East West Players and Japanese American National Museum Writers' Gallery

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Meera Simhan and Poorna Jagannathan in East West Players 2002 production of
QUEEN OF THE REMOTE CONTROL
by Sujata G. Bhatt.
Photo by Michael Lamont.

Writers Gallery

Produced by East West Players and
The Japanese American National Museum

Developing new works and introducing new talent is vital to the creative process at EWP. Promising new scripts submitted to EWP are presented to the public as staged readings that offer a tantalizing glimpse of works that may be developed for our mainstage. These works need the reaction of an audience to grow, and readings introduce the developmental process to writers who have the gift to become major new talents. These presentations allow audiences to participate in the shaping of a new voice for the theatre.

Some of the Writers Gallery plays of recent note:

THERE OR HERE by Jennifer Maisel (Winter 2010)

KRUNK-FU BATTLE BATTLE (Fall 2009)
Book by Qui Nguyen
Lyrics by Beau Sia
Music by Marc Macalintal

IXNAY by Paul Kikuchi (Winter 2008)
(Produced by East West Players in Winter 2009)

RUBY TRAGICALLY ROTUND by Boni B. Alvarez (Spring 2008)
(Produced by Playwright's Arena Fall 2009)

VOICES FROM OKINAWA by Jon Shirota (Spring 2007)
(Produced by East West Players in Spring 2008)

DRIVING IN LA by Henrietta Chico Nofre (Spring 2006)

HAPPY MOON DAY, HOLLY WOO by Jiehae Park (Fall 2005)

CELESTIAL MOTIONS by Mrinalini Kamath (Summer 2005)

QUEEN OF THE REMOTE CONTROL by Sujata Bhatt
(Produced by East West Players in Fall 2002)

MONSTER by Derek Nguyen
(Produced by East West Players in Spring 2002)

HIT by Alice Tuan

THE CLOUDS, THE OCEAN, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN by Michael Premsrirat

MY TIRED, BROKEASS PONTIFICATING SLAPSTICK FUNK by Euijoon Kim
(Produced by East West Players in Spring 2000)