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W H Y K O R E A N S D O N ' T H U G 3m, 3w (All Asian American cast) 2008, 40 minutes Harriet is a lonely Korean American teenager who wants her mother's love. The family Reverend, who is Mom's best friend, grows ill. Harriet takes him to the hospital to translate for him. In Lee's family drama, the characters have intimacy malnutrition. Why Koreans Don't Hug will receive a workshop production as part of UT New Theatre, a showcase of new work by 3rd year MFA playwrights at UT-Austin curated by Steven Dietz, in April (Austin, 2008). H O L I N E S S P E O P L E2m, 2w 2005, 90 minutes Sara runs away from home to get close to god. What happens when spirituality rubs up against sexuality? Holiness People was developed at UT-Austin. P E A C H E S1m, 2w, (All Asian American cast) 2005, 50 minutes A comic love story about two best friends who after a summer wedding on an army base reveal how they really feel about each other. Peaches received a workshop production at the Edward Albee New Playwrights Workshop under the artistic direction of Lanford Wilson (Houston, 2005), was read at the New Eyes Festival at Theater Mu (Minneapolis, 2006), was awarded the New Work for Young Women Prize in 2007, and was read at the University of Tulsa (Tulsa, 2007). T I G E R S , D R A G O N S , & O T H E R W I S E T A I L S !1m, 2w (All Asian American cast) 2005, 45 minutes An adaptation of Asian fairy tales for young audiences with music and dance. This play was commissioned by the Smithsonian Institution and received its world premiere at the Discovery Theater (DC, 2005). |