Lauren Yee
Playwright
Lauren Yee’s Cambodian Rock Band, with music by Dengue Fever, premiered at South Coast Rep, subsequent productions at Oregon Shakespeare Festival, La Jolla Playhouse, Signature Theatre, and others. Her play The Great Leap has been produced at the Denver Center, Steppenwolf, Seattle Repertory, Atlantic Theatre, and others. Honors include the Doris Duke Artists Award, Whiting Award, Steinberg/ATCA Award, American Academy of Arts and Letters literature award, Horton Foote Prize, Kesselring Prize, and others. TV credits: Pachinko (Apple), Soundtrack (Netflix), Interior Chinatown (Hulu), Billions (Showtime), Clipped (FX). She has developed pilots for Apple and Netflix. Current commissions include Arena Stage/Second Stage, Geffen Playhouse, La Jolla Playhouse, South Coast Rep. B.A: Yale. M.F.A: UCSD. laurenyee.com