Born August 11, 1957, Hwang is a 58 year old Chinese American playwright who has a wife named Kathryn and two kids named Eva and Noah.
Hwang, born and raised in Los Angeles, attended Stanford University and got his BA in English then attended Yale School of Drama.
While attending Stanford, Hwang wrote his first play “Fresh Off the Boat” in 1979 which went on to win the OBIE award for best new American play.
Hwang went on to write a number of plays, including “Chinglish” (2011), “Yellow Face” (2008), “Golden Child” (1998), “The Dance and the Railroad” (1983), and last but certainly not least, “M. Butterfly” (1988).
M. Butterfly was nominated for and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and won a Tony, Drama Desk, John Gassner, and Outer Critics Circle …show more content…
Butterfly was seemingly the most successful of his plays, many other plays he wrote won and were nominated for awards as well, including The Dance and the Railroad which was nominated for a Drama Desk award and was a finalist.
His Plays Golden Child and his revision of “Flower Drummer Boy” nominated him for his second and third Tony awards.
From 1994-2001 Hwang was a part of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. He was given this job by Bill Clinton directly.
In 2012, Hwang received many awards for his achievements as a playwright over the years. Some include the William Inge Award for Distinguished Achievement in the American Theatre, the Asia Society Cultural Achievement Award, the PEN/Laura Pels Award for a Master American Dramatist, and the Steinberg Award for playwriting.
In 2014, Hwang was named director of Columbia University’s School of the Arts' M.F.A. program in playwriting. Currently, Hwang is living in Brooklyn with his wife and two kids working as the residency one playwright at the Signature Theatre in NYC, where they are getting ready to put on a number of his shows including his most recent play “Kung Fu” (2015) about the life of martial arts master Bruce
Hwang, born and raised in Los Angeles, attended Stanford University and got his BA in English then attended Yale School of Drama.
While attending Stanford, Hwang wrote his first play “Fresh Off the Boat” in 1979 which went on to win the OBIE award for best new American play.
Hwang went on to write a number of plays, including “Chinglish” (2011), “Yellow Face” (2008), “Golden Child” (1998), “The Dance and the Railroad” (1983), and last but certainly not least, “M. Butterfly” (1988).
M. Butterfly was nominated for and was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and won a Tony, Drama Desk, John Gassner, and Outer Critics Circle …show more content…
Butterfly was seemingly the most successful of his plays, many other plays he wrote won and were nominated for awards as well, including The Dance and the Railroad which was nominated for a Drama Desk award and was a finalist.
His Plays Golden Child and his revision of “Flower Drummer Boy” nominated him for his second and third Tony awards.
From 1994-2001 Hwang was a part of the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities. He was given this job by Bill Clinton directly.
In 2012, Hwang received many awards for his achievements as a playwright over the years. Some include the William Inge Award for Distinguished Achievement in the American Theatre, the Asia Society Cultural Achievement Award, the PEN/Laura Pels Award for a Master American Dramatist, and the Steinberg Award for playwriting.
In 2014, Hwang was named director of Columbia University’s School of the Arts' M.F.A. program in playwriting. Currently, Hwang is living in Brooklyn with his wife and two kids working as the residency one playwright at the Signature Theatre in NYC, where they are getting ready to put on a number of his shows including his most recent play “Kung Fu” (2015) about the life of martial arts master Bruce