Max Van
he/him/his
In the pursuit of being a jack-of-all-trades, Master of SIDE QUESTS
Growing up in Việt Nam, Max created his own alternate identity – a white American businessman by day and a secret spy by night, similar to Bruce Wayne. It goes to show how influenced he was by the American mainstream culture, from the other end of the world. His whimsy intrigue for storytelling and playing lead him to theater.
He continues to develop and refine his process/aesthetic, he is committed to being a student of the world around him, a collaborator to all, and an artist with stories to tell. Max is interested in experimenting with new works. He seeks long-term collaborators who can ferment ideas with him.
Max prides himself on being a jack-of-all-trades. Learning different trades and skills has taught him how to think beyond one medium and craft beyond one rhythm. As of recent, Max has joined the Good Apples Collective as an Apple Corp Member.
Upcoming Works include
benevolent (Good Apples Collective, Sound Design), Dirty Bird (Twenty Somethings, Production Management), LBJ: The Play (Paradise Factory, Sound Design)
Recent Projects include
INTRÍNGULIS (Theater Row, Projection Design), Human (MassMoca/The Shed Open Call, Associate Projection Design), Bone Wars (Players Theater, Sound Design), Jesa (Public Theater, Assistant Sound Design), The Comeuppance (Headwall Theatre Company, Sound Design), Mano a Mano (La Mama, Associate Projection Design), Love Force (Under The Radar, Associate Video Programmer), Amahl and the Night Vistors (Lincoln Center, Associate Video Design), Grand Jamboree 2025 (iGem Foundation, Associate Production Coordinator), Road Kills (Good Apples Collective, Sound Design), i know why iris chang died (Moxie Arts Incubator, Projection and Sound Design), The Word of the Day (Classic Stage Company, Sound Design), Zoetrope (Caborca, Assistant Projection Design), Above Ground (City Gate Productions, Projection Design), cankersore paradise (Lenfest Center for the Arts, Sound Design), Left On Tenth (Broadway, Content Creation, and Projection Design Assistant), Feral Femmes (Twenty Somethings Production LLC, Scenic Design), The Outlaw|DC Red Hood Film (Stranded Spaceman Productions, Art Director), cunnicularii (Good Apples Collective, Sound Design), Rent (NYU Tisch, Sound Design), True West (People's Light, Assistant Projection Design), A Midsummer Night's Dream (NYU Tisch, Scenic and Projection Design), Ai (Production Design), Spaceman (Production Design), Shockwave Delay (Yoshiko and the School of Hard Knocks, A1), Flops and Fiascoes (The Civilians, Assoc. Video/Projection Design), Bonefruit (Soho Playhouse/Playwrights Horizon Theater School, Sound Design), Poverty Archive: Box 1 (NYU Tisch, Sound Design), Metamorphoses (Calhoun School, Sound Design),
and various other side quests! //sometimes too many to keep track of//