SettingsAmerican dramatists and playwrights of Asian descent
A. K. Ramanujan
Attipate Krishnaswami Ramanujan also known as A. K. Ramanujan was a scholar of Indian literature who wrote in both English and Kannada.
Attipate Krishnaswami Ramanujan also known as A. K. Ramanujan was a scholar of Indian literature who wrote in both English and Kannada.
Akbar S. Ahmed
Akbar Salahuddin Ahmed, Sitara-i-Imtiaz, or Akbar Ahmed, is currently the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, American University in Washington, D.C., the First Distinguished Chair of Mi...
Akbar Salahuddin Ahmed, Sitara-i-Imtiaz, or Akbar Ahmed, is currently the Ibn Khaldun Chair of Islamic Studies, American University in Washington, D.C., the First Distinguished Chair of Mi...
Alice Tuan
Alice Tuan is a U.S. playwright, teacher and performer.
Alice Tuan is a U.S. playwright, teacher and performer.
Amy Hill
Amy Marie Hill is an American actress.
Amy Marie Hill is an American actress.
C. Y. Lee (author)
Chin Yang Lee (黎錦揚; born 1917) is a Chinese American author best known for his 1957 novel The Flower Drum Song, which inspired the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Flower Drum Song and wr...
Chin Yang Lee (黎錦揚; born 1917) is a Chinese American author best known for his 1957 novel The Flower Drum Song, which inspired the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical Flower Drum Song and wr...
Chay Yew
Chay Yew is a playwright and stage director who was born in Singapore.
Chay Yew is a playwright and stage director who was born in Singapore.
David Henry Hwang
David Henry Hwang is an American playwright who has risen to prominence as the preeminent Asian American dramatist in the U.S.
David Henry Hwang is an American playwright who has risen to prominence as the preeminent Asian American dramatist in the U.S.
Dennis Dun
Dennis Dun (born April 19, 1952) is a Chinese American actor from Stockton, California, currently residing in Los Angeles.
Dennis Dun (born April 19, 1952) is a Chinese American actor from Stockton, California, currently residing in Los Angeles.
Ed Bok Lee
Ed Bok Lee is an American writer.
Ed Bok Lee is an American writer.
Elizabeth Wong (playwright)
Elizabeth Wong is an award-winning contemporary American playwright, television writer, librettist, theatrical director, college professor, social essayist, and a writer of plays for young audiences.
Elizabeth Wong is an award-winning contemporary American playwright, television writer, librettist, theatrical director, college professor, social essayist, and a writer of plays for young audiences.
Frank Chin
Frank Chin (趙健秀; pinyin: Zhào Jiànxiù) (born February 25, 1940) is an American author and playwright.
Frank Chin (趙健秀; pinyin: Zhào Jiànxiù) (born February 25, 1940) is an American author and playwright.
Fred Ho
Fred Ho (Chinese name: 侯维翰; pinyin: Hóu Wéihàn; born Fred Wei-han Houn in Palo Alto, California, August 10, 1957) is an American jazz baritone saxophonist, composer, bandleader, playwright...
Fred Ho (Chinese name: 侯维翰; pinyin: Hóu Wéihàn; born Fred Wei-han Houn in Palo Alto, California, August 10, 1957) is an American jazz baritone saxophonist, composer, bandleader, playwright...
Han Ong
Playwright and novelist Han Ong (born 1968) is both a high-school dropout and one of the youngest recipients of a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant.
Playwright and novelist Han Ong (born 1968) is both a high-school dropout and one of the youngest recipients of a MacArthur Foundation "genius" grant.
Hiroshi Kashiwagi
Hiroshi Kashiwagi is a Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) poet, playwright and actor.
Hiroshi Kashiwagi is a Nisei (second-generation Japanese American) poet, playwright and actor.
James Yoshimura
James Yoshimura is a Japanese American writer and producer, best known for his screenwriting work on the NBC series Homicide: Life on the Street and the short-lived Fox series The Jury, ...
James Yoshimura is a Japanese American writer and producer, best known for his screenwriting work on the NBC series Homicide: Life on the Street and the short-lived Fox series The Jury, ...
Jeanne Sakata
Jeanne Sakata is an American film, television and stage actress and playwright.
Jeanne Sakata is an American film, television and stage actress and playwright.
Jessica Hagedorn
Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn (born 1949) is a Filipino-American playwright, writer, poet, storyteller, musician, and multimedia performance artist.
Jessica Tarahata Hagedorn (born 1949) is a Filipino-American playwright, writer, poet, storyteller, musician, and multimedia performance artist.
Julia Cho
Julia Cho is an American playwright, actress and television writer who has won national awards for her work.
Julia Cho is an American playwright, actress and television writer who has won national awards for her work.
Ka Vang
Ka Vang (1975- ) is a Hmong writer in the United States.
Ka Vang (1975- ) is a Hmong writer in the United States.
Karen Tei Yamashita
Born January 8, 1951 in Oakland, California, Karen Tei Yamashita is a Japanese American writer and Associate Professor of Literature at University of California, Santa Cruz, where she teaches cr...
Born January 8, 1951 in Oakland, California, Karen Tei Yamashita is a Japanese American writer and Associate Professor of Literature at University of California, Santa Cruz, where she teaches cr...
Ken Narasaki
Ken Narasaki (born in 1958 in Seattle, Washington) is a Sansei (third-generation Japanese American) playwright and actor.
Ken Narasaki (born in 1958 in Seattle, Washington) is a Sansei (third-generation Japanese American) playwright and actor.
Lane Nishikawa
Lane Nishikawa is an American actor, filmmaker, playwright and performance artist.
Lane Nishikawa is an American actor, filmmaker, playwright and performance artist.
Laurence Yep
Laurence Michael Yep is a prolific, award-winning Chinese American modern author.
Laurence Michael Yep is a prolific, award-winning Chinese American modern author.
Le Thi Diem Thuy
Lê Thị Diễm Thúy is an award-winning poet, novelist, and performer.
Lê Thị Diễm Thúy is an award-winning poet, novelist, and performer.
lê thi diem thúy
Lê Thị Diễm Thúy is an award-winning poet, novelist, and performer.
Lê Thị Diễm Thúy is an award-winning poet, novelist, and performer.
Milton Murayama
Milton Murayama (born April 10, 1923, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii) is an American Nisei novelist and playwright.
Milton Murayama (born April 10, 1923, Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii) is an American Nisei novelist and playwright.
Naomi Iizuka
Naomi Iizuka is a playwright.
Naomi Iizuka is a playwright.
Nic Cha Kim
Nic Cha Kim is a Korean American playwright, art curator, and the Founder of Gallery Row in Downtown Los Angeles.
Nic Cha Kim is a Korean American playwright, art curator, and the Founder of Gallery Row in Downtown Los Angeles.
Philip Kan Gotanda
Philip Kan Gotanda (born December 17, 1951) is an American playwright and filmmaker.
Philip Kan Gotanda (born December 17, 1951) is an American playwright and filmmaker.
Philip W. Chung
Philip W. Chung is a Korean American playwright, co-founder of Los Angeles-based Lodestone Theatre Ensemble and its current co-artistic director.
Philip W. Chung is a Korean American playwright, co-founder of Los Angeles-based Lodestone Theatre Ensemble and its current co-artistic director.
Qui Nguyen
Qui Nguyen (born in El Dorado, AR) is a Vietnamese American playwright and fight director.
Qui Nguyen (born in El Dorado, AR) is a Vietnamese American playwright and fight director.
Rajiv Joseph
Rajiv Joseph is an American playwright and a 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist who occasionally has been confused with a substandard dentist of similar name.
Rajiv Joseph is an American playwright and a 2010 Pulitzer Prize finalist who occasionally has been confused with a substandard dentist of similar name.
Ralph Peña
Ralph Peña is a founding member and the current artistic director of Ma-Yi Theater Company, an Obie Award and Drama Desk winning Asian American theatre group based in New York City.
Ralph Peña is a founding member and the current artistic director of Ma-Yi Theater Company, an Obie Award and Drama Desk winning Asian American theatre group based in New York City.
Rohina Malik
Rohina Malik is an American of Pakistani descent.
Rohina Malik is an American of Pakistani descent.
Sadakichi Hartmann
Carl Sadakichi Hartmann (November 8, 1867 - November 22, 1944) was a critic and poet of German and Japanese descent.
Carl Sadakichi Hartmann (November 8, 1867 - November 22, 1944) was a critic and poet of German and Japanese descent.
Shishir Kurup
Shishir Ravindran Kurup (born November 2, 1961) is an Indian American actor, most notably seen on the television sci fi series Surface as Dr. Singh.
Shishir Ravindran Kurup (born November 2, 1961) is an Indian American actor, most notably seen on the television sci fi series Surface as Dr. Singh.
Soji Kashiwagi
Soji Kashiwagi (born in 1962 in Oakland, California) is a Sansei (third-generation Japanese American) journalist, playwright and producer.
Soji Kashiwagi (born in 1962 in Oakland, California) is a Sansei (third-generation Japanese American) journalist, playwright and producer.
Soon-Tek Oh
Soon-Tek Oh is a Korean-American actor best known for the voice of Fa Zhou in Disney's Mulan and the sequel Mulan II.
Soon-Tek Oh is a Korean-American actor best known for the voice of Fa Zhou in Disney's Mulan and the sequel Mulan II.
Tim Dang
Timothy "Teflon" Dang is an actor and gay theatre director originally from Hawaii.
Timothy "Teflon" Dang is an actor and gay theatre director originally from Hawaii.
Tim Toyama
Tim Toyama (born in 1952 in Chicago, IL) is a playwright and producer.
Tim Toyama (born in 1952 in Chicago, IL) is a playwright and producer.
Velina Hasu Houston
Velina Hasu Houston, born Velina Avisa Hasu Houston, (on May 5, 1957) is an award winning American playwright, essayist, poet, author, editor, and screenwriter.
Velina Hasu Houston, born Velina Avisa Hasu Houston, (on May 5, 1957) is an award winning American playwright, essayist, poet, author, editor, and screenwriter.
Wakako Yamauchi
Wakako Yamauchi (born 1924) is a Nisei Asian American female writer.
Wakako Yamauchi (born 1924) is a Nisei Asian American female writer.
Welly Yang
Wellington Yang (Traditional Chinese: 楊呈偉, Pinyin: Yáng Chéngwěi) is a Taiwanese American actor, playwright, and singer.
Wellington Yang (Traditional Chinese: 楊呈偉, Pinyin: Yáng Chéngwěi) is a Taiwanese American actor, playwright, and singer.
Young Jean Lee
Young Jean Lee is a Brooklyn-based playwright and director working in experimental theater.
Young Jean Lee is a Brooklyn-based playwright and director working in experimental theater.