 Although she had some success as a teenage actress, most notably appearing in the Obie Award-winning play "Hot Keys" by Jeff Weiss, she was frustrated with the roles then available to Asian-American actresses and teamed up with Uecker to produce Purdy's "Sun of the Sleepless", which featured Laurence Fishburne.Linchong and Uecker went on to produce two other James Purdy productions at Theater for the New City, "Til the Eagle Hollers" with Jane Smith and "The Rivalry of Dolls", before forming Running Sun Theater Company, dedicated to producing Purdy's work.The company's inaugural production was "Williams' Guignol", the world premiere of two short plays by Tennessee Williams - "Traveling Companion" and "Chalky White Substance" - which featured Bill Rice and Sam Trammell.