Christopher Chen is an international award-winning playwright whose works have been produced across the United States and abroad. His play The Headlands received its world premiere at Lincoln Center Theater/LCT3 in winter 2020. His play Passage received its world premiere at the Wilma Theater in 2018, and its NY premiere at Soho Rep in spring 2019. His play Caught (NYT Critics' Pick) received its world premiere at the Interact Theater and NY premiere at The Play Company.
Chen received a 2017 OBIE Award for his work on Caught. Additional honors include: 2021 USA Fellow; 2020 Steinberg Award (co-winner); 2017 Lanford Wilson Award (co-winner); 2015-2016 Sundance Institute/Time Warner Foundation Fellowship for theater; Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, through which he was 2013-2014 playwright-in-residence at The Vineyard Theatre; Barrymore Award for “Outstanding New Play”; PHINDIE Critics Award; Glickman Award; Rella Lossy Playwriting Award; shortlist for the James Tait Black Award.
He is currently under commission at various regional and NY theatres, including the American Conservatory Theater, Audible, Cutting Ball Theater and Portland Center Stage. Chen also has an overall deal at Amazon TV.
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