Elizabeth Wong (playwright)

Elizabeth Wong[1] is a contemporary American playwright, television writer, librettist, theatrical director,[2][3] college professor, social essayist,[4] and a writer of plays for young audiences. Her critically acclaimed plays include China Doll (An Imagined Life of an American Actress) is a fictional tale of the actress, Anna May Wong; and Letters to A Student Revolutionary, a story of two friends during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Wong has written for television on All American Girl, starring Margaret Cho. She is a visiting lecturer at the College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, where her papers are archived,[5] an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California, USC School of Theater,[6] and an associate professor at Boston Conservatory at Berklee. She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from New York University Tisch School of the Arts, Dramatic Writing Program (1991) and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Broadcast Journalism from the University of Southern California (1980). She studied playwriting with Tina Howe, Maria Irene Fornes and Mac Wellman.

Elizabeth Wong
OccupationPlaywright
Website
elizabethwong.net

Selected plays

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  • Letters to a Student Revolutionary[7] (Pan Asian Repertory Theatre, 1991), (New York Times Review 5/16/1991)[8]
  • Kimchee & Chitlins[9] (West Coast Ensemble, 1994), (Los Angeles Times feature article 5/26/1992 [10]
  • China Doll[11] (Northwest Asian American Theatre, 1996)
  • Let the Big Dog Eat (short play) (Humana Festival, Actors Theater of Louisville, 1998)[12]
  • Amazing Adventures of the Marvelous Monkey King[13] (children's play) (Denver Center for the Performing Arts, 1991[citation needed])
  • Prometheus[14] (children's play) (Denver Center Theater for the Performing Arts, 1999)
  • The Happy Prince[15] (children's play)
  • Boid & Oskar[16] (children's play) (Cincinnati Playhouse in the Park)
  • Aftermath of a Chinese Banquet
  • Bill of (W)Rights[17] (Minneapolis' Mixed Blood Theater, 2004)
  • Alice Downsized
  • Dating & Mating in Modern Times (Theatre Emory, 2003)[18]
  • The Concubine Spy
  • Badass of the RIP Eternal (short play) (Actors Theatre of Louisville, Humana Festival, part of "Heaven and Hell on Earth: A Divine Comedy," 2002)[19]
  • Bu and Bun
  • Inside the Red Envelope
  • Quickdraw Grandma (2004)[20][21]
  • Punk Girls
  • Reveries of an Amorous Woman
  • Love Life of a Chinese Eunuch (2004)
  • Ibong Adarna: Fabulous Filipino Folktale (children's play) (Mu Performing Arts, 2006)
  • Finding Your Inner Zulu (short play) (Silk Road Theatre Project, part of "The DNA Trail," 2010),[22][23]
  • The Magical Bird: A Fabulous Filipino Folktail (musical), (Honolulu Theatre for Youth, 2007);[24] Honolulu Star-News Bulletin review 4/27/07 [25]
  • The Happy Prince (musical/opera), based on her adaptation (children's play) (From Page-to-Stage/Prelude New Play Festival, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, 2003)

Selected awards

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  • Tanne Foundation Award (2007) for artistic achievement[26]
  • Board of Supervisors, County of Los Angeles, Letter of Commendation (2009) for human rights advocacy
  • Outstanding Playwright Award (2009), Asian Pacific American Friends of Theatre
  • The Mark David Cohen National Playwriting Award (2001), Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts[27]
  • Lazarus New Play Prize for Young Audiences (1999)
  • Jane Chambers Playwriting Award (1998), Kennedy Center's American College Theatre Festival and Association for Theatre in Higher Education[28]

References

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  1. ^ "Kennedy Center: ACTF - the David Mark Cohen National Playwriting Award". Archived from the original on 2008-05-12. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
  2. ^ "Celebrity News, Blogs and Photos | accessAtlanta". Archived from the original on 2012-07-21. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-07-08. Retrieved 2010-03-04.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Los Angeles Times: Archives". pqasb.pqarchiver.com. Archived from the original on June 4, 2011.
  5. ^ "Guide to the Elizabeth Wong Papers CEMA 16". www.oac.cdlib.org.
  6. ^ "USC School of Theatre". Archived from the original on 2008-11-29. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
  7. ^ "Letters to a Student Revolutionary". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  8. ^ "Theater Reviews". The New York Times. 18 August 2017.
  9. ^ "Kimchee and Chitlins: A Serious Comedy About Getting Along". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  10. ^ TORRES, VICKI (26 May 1992). "Prophetic Drama Evokes Some Jitters : Race relations: The play focuses on African-Americans and Korean-Americans, depicting boycotts, name-calling and beatings. It was written by a Monterey Park native before the recent unrest here" – via LA Times.
  11. ^ "China Doll (The Imagined Life of an American Actress)". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  12. ^ "Actors Theatre". Archived from the original on 2010-09-17. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
  13. ^ "Amazing Adventures of the Marvelous Monkey King by Elizabeth Wong - Playscripts Inc". www.playscripts.com.
  14. ^ "Prometheus by Elizabeth Wong - Playscripts Inc". www.playscripts.com.
  15. ^ "The Happy Prince". Archived from the original on 2011-07-17. Retrieved 2010-02-28.
  16. ^ "Boid & Oskar". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2019-12-07.
  17. ^ "Bill of (W)Rights by Janet Allard - Playscripts Inc". www.playscripts.com.
  18. ^ "Emory University News Release - theater". www.emory.edu.
  19. ^ http://www.actorstheatre.org/HUMANA%20FESTIVAL%20CDROM/heaven.html[permanent dead link]
  20. ^ http://www.dramaticpublishing.com/p1229/%22Quick-Draw-Grandma%22/product_info.html Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine (short play)
  21. ^ "Ten Commandments Translation and '10 X 10' plays". LJWorld.com.
  22. ^ "Home - Silk Road Rising". www.srtp.org.
  23. ^ "Khoury - March 2010". Archived from the original on 2010-02-24. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
  24. ^ http://www.htyweb.org/playhistory.html[permanent dead link]
  25. ^ Zimmerman, Jovy (April 27, 2007). "Filipino folk tale flies high". archives.starbulletin.com.
  26. ^ "The Tanne Foundation: OPEN MIND//OPEN HEART/PASSION///CREATIVITY/FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION///SPIRIT". Archived from the original on 2011-07-20. Retrieved 2010-03-04.
  27. ^ "Kennedy Center: ACTF - the David Mark Cohen National Playwriting Award". Archived from the original on 2008-05-12. Retrieved 2008-05-06.
  28. ^ http://www.athe.org/files/pdf/08ConfAwards.pdf[permanent dead link]
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