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Elizabeth Wong

ELIZABETH WONG

  (1958 - )
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    The Gersh Agency  

Elizabeth Wong graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts, with an MFA in Dramatic writing. Her plays include:China Doll, Letters to a Student Revolutionary, Kimchee & Chitlins, the Love Life of a Eunuch, and Dating & Mating in Modern Times. Ms. Wong has received commissions and productions from Mixed Blood Theatre in Minneapolis, Omaha Magic Theatre, Denver Center Theatre, Cincinnati Playhouse, Honolulu Theatre For Youth, and Actors Theatre of Louisville, among others. the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts commissioned her to write an opera libretto from her adaptation of Oscar Wilde's the Happy Prince, with Emmy Award-winning composer Michael Silversher. Ms. Wong, a former newspaper reporter on both coasts, was a Disney Writing Fellow, and a staff writer on ABC's groundbreaking sitcom with Margaret Cho,All-American Girl. She is a member of PEN, the Dramatists Guild, ASSITEJ, and the Writers Guild of America, West. She lives in Los Angeles, with two cats inherited from the great actress Claire Trever.

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         Amazing Adventures of the Marvelous Monkey King         Assume the Position         Bad-Ass Of the Rip Eternal         Bill of (W)Rights         Boid & Oskar         China Doll - the Imagined Life of an American Actress         Dating & Mating In Modern Times         Ghashiram Kotwal         Goloshes of Fortune         Happy Prince, The         Heaven and Hell (On Earth): A Divine Comedy         Ibong Adarna: Fabulous Filipino Folktale         Kimchee & Chitlins         Let the Big Dog Eat         Letters To A Student Revolutionary         Love Life Of A Chinese Eunuch         Prometheus         Return to the Upright Position

Amazing Adventures of the Marvelous Monkey King

Synopsis:
the mischievous Chinese superhero the Monkey King comes to life in this energetic and charming play where Chinese Opera and hip-hop collide. Between finding and losing a home, getting kicked out of school, and battling with a one-horned ogre, the naughty Monkey King somersaults into the future on his adventures, where he hears hip-hop music and gets jiggy with it. After much dancing, battles and heroics, the impish Monkey King triumphs over his adversaries -- and learns about leadership, responsibility, and forgiveness in the process!

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1st Produced:
Denver Center Theatre for the Performing Arts (Denver, CO, United States)    2001

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
45 min Children's theater

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  4 either (4-12 actors possible: 0-12 males, 0-12 females)

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Assume the Position

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in Script Magazine, NYU, 1990   -

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Bad-Ass Of the Rip Eternal

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in Heaven and Hell (on Earth): A Divine Comedy, Dramatists Play Services, NY,    -

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Genre:
One Act

Parts:
Male:  1            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Bill of (W)Rights

Synopsis:
Bill of (W)Rights is a political funhouse growing from a moment in history when self-censorship abounds and the populace is increasingly governed by fear. Nine playwrights offer ten plays, each based on one of the U.S. Constitution's first ten amendments. these pieces focus less on government interference and more on the interpersonal, from a Father and daughter facing a criminal trial to the silence of an unfaithful husband "pleading the fifth" to his family -- not to mention a company of actors yelling "Fire!" in a crowded theater. the creation of the script, encompassing a diversity of voices and opinions, was itself an act of democracy, demonstrating that theatre can be a voice of revelation and revolution.

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1st Produced:
Mixed Blood Theatre (Minneapolis, MN, United States)    2004

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
80-90 min Comedy/Drama

Parts:
Male:  13            Female:  10            Other:  13 males, 10 females (10-24 actors possible)

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Boid & Oskar

Synopsis:
Prince Oskar is the spirit of a shiny red classic Corvette convertible-without a care in the world. But, placed as a monument high above the city, he alone sees the suffering below-a young girl conflicted by feelings of inferiority, a young boy without a home living in the streets, a writer who has lost the desire to write. With the help of a wise-cracking sparrow named Boid, the prince makes it his mission to help the townspeople. A chorus of swallows and townspeople, even a hungry band of alley cats, help the prince and Boid understand the meaning of charity and unselfishness. Inspired by Oscar Wilde's classic, "the Happy Prince," Boid & Oskar is a hip, humorous and heartwarming parable about sacrifice and the lessons of true friendship. Area staging. Approximate running time 45 minutes.
- http://www.aatrevue.com

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1st Produced:
Cincinatti Playhouse In the Park    -

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1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing Company, and available in English and Dutch,    -

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China Doll - the Imagined Life of an American Actress

Synopsis:
This award-winning play tells the story of a Chinatown girl who dreams about making it big in Hollywood. It takes its inspiration from the remarkable life of Anny May Wong, America's first and brightest Chinese American movie star, presenting her loves, her struggles, her humiliations, and her triumphs. It spans her humble beginnings and the rigors of training in the studio system of L.B. Mayer and Samuel Goldwyn, to the heights of success in such classic films as Shanghai Express with Marlene Dietrich. A loving and unflinching homage to a woman ahead of her time

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1st Produced:
Nwaat    1996

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1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing Company, and available in English and Dutch,    -

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Genre:
90 min Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  2            Other:  or M5,F3 - CD3

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Dating & Mating In Modern Times

Synopsis:
Cybersex! Speed dating! Hookups! Penis envy! DATING & MATING IN MODERN TIMES is aseries of sexy comedic monologues on the joys and pitfalls of dating in the 21st Century. there's ARLENE, the stylish 40ish CFO of a Fortune 500, at a sperm bank. there's CASSIE, a teenaged skateboarder, losing her virginity. there's Susan, a bodacious Las Vegas showgirl in a headdress of Ziegfeldian proportions, with an unfaithful boyfriend. This play explores first time love, mature love, plus-size love, club-hopping carnal love and penis worship -- and can be performed by three to 11 virtuoso actresses, of varying ages, sizes, and colors. Wicked, naughty, nasty, wise and provocative evening of raunchy fun. Definitely NOT for the faint-hearted. VOTED TOP TEN BEST PLAYS by Atlanta Journal-Constition. FOTE AWARD to Elizabeth Wong for BEST DIRECTON.

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1st Produced:
Emory University    2003

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1st Published:
Playwriting Center of Theatre Emory, Atlanta, GA,    -

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Male:  -            Female:  11            Other:  -

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Ghashiram Kotwal

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Pan Asian Repertory Theatre

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Goloshes of Fortune

Synopsis:
A tale of mysterious magical rain boots that will grant the wearer's greatest wish. Two meddlesome fairies wonder whether human beings can really know what brings happiness, so they slip the magical goloshes onto the feet of four unsuspecting children who think they know what they want. This modern-day version of the originalGoloshes of Fortune is infused with street dancing, slang, Danish dialogue (which is taught to the audience), and, of course, a pair of yellow Wellingtons.

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1st Produced:
Colorado elementary schools (tour) (, , United States)    2005

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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

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Genre:
35-40 min Comedy for young audiences

Parts:
Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  4 either (4-12 actors possible: 0-9 males, 0-9 females)

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Happy Prince, The

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1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing Company, and available in English and Dutch,    -

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Heaven and Hell (On Earth): A Divine Comedy

Synopsis:
In this comic anthology - a collection of scenes and monologues - an array of devilishly talented playwrights put a contemporary spin on a fascinating eternal obsession. Grappling with their own diverse experiences of vice and virtue, salvation and damnation, characters from the twentysomething generation interpret their world with amusing revelations and surprising insights

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written by Robert Alexander, Jenny Lyn Bader, Elizabeth Dewberry, Deborah Lynn Frockt, Rebecca Gilman, Keith Glover, Hilly Hicks, Jr., Karen Hines, Michael Kassin, Melanie Marnich, Jane Martin, William Mastrosimone, Guillermo Reyes, Sarah Schulman, Richar

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1st Published:
Humana Festival 2001: the Complete Plays, ed Tanya Palmer & Amy Wegener, Smith & Kraus, 2001   -

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Genre:
Short Play One Act

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Ibong Adarna: Fabulous Filipino Folktale

Synopsis:
Awildly fun romp, this children's tale follows three brothers in theirquest to save their father, the king from craziness and death. theirmission: find the magical singing Adarna bird and bring her back before her poop turns them to stone.
- http://www.aatrevue.com

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1st Produced:
Full-Length Children's Play) (Mu Performing Arts    2006

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Kimchee & Chitlins

Synopsis:
This wickedly funny play skewers the news media and modern race relations. Novice television news reporter Suzie Seeto reluctantly covers a volatile event -- a boycott by Blacks of a Korean grocery store in Brooklyn, New York. Matilda Duvet, a Haitian customer, was beaten by Key Chun Mak, the store owner. Or was she? What really happened? Suzie Seeto sorts it all out. Based on true events.

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1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing Company,    -

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Genre:
Serious Comedy about Getting Along Comedy

Parts:
Male:  5            Female:  4            Other:  (if doubled), multicultural cast required, expandable chorus

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Let the Big Dog Eat

Synopsis:
When four famous captains of industry meet to play a friendly game of golf, their competitive banter evolves into a debate weighing the pleasure of sheer accumulation against the scramble to spend on the public good. Exploring the game of giving, this bouncy comedy offers a highly imaginative look at the image-driven rivalries of the ultra-rich

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1st Published:
Humana Festival 1998: the Complete Plays, ed Michael Bigelow Dixon & Amy Wegener, Smith & Kraus, 1998
in Ten Minute Plays From Actors Theatre Of Louisville, Vol 5, Samuel French NY   -

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Genre:
Ten Min

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Letters To A Student Revolutionary

Synopsis:
This powerful and disarmingly funny play is about friendship and political awakening. Winner of the Margo Jones Award and the theatreWorks Emerging Playwrights' Award. Bibi Lee is a typical American college grad on vacation in China meets Karen, an idealistic Chinese girl who just wants to practice her English. From this brief chance encounter, they embark on a poignant and charming friendship through a 10-year correspondance across the miles and ideology, a friendship cut tragically short by the June 1989 Tiananmen Squaremassacre. Based on true events.

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1st Produced:
Off Broadway    1989

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1st Published:
Dramatic Publishing Company,    -

Music:
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Genre:
90 min Play/Drama

Parts:
Male:  3            Female:  3            Other:  expandable chorus. multicultural casting

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Love Life Of A Chinese Eunuch

Synopsis:
This new original two-act play was recently named as a 2004 Princess Grace Playwriting Award semi-finalist. the LOVE LIFE OF A EUNUCH takes the Audience on a dark journey to a world inhabited by concubines, eunuchs and ghostly apparitions. the story begins when a pig farmer named TIGER LEAPING FROM the EVERGREEN FOREST disguises himself as a eunuch to gain entry into the Imperial Palace. the lovelorn boy, 18, is desperate to rescue his beloved MEI MEI, 16, from life in sexual servitude as an Imperial consort. His plan fails when Tiger, unmasked by a blind NO NAME EUNUCH, 60s, becomes a pawn in a Eunuch plot to overthrow the Emperor. In a blend of styles from Shakespearean and Chinese Opera, this play plunges the Audience into the avaricious, superstitious, lusty, and bloody world of the Chinese Eunuch.
- http://www.aatrevue.com

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1st Produced:
-    2004

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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Prometheus

Synopsis:
Can young Prometheus triumph over the Mighty Zeus? Employing Greek language and opportunities for audience participation, this poetic and modern retelling ofPrometheus Unbound follows heroic Prometheus as he attempts to stand on his own and save humanity from the wrath of Zeus. Prometheus achieves his own personal discovery as he comes to understand the meaning of charity, sacrifice, and social responsibility.

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1st Produced:
Denver Center Theatre (Denver, CO, United States)    1999

Organisations:
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1st Published:
Playscripts, Inc - New York   -

Music:
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Genre:
45-50 min Children's mythology

Parts:
Male:  4            Female:  -            Other:  4 males (4-12 actors possible: 4-12 males, 4-12 females)

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Return to the Upright Position

Synopsis:
Aftermath of 9/11

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Written by Greg Romero, Cusi Cram; Mitchell Gossett; Julie Hebet; Llysa Holland; Julie Jensen; Jennifer Maisel; Julia Pearlstein; Brad Rothbart; Caridad Svich; Ann E Taylor; Elizabeth Wong; Michael Wright; Allison Eve Zell

1st Produced:
Rehearsed reading at Greenhouse Theater Center, Chicago    11 Sep 2011

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Genre:
Drama

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Male:  -            Female:  -            Other:  -

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