June 2025. Joyce is closing out 8 months in the inaugural cohort of the Actor's Center Mentorship Program for Early Career Artists. In which she received world class programming and mentorship from practitioners including Alison Cimmet, Kate Abbruzzese, Ron Van Lieu, and Peter Jay Fernandez, among many others. And grew in beautiful collaboration and community.

May 14 - June 1 2025. Joyce was Cecily Cardew in The Importance of Being Earnest at the Shakespeare Theatre of NJ. Directed by Brian B. Crowe.

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"The introduction of Cecily in the second half is when the laughs really take place. Zheng, making her STNJ debut, plays Cecily so innocently and yet so maturely, capturing the youth and naivety yet clever wit of the character." My Paper Online.

"A Marvelously Entertaining show at STNJ." BroadwayWorld.

April 9-23, 2025. DOOMERS by Matthew Gasda has been extended at the Brooklyn Center for Theatre Research. Catch Joyce playing Mei in this Silicon Valley living room drama featured in The Guardian, The New York Times, and more.

March 2025. Joyce was Feste in Shakespeare's Twelfth Night at Theatre Squared in Fayetteville, AR. This Modern Verse translation of Twelfth Night was penned by Alison Carey and directed by Aneesha Kudtarkar. A coproduction with NAATCO and PlayOn Shakespeare. Featuring original songs, compositions, and accompaniments by Joyce herself.

"The immensely talented Joyce Meimei Zheng, who plays Feste, sets the tone beautifully by opening the show with live music—singing and strumming the guitar with ease. Her comedic timing was impeccable, and her radiant smile lit up the theatre every time she stepped on stage." BroadwayWorld.

April - May 2024. Joyce played Yuen/Four in The Far Country at Yale Repertory Theatre. Directed by Ralph B. Peña, penned by Lloyd Suh.

"the appearance of Joyce Meimei Zheng as that young wife, Yuen, breathes freshness and vitality into the third act of The Far Country. Yuen is the one who, in various ways, will lead this story into the future... Zheng’s comic timing and affectionate grasp of her character coaxed peals of laughter from a previously subdued audience." Read the rest of this review.

Nov - Dec 2023. Joyce made her regional theatre debut in the company of A Christmas Carol at Alabama Shakespeare Festival, directed by then Artistic Director Rick Dildine. She took on the role of Patience and accompanied the show with guitar and ukulele in an ensemble of actor-musicians, bringing Christmas cheer to the city of Montgomery and it's surrounding areas.

October 2023. Bounty in Chinatown had its film festival debut at ReadingFilmFEST. By LF8 Studios, starring Simon Shih, Spike Zhao, and Joyce Meimei Zheng.

Watch the Sci-Fi/Action short here.

August 2023. In "the dank unfinished basement of [a Brooklyn] Brownstone" overlooking Prospect Park, you could find 6 actors, and the story of Macbeth. Joyce had the privilege of being a player, and a witch, in this story.

Directed by Mikhaela Mahony, in conjunction with Katherine Wilkinson's Midsummer, the two plays formed the inaugural double feature of Double Feature Plays. Read a review.