David Henry Hwang Writers' Institute
In 1991, playwright David Henry Hwang (F.O.B., THE DANCE AND THE RAIL ROAD, M. BUTTERFLY) and East West Players joined together to create the David Henry Hwang Writers Institute. The Institute provides a series of writing classes designed to foster new writing for the stage. It is a nationally recognized force in the creation of plays that embrace the voice of a multi-ethnic America. We as a multicultural community need to speak out , tell the world who we are, where we came from, and most importantly where we are going. In doing this, we affirm the legacy of our individual and shared histories in America. The Institute is administered by East West Players' Literary Manager, Jeff Liu. Instructors have included Paula Cizmar, Alice Tuan, Kelly Stuart, Amy Hill, Elizabeth Wong, Silas Jones, Rick Shiomi, Peter Sagal, Chay Yew and Brian Nelson, a founder of the Institute. Guest lecturers include writers such as Philip Gotanda, Wakako Yamauchi, Chay Yew, Amy Hill, Desmond Nakano, and David Henry Hwang himself. One-act and full-length plays of all genres are produced by writers in the Institute, and each session of classes culminates in public readings of these works by EWP actors. Countless works by writers of the Institute have been read and produced by theatres around the country; Institute writers have won awards and fellowships. Among them:
Paul Kikuchi's IXNAY will world premiere at East West Players in February 2009. Aurelio Locsin's CONSENT will world premiere as HELLTOWN BUFFET at Rude Guerilla Theater in September 2008. Mark Jue's CHINATOWN CORRESPONDENT was a winner in the C.Y. Lee Playwriting Contest and was produced by Chinatown 90210 in 2007. Tim Toyama's VISAS AND VIRTUES was adapted into an Academy Award®-winning short film, directed by Chris Tashima. Euijoon Kim's MY TIRED BROKE ASS PONTIFICATING SLAPSTICK FUNK world-premiered on East West Player's David Henry Hwang mainstage as part of its 1999-2000 Season. His KARAOKE STORIES was one of the winners of EWP's New Voices Playwriting Competition. Contact: euijoon_kim@newline.com Judy Soo Hoo's TEXAS world-premiered at Lodestone SHP in 1999; her REFRIGERATORS was one of the winners of EWP's New Voices Playwriting Competition and was produced at Lodestone SHP in the Spring of 2002. Her TWICE TOLD CHRISTMAS TALES was produced at East West Players in the 1994-95 season, and she was a contributor to 29 1/2 DREAMS, produced in 1993-94. She was also a winner in the 1999 Yukon New Plays Contest, and was a 1999 PEN West Fellow. Contact: judeskye@yahoo.com. Sujata Bhatt's QUEEN OF THE REMOTE CONTROL was read at the Lark Theatre in New York, at AATC in San Francisco, and produced at East West Players in 2002-03. Contact: ebik@attbi.com Jason Fong's FENTOR and A NICKEL'S WORTH played in repertory in hereandnow's swan song at ELAC during the summer of 2001. Dennis Escobedo's POET OF COLUMBUS AVENUE world-premiered at Pan Asian Rep in New York. Contact: dennisescobedo@hotmail.com Lucy Kim's LEON AND CLARK world-premiered at Playwright's Arena. Contact: pigggylu@aol.com Daniel Cariaga's SLEEPWALK was workshopped at ASK's 1999 Fall Festival and world-premiered at Playwright's Arena. Contact: danielcariaga@earthlink.net Annette Lee's ...THIS CUL DE SAC was produced as A DIRTY SECRET BETWEEN THE TOES by Lodestone in Spring 2001. John Song's DREAMS OF MY FATHER'S MUSIC was a New Voices Playwriting Competition winner, as well as a winner in the C.Y. Lee Playwriting Contest. He was a 1997 PEN West Fellow. Contact: jsong@kingseal.com Noel Alumit's THE RICE ROOM has played at venues all over California and other parts of the U.S. He was a 1998 PEN West Fellow. Garrett H. Omata's S.A.M. I AM world-premiered at East West Players in 1994-95 before going on to productions in Seattle, San Francisco, Minneapolis, San Diego, Sacramento and beyond. His MYSTERY PLAY was produced in Long Beach. Denise Uyehara's HIRO was presented at East West Players as part of AT&T's OnStage program. Soji Kashiwagi's THE GRAPEVINE was produced at the Los Angeles Theatre Center. Ken Narasaki's GHOSTS AND BAGGAGE was produced at the Los Angeles Theatre Center.
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