David Yee Explained

David Yee is a Canadian actor and playwright. His play lady in the red dress was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English language drama at the 2010 Governor General's Awards. His play carried away on the crest of a wave won this award at the 2015 Governor General's Awards. In 2023, David was named as the Laureate of the Siminovitch Prize in Theatre, which recognizes artists whose groundbreaking work is advancing the art form. The Siminovitch jury praised David's unique and prolific voice as well as his advocacy in the Asian Canadian community. [1]

Early life

Yee was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[2] He is of Chinese and Scottish ancestry.[3] He graduated from the University of Toronto Mississauga theatre and drama studies program in 2000. Intending to pursue acting he focused instead on play writing.[4]

Career

His play lady in the red dress was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English language drama at the 2010 Governor General's Awards.[5]

In 2011, his play paper Series was shortlisted for the 2011 Carol Bolt Award. He won the 2013 Carol Bolt Award for Best Work Premiered by a Playwrights Guild of Canada member for his play carried away on the crest of a wave.[6] The play debuted in 2013 at the Tarragon Theatre; its American premiere was later that year in Fairfax, Virginia.[4]

In 2015, Yee received a nomination for the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Musical/Opera for Tapestry Briefs: Booster Shots (Tapestry Opera).[7] His play carried away on the crest of a wave won the Governor General's Award for English language drama at the 2015 Governor General's Awards.[8]

His play, acquiesce, about a man plagued by the success of his first book and being haunted by his past, was performed at the Factory Theatre in November 2016.[9]

Yee is a co-founder and current artistic director of fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company.[10] [2] He is playwright-in-residence at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto.[11]

His work has been published in the Asian-Canadian drama anthology Love & Relasianships (edited by Nina Lee Aquino) and the monologue book Refractions: Solo (edited by Yvette Nolan and Donna-Michelle St. Bernard).[12]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2023-12-04 . David Yee wins $75K Siminovitch Prize for uplifting Asian Canadian theatre community . 2024-02-15 . CP24 . en.
  2. Web site: David Yee . playwrightsguild.ca . Playwrights Guild of Canada . November 29, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161129220102/http://www.playwrightsguild.ca/playwright/david-yee. November 29, 2016.
  3. Web site: Asian Heritage in Canada: David Yee . library.ryerson.ca . Ryerson University . https://web.archive.org/web/20161129222542/https://library.ryerson.ca/asianheritage/authors/yee_david/ . November 29, 2016 . November 29, 2016.
  4. Web site: David Yee: Playwright and Actor . utm.utoronto.ca . University of Toronto Mississauga . https://web.archive.org/web/20161130152704/https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/alumni/connect/boundless-alumni/david-yee . November 30, 2016 . November 30, 2016.
  5. https://www.theglobeandmail.com/books/complete-list-the-2010-governor-generals-literary-awards/article1754925/ "Complete list: The 2010 Governor General's Literary Awards"
  6. Web site: PGC Announces Winners of 2013 Tom Hendry Awards . playwrightsguild.ca . Playwrights Guild of Canada . https://web.archive.org/web/20161129224312/https://www.playwrightsguild.ca/news/pgc-announces-winners-2013-tom-hendry-awards . November 29, 2016 . November 29, 2016.
  7. Web site: PGC Members Nominated for 2015 Dora Mavor Moore Awards, Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Awards, Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards . playwrightsguild.ca . Playwrights Guild of Canada . https://web.archive.org/web/20161129222126/https://www.playwrightsguild.ca/news/pgc-members-nominated-2015-dora-mavor-moore-awards-elizabeth-sterling-haynes-awards-jessie . November 29, 2016 . November 29, 2016.
  8. http://www.cbc.ca/books/2015/10/guy-vanderhaeghe-wins-the-2015-governor-generals-literary-award-for-fiction.html "Guy Vanderhaeghe wins the 2015 Governor General's Literary Award for fiction"
  9. Web site: acquiesce By David Yee . factorytheatre.ca . Factory Theatre . https://web.archive.org/web/20161130155244/https://www.factorytheatre.ca/201617-season/acquiesce/?spektrix_bounce=true . November 30, 2016 . November 30, 2016.
  10. Web site: Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia - fu-GEN Asian-Canadian Theatre Company. 2021-03-31. www.canadiantheatre.com.
  11. Web site: Taragon Theatre: David Yee . tarragontheatre.com . Tarragon Theatre . https://web.archive.org/web/20161129223151/http://www.tarragontheatre.com/contributor/david-yee/ . November 29, 2016 . November 29, 2016.
  12. Web site: The Chat, With GGs Drama Award Winner David Yee . Corkum . Trevor . 49thshelf.com . Association of Canadian Publishers/ Canadian Publishers’ Council . https://web.archive.org/web/20161130154247/http://49thshelf.com/Blog/2015/11/13/The-Chat-With-GGs-Drama-Award-Winner-David-Yee . November 30, 2016 . November 30, 2016.

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