Elizabeth Wong (playwright) explained

Elizabeth Wong
Occupation:	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.

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)
• 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]

External links

• Official Website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kennedy Center: ACTF - the David Mark Cohen National Playwriting Award . 2008-05-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080512034812/http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/actf/actfcohen.html . 2008-05-12 .
2. Web site: Celebrity News, Blogs and Photos | accessAtlanta . 2010-03-04 . https://archive.today/20120721182133/http://www.accessatlanta.com/news/content/arts/1203/bestof03threater.html . 2012-07-21 . dead .
3. Web site: Archived copy . 2010-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080708204303/http://www.albany.edu/pac/07-08%20releases/letters%20to%20a%20student%20revolutionary.htm . 2008-07-08 . dead .
4. Web site: Los Angeles Times: Archives. https://web.archive.org/web/20110604153225/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/latimes/results.html?st=advanced&QryTxt=elizabeth+wong&type=current&sortby=RELEVANCE&datetype=0&frommonth=01&fromday=01&fromyear=1985&tomonth=03&today=04&toyear=2010&By=&Title=&at=ALL&Sect=ALL. dead. June 4, 2011. pqasb.pqarchiver.com.
5. Web site: Guide to the Elizabeth Wong Papers CEMA 16. www.oac.cdlib.org.
6. Web site: USC School of Theatre . 2010-02-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081129063404/http://www.usc.edu/dept/publications/cat99/theatre/index.html . 2008-11-29 . dead .
7. Web site: Letters to a Student Revolutionary . 2010-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717071400/http://www.dramaticpublishing.com/p825/Letters-to-a-Student-Revolutionary/product_info.html . 2011-07-17 . dead .
8. News: Theater Reviews. The New York Times. 18 August 2017.
9. Web site: Kimchee and Chitlins: A Serious Comedy About Getting Along . 2010-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717071415/http://www.dramaticpublishing.com/p777/Kimchee-and-Chitlins/product_info.html . 2011-07-17 . dead .
10. Web site: 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.. VICKI. TORRES. 26 May 1992. LA Times.
11. Web site: China Doll (The Imagined Life of an American Actress) . 2010-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717071442/http://www.dramaticpublishing.com/p255/China-Doll-(The-Imagined-Life-of-an-American-Actress)/product_info.html . 2011-07-17 . dead .
12. Web site: Actors Theatre . 2010-03-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100917080639/http://actorstheatre.org/HUMANA%20FESTIVAL%20CDROM/bigdog.htm . 2010-09-17 . dead .
13. Web site: Amazing Adventures of the Marvelous Monkey King by Elizabeth Wong - Playscripts Inc.. www.playscripts.com.
14. Web site: Prometheus by Elizabeth Wong - Playscripts Inc.. www.playscripts.com.
15. Web site: The Happy Prince . 2010-02-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110717071520/http://www.dramaticpublishing.com/p610/The-Happy-Prince/product_info.html . 2011-07-17 . dead .
16. Web site: Boid & Oskar . 2019-12-07 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160303173503/http://www.dramaticpublishing.com/p167/Boid-%26-Oskar/product_info.html . 2016-03-03 . dead .
17. Web site: Bill of (W)Rights by Janet Allard - Playscripts Inc.. www.playscripts.com.
18. Web site: Emory University News Release - theater. www.emory.edu.
19. http://www.actorstheatre.org/HUMANA%20FESTIVAL%20CDROM/heaven.html{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
20. http://www.dramaticpublishing.com/p1229/%22Quick-Draw-Grandma%22/product_info.html (short play)
21. Web site: Ten Commandments Translation and '10 X 10' plays. LJWorld.com.
22. Web site: Home - Silk Road Rising. www.srtp.org.
23. Web site: Khoury - March 2010 . 2010-03-04 . 2010-02-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100224012810/http://www.ou.edu/worldlit/onlinemagazine/2010march/khoury.html . dead .
24. http://www.htyweb.org/playhistory.html{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
25. Web site: Filipino folk tale flies high. Jovy. Zimmerman. April 27, 2007. archives.starbulletin.com.
26. Web site: The Tanne Foundation: OPEN MIND//OPEN HEART/PASSION///CREATIVITY/FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION///SPIRIT. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110720193127/http://www.tannefoundation.org/award_elizabeth_wong.html. 2011-07-20. 2010-03-04.
27. Web site: Kennedy Center: ACTF - the David Mark Cohen National Playwriting Award. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080512034812/http://www.kennedy-center.org/education/actf/actfcohen.html. 2008-05-12. 2008-05-06.
28. http://www.athe.org/files/pdf/08ConfAwards.pdf{{Dead link|date=August 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}