Young Jean Lee
American playwright and director; first Asian American woman with a play on Broadway.
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- Young Jean Lee (born 1974) is an American playwright, director and filmmaker.
- Born in South Korea and raised in Pullman, Washington, she studied English at UC Berkeley and playwriting at Brooklyn College under Mac Wellman.
- She ran Young Jean Lee's Theater Company, writing and directing ten shows that toured more than thirty cities, and with Straight White Men at the Hayes Theater in 2018 became the first Asian American woman to have a play produced on Broadway.
Key facts
- Born
- 1974, South Korea1
- Education
- English, UC Berkeley; MFA in playwriting, Brooklyn College1
- Theater company
- Artistic director of Young Jean Lee's Theater Company; ten shows1
- Plays
- Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven; The Shipment; Lear; We're Gonna Die; Straight White Men (Broadway, 2018)1
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