S MUSIC ON ALL PLATFORMS HERE.
13 SONG ALBUM ENTITLED 'SONIC RITUALISM I' COMING SOON.
Zaza Diana Oh for United States Artists Fellow in Theatre and Performance: https://www.unitedstatesartists.org/artists/diana-oh-zaza-d
Healing Spells: Ciara Leina`ala Lacy and Diana Oh “Zaza D” in Conversation for UNITED STATES ARTISTS: https://www.unitedstatesartists.org/perspectives/healing-spells-ciara-leina-ala-lacy-and-diana-oh-zaza-d-in-conversation
VULTURE for {my lingerie play}:
https://www.vulture.com/2017/10/diana-oh-is-a-fierce-feminist-who-rocks-out-in-her-underwear.html
REFINERY 29 for Top 14 LGBTQ Influencer:
https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/diana-oh-love-letter-younger-self
CULTURE BOT for Infinite Love Party:
https://www.culturebot.org/2019/01/29256/the-magic-of-diana-ohs-the-infinite-love-party/
HUFFINGTON POST for {my lingerie play}:
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/diana-oh-my-lingerie-play_n_6178188
QWEAR for Diana Oh Creating The Image of Us:
https://www.qwearfashion.com/home/2017/3/1/diana-oh-creating-the-image-of-us
HOWLROUND for A Conversation with The Magical Diana Oh:
https://howlround.com/conversation-magical-diana-oh
UPWORTHY for {my lingerie play}:
https://www.upworthy.com/how-one-actor-turned-her-brush-with-street-harassment-into-a-raucous-emotional-concert
MIC for Asian People are Not Magicians:
https://mic.com/articles/151075/actress-diana-oh-reminds-us-that-asians-aren-t-magicians-in-a-spunky-psa
WBUR for Clairvoyance:
https://www.wbur.org/artery/2018/10/09/diana-oh-a-r-t-residency-queer-trans-people-of-color
The Crimson for Clairvoyance:
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/10/28/diana-oh-residency-interview/
The Brooklyn Rail:
https://brooklynrail.org/2017/10/theater/Nine-Questions-for-Diana-Oh
The Interval:
http://www.theintervalny.com/interviews/2017/10/diana-oh-on-my-lingerie-play/
Thinx:
https://www.shethinx.com/blogs/undie-the-surface/undie-the-surface-diana-oh
Playbill:
http://www.playbill.com/article/renee-elise-goldsberry-diana-oh-and-more-join-the-publics-we-rise-a-celebration-of-resistance
American Theatre:
https://www.americantheatre.org/2018/01/09/lgbtq-theatre-emphasis-on-the-q/
Stage and Candor:
https://stageandcandor.com/conversations/a-conversation-with-diana-oh/
