“Reform” at the Shanghai Jingju Company and Its Impact on Creative Authority and Repertory

She was the first non Chinese to perform jingju in the People's Republic of China and has written and published on the performance structure and aesthetics of Chinese theatre. She has translated and directed one modern and three classical jingju plays at the University of Hawai'i; upon Chinese invitation, two classical productions toured mainland China. Dr. Wichmann-Walczak is the first honorary (and first non-Chinese) member of the Chinese Theatre Artists Association, and of the National Xiqu Institute, as well as a recipient of the National Xiqu Music Association's 1992 Kong Sanchuan Award for excellence in research, creation, and performance, and of the Second National Festival of Jingju's 1999 Golden Chrysanthemum Award for outstanding achievement in promoting and developing jingju.