Young Jean Lee
Korean-American playwright and director whose work systematically defies audience expectations. Songs of the Dragons Flying to Heaven, Straight White Men, and We're Gonna Die cover completely different subjects and use radically different forms. She was the first Asian American woman to have a play produced on Broadway.
Works
- Songs of the Dragons Flying to HeavenAbrasive performance piece challenging expectations of Asian-American women
- Straight White MenSharp comedy deconstructing masculinity through portrait of white male friendship
- We're Gonna DieAbsurdist performance exploring mortality and the mundane
- LearExperimental adaptation of Shakespeare's tragedy through avant-garde staging
- ChurchMinimalist performance piece examining institutional authority and bodies