Lauren Yee

More Info
Lauren Yee
Lauren Yee was the second most produced playwright in America for the 2019/20 theatrical season (as per American Theatre Magazine). Her plays include Cambodian Rock Band (South Coast Rep, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, City Theatre, Merrimack Rep) and The Great Leap (Denver Center, Seattle Repertory, Atlantic Theatre, Guthrie Theatre, American Conservatory Theatre, Arts Club, InterAct Theatre, Steppenwolf). Honors: Doris Duke Artists Award, Steinberg Playwright Award, Whiting Award, Steinberg/ATCA Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters literature award, Horton Foote Prize, Kesselring Prize, Primus Prize, Hodder Fellowship, #1 and #2 plays on 2017 Kilroys List. New Dramatists, Ma-Yi Writers’ Lab, Playwrights Realm alum. TV: Pachinko (Apple), Soundtrack (Netflix). BA: Yale. MFA: UCSD. www.laurenyee.comPerform Lauren Yee
View all-
Cambodian Rock Band
Lauren Yee
Full-Length Play, Dramatic ComedyCambodian Rock Band
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 1w, 3m, 2any gender (adult)
Both a thrilling historical mystery and a rousing rock concert, Cambodian Rock Band is filled with horror, humor, pathos… and songs by the best unknown rock band in Cambodia!
-
King of the Yees
Lauren Yee
Full-Length Play, Dramatic ComedyKing of the Yees
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 3m
For nearly twenty years, playwright Lauren Yee’s father, Larry, has been a driving force in the Yee Family Association, a seemingly obsolescent Chinese American men’s club formed a hundred fifty years ago in the wake of the Gold Rush and the building of the transcontinental railroad.
-
The Great Leap
Lauren Yee
Full-Length Play, Dramatic ComedyThe Great Leap
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 1w, 3m
When an American college basketball team travels to Beijing for a “friendship” game in the post-Cultural Revolution 1980s, both countries try to tease out the politics behind this newly popular sport.
-
Hookman
Lauren Yee
Full-Length Play, Dark ComedyHookman
Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy / 5w, 1m
In this existential slasher comedy, Lexi and her friends learn what it means to grow up – and it’s not pretty.
Shop Lauren Yee
View all-
Cambodian Rock Band
Lauren Yee
Full-Length Play, Dramatic ComedyCambodian Rock Band
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 1w, 3m, 2any gender (adult)
-
King of the Yees
Lauren Yee
Full-Length Play, Dramatic ComedyKing of the Yees
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 2w, 3m
-
The Great Leap
Lauren Yee
Full-Length Play, Dramatic ComedyThe Great Leap
Full-Length Play, Dramatic Comedy / 1w, 3m
-
Hookman
Lauren Yee
Full-Length Play, Dark ComedyHookman
Full-Length Play, Dark Comedy / 5w, 1m