Elizabeth Ann Wong

Background

Wong, Elizabeth Ann was born on June 6, 1958 in South Gate, California, United States. Daughter of James King and Ruth Tsui (Kwan) Wong.

Education

Bachelor, University of Southern California, 1980; Master of Fine Arts, New York University, 1991.

Career

Her critically acclaimed plays include China Doll (An Imagined Life of an American Actress) is a fictional tale of the actress, Anna May Wong. And Letters to A Student Revolutionary, a story of two friends during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989. Wong has written for television on All American Girl, starring Margaret Cho, and is a visiting lecturer at the College of Creative Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara, where her papers are archived, and she is an adjunct professor at the University of Southern California, University of Southern California School of Theater.

She holds a Master of Fine Arts degree from New York University"s Tisch School of the Arts (1991) and a Bachelor of Arts degree in English and Broadcast Journalism from the University of Southern California (1980).

She studied playwriting with Tina Howe and Mac Wellman.

Achievements

• Elizabeth Ann Wong has been listed as a noteworthy playwright, journalist by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • China Doll
  • Kimchee and Chitlins: A Serious Comedy about Getting Along

Membership

Member The Dramatist Guild, Circle Repertory Playwrights' Laboratory, Asian Pacific Alliance for Creative Equality.

Interests

• Tennis, fly fishing, skiing, hiking.

Connections

Father:

James King Wong

Mother:

Ruth Tsui (Kwan) Wong