Elizabeth Wong (playwright)

Elizabeth Wong
OccupationPlaywright
Website
elizabethwong.net

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.

Selected plays

  • 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

  • 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

  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. {{cite web}}: External link in |title= (help)
  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]