Susan Lieu takes helm as Theatre Off Jackson executive director

Susan Lieu has been named executive director of Theatre Off Jackson, a performance venue in Seattle’s Chinatown-International District (CID).

Lieu has been involved with the theater for years as an artist, co-producer, consultant, volunteer and board president. She most recently served as interim executive director, a role she assumed in June 2025 after the departure of Pamala Mijatov. 

Lieu is a Vietnamese American author, playwright and performer whose work includes the memoir The Manicurist’s Daughter and the solo performance 140 LBS: How Beauty Killed My Mother. 

In announcing her appointment, Lieu said she is looking to build on Theatre Off Jackson’s role as an arts and culture space for artists and the CID.