East West Players

East West Players

Formation	1965;60 years ago (1965) [1]
Type	Theatre group
Purpose	Asian American theatre
Location	Union Center for the Arts 120 Judge John Aiso St. Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, California 90012
Artistic director(s)	Mako (1965 - 1989); Nobu McCarthy (1989 - 1993); Tim Dang (1993 - 2016); Snehal Desai (2016 - 2023); Lily Tung Crystal (2024 - Current);
Website	eastwestplayers.org

East West Players is an Asian American theatre organization in Los Angeles, founded in 1965. ^[1] As the nation's first and largest professional Asian American theatre organization, it has since produced works and educational programs centered around the Asian Pacific American experience. ^[2]

History

Established in 1965 by Mako, Rae Creevey, Beulah Quo, Soon-tek Oh, James Hong, Pat Li, June Kim, Guy Lee, and Yet Lock, East West Players originated as a place where Asian-American actors could perform roles beyond the stereotypical caricatures they were being limited to in Hollywood. Mako served as its first artistic director, working for decades to train and nurture several generations of playwrights and actors. ^[3] An early statement of purpose read: "To further cultural understanding between the East and West by employing the dual Oriental and American heritages of the East-West Players." ^[4]

In 1998, EWP Producing Artistic Director Tim Dang led the company’s move from a 99-seat Equity Waiver "black box" into a new 240-seat venue at an Actors' Equity Association contract level. EWP's mainstage is the David Henry Hwang Theater, housed within the historic Union Center for the Arts in downtown Los Angeles’ Little Tokyo district. The theater serves over 15,000 people each year, including low-income audiences of whom are provided free and discounted admissions, as well as deaf audiences via ASL-interpreted productions. ^[2]

In 2012, The New York Times called East West Players "the nation’s pre-eminent Asian American theater troupe" for their award-winning productions blending Eastern and Western movement, costumes, language, and music. ^[5] Since its founding, EWP has premiered over 200 plays and musicals about the Asian Pacific American experience and has facilitated over 1,000 readings and workshops. ^[2] EWP additionally hosts an annual awards dinner to celebrate the achievements of individuals who have "raised the visibility of the Asian Pacific American (APA) community through their craft." ^[6]

Mission

As of 2019, the East West Players mission statement currently reads: "As the nation's premier Asian American theatre organization, East West Players produces artistic works and educational programs that foster dialogue exploring Asian Pacific experiences." ^[2] Its goals include: ^[2]

• Continuing the movement to develop, foster and expand Asian Pacific performance into a major force on the national arts scene in the 21st century
• National recognition of the organization's productions and programs
• Increased opportunities for Asian and Pacific Islander artists on stage and in other media
• Introducing audiences to the diverse Asian Pacific experiences
• Educational programs and mentorship in the literary, technical and performing arts
• Financial and organizational sustainability and growth

Educational programs

East West Players offers a growing array of educational programs training over 200 multicultural artists each year:

• The Actors Conservatory: performance workshops and an intensive Summer Conservatory
• David Henry Hwang Writers Institute: a playwright development program facilitated vis-à-vis writing classes
• Theatre for Youth: a touring program reaching an estimated 50,000 K-8 graders and their families via in-school performances and festivals, with scholarships provided for accessibility ^[7]

Alumni

Over seventy-five percent of all Asian Pacific performers in the acting unions living in Los Angeles have worked at East West Players. It has additionally provided training and opportunities to many emerging and professional artists who have gone on to win Tony Awards, Obie Awards, Emmy Awards, LA Stage Alliance Ovation Awards, and Academy Awards. East West Players has also collaborated with many organizations though its history, including Center Theatre Group, Pasadena Playhouse, ^[8] Robey Theatre Company, ^[9] Cornerstone Theater Company, ^[10] Ma-Yi Theatre Company, and Cedar Grove OnStage.

Notable EWP alumni include the following.

Actors

• Mako
• Nobu McCarthy
• Pat Morita
• James Hong
• Yuki Shimoda
• John Lone
• Rodney Kageyama, ^[11]
• BD Wong
• James Saito
• Freda Foh Shen
• Lauren Tom
• Amy Hill
• Alec Mapa
• Alan Muraoka
• Emily Kuroda
• Sala Iwamatsu
• Chris Tashima
• Anthony Begonia
• John Cho
• Kal Penn
• Daniel Dae Kim
• Matthew Yang King
• Parvesh Cheena
• James Kyson-Lee
• Masi Oka
• Francois Chau
• Jeanne Sakata
• Rachna Khatau
• Greg Watanabe
• Dante Basco

Dramatists

• Wakako Yamauchi
• Hiroshi Kashiwagi
• David Henry Hwang
• Philip Kan Gotanda
• Roberta Uno
• R.A. Shiomi
• Judith Nihei
• Soji Kashiwagi
• Clyde Kusatsu

Collaborations

East West Players has also had the opportunity to work with many respected artists and faculty such as actors Dennis Dun, Danny Glover, ^[12] Bill Macy, Takayo Fischer, George Takei, Tsai Chin, and Nancy Kwan; directors Lisa Peterson and Oskar Eustis; musician Dan Kuramoto; and instructors Calvin Remsberg and Fran Bennett.

Honorees

East West Players hosts an annual gala fundraiser in order to honor "individuals [as well as corporations and foundations] who have raised the visibility of the Asian Pacific American (APA) community through their craft." The event itself comprises a formal dinner followed by a silent auction. Proceeds from the event go directly toward funding the theatre's many educational and artistic programs. ^[13] Additionally, five awards are given each year:

• Visionary Award
• Corporate/Foundation Visionary Award
• Made in American Award
• Breakout Performance Award
• Founders Award

Past honorees include Tia Carrere, John Cho, Tim Dang, Prince Gomolvilas, Amy Hill, Mako, Mike Shinoda, BD Wong, ^[14] and Michelle Yeoh. ^[15]

Previous seasons

Season	Production Title	Directed by	Written by	Music by	Choreography by	In Association with
1965-1966, 1st Season	Rashomon		Fay and Michael Kanin, based on short stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
	Twilight Crane		Junji Kinoshita
	Lady Aoi		Yukio Mishima
1967, 2nd Season	Martyrs Can't Go Home		Soon-Teck Oh
	Camels Were Two-Legged in Peking		Soon-Teck Oh, adapted from a novel by Lao She
1968, 3rd Season	The Medium		Gian-Carlo Menotti
	The Substitute, a Kyogen
	The Servant of Two Masters		Carlo Goldoni
	The House of Bernarda Alba		Federigo Garcia Lorca
1969, 4th Season	The Year of the Cock (revue)
	Now You See, Now You Don't		Henry Woon
	Three Kyogens
	The Inspector General		Nikolai Gogol
1970, 5th Season	Rashomon (revival)		Fay and Michael Kanin, based on short stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
	Tondemonai-Never Happen!		Soon-Teck Oh
1972, 7th Season	Monkey		Ernest Harada, adapted from a Chinese folktale
	Three Kyogens		Leigh Kim, Betty Muramoto, Irvine Paik
	No Place For a Tired Ghost		Mako
	S.P.O.O.S.		Bill Shinkai
	Tales of Juan and Taro		Glenn Johnson and Alberto Isaac
1973-1974, 8th Season	Enchanted Pumpkins		E.M. Rafn and Sheri Emond
	Transfers and the Rooming House		Conrad Bromberg
	Two Shades of Yellow: Coda		Alberto Isaac
	Two Shades of Yellow: Yellow Is My Favorite Color		Edward Sakamoto
	Pineapple White		Jon Shirota
	The Emperor's Nightingale		Sam Rosen
1974-1975, 9th Season	Harry Kelly		Harold Heifetz
	In the Jungle of Cities		Bertolt Brecht
	The Year of the Dragon		Frank Chin
	When We Were Young		Momoko Iko
1975-1976, 10th Season	A Doll's House		Henrik Ibsen
	Revelations as a Tight-Eyed Devil		Bill Shinkai
	S.P.O.O.S. (revival)		Bill Shinkai
	The Chickencoop Chinaman		Frank Chin
	Nobody On My Side of the Family Looks Like That!		Dom Magwili
	Three Sisters		Anton Chekhov
	The Asian American hearings: A Multi-Media Extravaganza
1976-1977, 11th Season	That's the Way the Fortune Cookie Crumbles		Edward Sakamoto
	And the Soul Shall Dance		Wakako Yamauchi
	Gee Pop		Frank Chin
	Psychechain		Irvin Paik, adapted from a short story by William Wu
	Twelfth Night		William Shakespeare
1977-1978, 12th Season	Points of Departure		Paul Stephen Lim
	Bunnyhop		Jeffrey Paul Chan
	O-Men: An American Kabuki		Karen Yamashita
1978-1979, 13th Season	Voices in the Shadows		Edward Sakamoto
	Frogs		Aristophanes
	The Avocado Kid or Zen and the Art of Guacamole		Philip Kan Gotanda
	Princess Charley		Book by Jim Ploss and Norman Cohen, with lyrics by Jim Ploss	Roger Perry
	Pacific Overtures		Book by John Weidman, with additional material by Hugh Wheeler Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim	Stephen Sondheim
1979-1980, 14th Season	Pacific Overtures (encore performance)		Book by John Weidman, with additional material by Hugh Wheeler Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim	Stephen Sondheim
	Stories with Strings & Sticks & Shadows: Lawson		Lawson Inada
	Stories with Strings & Sticks & Shadows: Karasu Taro		Taro Yashima
	Stories with Strings & Sticks & Shadows: The Princess and the Fisherman & Magic Show		Michiko Tagawa
	Hawaii No Ka Oi: Aala Park and Manoa Valley		Edward Sakamoto
	What the Enemy Looks Like		Perry Miyake, Jr.
	Da Kine		Leigh Kim
	Happy End		Lyrics by Bertolt Brecht; original German play by Dorothy Lane; book and lyrics adapted by Michael Reingold	Kurt Weill
1980-1981, 15th Season	F.O.B.		David Henry Hwang
	Hokusai Sketchbooks		Seiichi Yashiro, translated by Ted T. Takaya
	Godspell		Conceived by John-Michael Tebelak, with lyrics by Stephen Schwartz	Stephen Schwartz
	Not a Through Street		Wakako Yamauchi
	East West Stories
	The Life of the Land		Edward Sakamoto
1981-1982, 16th Season	Station J		Richard France
	Christmas in Camp		Dom Magwili; conceived by Mako
	12-1-A		Wakako Yamauchi
	Pilgrimage		Edward Sakamoto
1982-1983, 17th Season	Imperial Valley		Margaret DePriest
	Have You Heard		Soon-Teck Oh, with additional writing by Kwang Lim Kim and Sukman Kim	Yong Mann Kim
	Yamashita		Roger Pulvers
	The Dream of Kitamura		Philip Kan Gotanda
	No Smile For Strangers		Harold Heifetz
	Yellow Fever		R.A. Shiomi
1983-1984, 18th Season	Live Oak Store		Hiroshi Kashiwagi
	You're on the Tee & Ripples in the Pond		Jon Shirota
	The Grunt Childe		Lawrence O'Sullivan
	Paint Your Face on a Drowning in the River		Craig Kee Strete
	Asaga Kimashita		Velina Hasu Houston
	Visitors From Nagasaki		Perry Miyake, Jr.
1984-1985, 19th Season	A Song for a Nisei Fisherman		Philip Kan Gotanda
	The Music Lessons		Wakako Yamauchi
	The Threepenny Opera		Bertolt Brecht, with an English adaptation by Marc Blitzstein	Kurt Weill
1985-1986, 20th Season	Christmas in Camp II		Dom Magwili; conceived by Mako, with additional writing by Mako and Keone Young
	The Memento		Wakako Yamauchi
	Rashomon (revival)		Fay and Michael Kanin, based on short stories by Ryunosuke Akutagawa
1986-1987, 21st Season	Chikamtsu's Forest		Edward Sakamoto
	The Gambling Den		Akemi Kikumura
	Wong Bow Rides Again		Cherylene Lee
	The Medium (revival)		Gian-Carlo Menotti
	The Zoo Story		Edward Albee
	Hughie		Eugene O'Neill
	Lady of Larkspur Lotion		Tennessee Williams
1987-1988, 22nd Season	A Chorus Line		Conceived by Michael Bennett; lyrics by Edward Kleben; book by James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante	Marvin Hamlisch
	Stew Rice		Edward Sakamoto
	Mother Tongue		Paul Stephen Lim
	Mishima		Rosanna Yamagiqa Alfaro
	Where Nobody Belongs		Colin McKay
	An Afternoon at Willie's Bar		Paul Price
1988-1989, 23rd Season	The Fantasticks		Words by Tom Jones	Harvey Schmidt
	Laughter and False Teeth		Hiroshi Kashiwagi
	Webster Street Blues		Warren Sumio Kubota
	Vacancy		Lillian Hara and Dorie Rush Taylor, based on "An Apple, An Orange" by Diane Johnson
1989-1990, 24th Season	Company		Book by George Furth Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim	Stephen Sondheim
	The Chairman's Wife		Wakako Yamauchi
	Performance Anxiety		Vernon Takeshita
	Come Back little Sheba		William Inge
1990-1991, 25th Season	Songs of Harmony		Karen Huie
	Doughball		Perry Miyake, Jr.
	Hedda Gabler		Henrik Ibsen
	Canton Jazz Club		Book by Dom Magwili, lyrics by Tim Dang	Nathan Wang and Joel Iwataki
1991-1992, 26th Season	Not a Through Street		Wakako Yamauchi
	Uncle Tadao		Rick Shiomi
	Six Characters in Search of an Author		Luigi Pirandello, with translation by Robert Cornthwaite
	Accomplice		Rupert Holmes
1992-1993, 27th Season	Into the Woods		Book by James Lapine, with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim	Stephen Sondheim
	Fish Head Soup		Philip Kan Gotanda
	The Rising Tide of Color		Vernon Takeshita
	The Dance & Railroad House of Sleeping Beauties		David Henry Hwang
1993-1994, 28th Season	29 1/2 Dreams, Women Walking Through Walls		Conceived and developed by Nobu McCarthy and Tim Dang; written by Emily Kuroda, Jeanne Sakata, Judy SooHoo, Marilyn Tokuda, and Denise Uyehara
	Arthur and Leila		Cherylene Lee
	The Maids		Jean Genet
	Letters to a Student Revolutionary		Elizabeth Wong
1994-1995, 29th Season	Hiro		Denise Uyehara
	Sweeney Todd		Book by Hugh Wheeler, with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim	Stephen Sondheim
	Twice Told Christmas Tales		Judy SooHoo
	S.A.M. I Am		Garrett Omata
	Cleveland Raining		Sung J. Rho
	Twelf Nite O Wateva!		James Grant Benton
1995-1996, 30th Season	Merrily We Roll Along		Book by George Futh, with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim	Stephen Sondheim
	And the Soul Shall Dance		Wakako Yamauchi
	Whitelands: Part I – Porcelain Part II – A Language Of Their Own Part III – Half Lives		Chay Yew
	Lettice & Lovage		Peter Shaffer
1996-1997, 31st Season	Cabaret		Book by Joe Masteroff, with lyrics by Fred Ebb	John Kander
	Ikebana		Alice Tuan
	The Taste of Kona Coffee		Edward Sakamoto
	F.O.B.		David Henry Hwang
	Woman From the Other Side of the World		Linda Faigao-Hall
1997-1998, 32nd Season	Pacific Overtures		Book by John Weidman, with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim	Stephen Sondheim
	Heading East		Book and lyrics by Robert Lee	Leon Ko
	Big Hunk O' Burnin' Love		Prince Gomolvilas
	Lava		Edward Sakamoto
	Dance and Sing for the Holidays	Deborah Nishimura	Deborah Nishimura
1998-1999, 33rd Season	Yohen		Philip Kan Gotanda
	Carry the Tiger to the Mountain		Cherylene Lee
	Hanako		Chungmi Kim
	Beijing Spring		Lyrics by Tim Dang	Joel Iwataki
1999-2000, 34th Season	Leilani's Hibiscus		Jon Shirota
	Golden Child		David Henry Hwang
	My Tired Broke Ass Pontificating Slapstick Funk		Euijoon Kim
	Follies		Book by James Goldman, with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim	Stephen Sondheim
2000-2001, 35th Season	The Theory of Everything		Prince Gomolvilas
	The Year of the Dragon		Frank Chin
	A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum		Book by Burt Shevelove and Larry Gelbart, with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim	Stephen Sondheim
	Yankee Dawg You Die		Philip Kan Gotanda
2001-2002, 36th Season	Red	Chay Yew	Chay Yew
		Chay Yew	Philip Kan Gotanda
	Monster		Derek Nguyen
	And the World Goes 'Round		Scott Ellis, Susan Stroman, David Thompson, with lyrics by Fred Ebb	John Kander
2002-2003, 37th Season	Queen of the Remote Control		Sujata G. Bhatt
	The Tempest		William Shakespeare
	Little Shop of Horrors		Book and lyrics by Howard Ashman, based on the film by Roger Corman; screenplay by Charles Griffith	Alan Menken
	The Nisei Widows Club		Betty Tokudani
2003-2004, 38th Season	Passion		Book by James Lapine, with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim	Stephen Sondheim
	Masha No Home		Lloyd Suh
	The Wind Cries Mary		Philip Kan Gotanda
	M. Butterfly		David Henry Hwang
2004-2005, 39th Season	Mixed Messages		Cherylene Lee
	As Vishnu Dreams		Shishir Kurup
	Proof		David Auburn
	Imelda: A New Musical		Book by Sachi Oyama, with lyrics by Aaron Coleman	Nathan Wang
2005-2006, 40th Season	Stew Rice		Edward Sakamoto
	Equus		Peter Schaffer
	Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street		Book by Hugh Wheeler, with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim	Stephen Sondheim
	Motty-Chon		Perry Miyake
2006-2007, 41st Season	Slides: The Fear Is Real...		Mr. Miyagi's Theatre Company
	Surfing DNA		Jodi Long
	Master Class		Terrence McNally
	I Land		Keo Woolford
	Yellow Face		David Henry Hwang
2007-2008, 42nd Season	Durango		Julia Cho
	Dawn's Light		Jeanne Sakata
	Voices From Okinawa		Jonathan Shirota
	Pippin	Tim Dang	Book by Roger O. Hirson	Stephen Schwartz	Blythe Matsui and Jason Tyler Chong
2008-2009, 43rd Season: "Beyond Presence"	Be Like Water	Chris Tashima	Dan Kwong
	The Joy Luck Club	Jon Lawrence Rivera	Susan Kim, based on the novel by Amy Tan
	Ixnay	Jeff Liu	Paul Kikuchi
	Marry Me a Little	Jules Aaron	Craig Lucas and Norman René	Stephen Sondheim
	The Last Five Years		Jason Robert Brown	Jason Robert Brown
2009-2010, 44th Season: "Art is..."	Art	Alberto Isaac	Yasmina Reza
	Po Boy Tango	Oanh Nguyen	Kenneth Lin
	Cave Quest	Diane Rodriguez	Les Thomas
	Road to Saigon	Jon Lawrence Rivera	Jon Lawrence Rivera	Nathan Wang
2010-2011, 45th Season	Mysterious Skin	Tim Dang	Prince Gomolvilas
	Crimes of the Heart	Leslie Ishii	Beth Henley
	Wrinkles	Jeff Liu	Paul Kikuchi
	Krunk Fu Battle Battle	Tim Dang	Book by Qui Nguyen, with lyrics by Beau Sia	Marc Macalintal
2011-2012, 46th Season: "Languages of Love"	A Widow of No Importance	Shaheen Vaaz	Shane Sakhrani			South Asian Network and USC School of Theatre
	The Language Archive	Jessica Kubzansky	Julia Cho			Kaya Press and Libros Schmibros Lending Library & Bookshop
	Three Year Swim Club	Keo Woolford	Lee Tonouchi
	A Little Night Music	Tim Dang	Book by Hugh Wheeler	Stephen Sondheim	Reggie Lee
2012-2013, 47th Season: "Spirited Away"	Encounter	Anil Natyaveda and Aparna Sindhoor	S.M. Raju and Aparna Sindhoor, inspired by a short story by Mahasweta Dav	Isaac Thomas Kottukapally	Anil Natyaveda and Aparna Sindhoor
	Tea, with Music	Jon Lawrence Rivera	Velina Hasu Houston	Nathan Wang
	Christmas in Hanoi	Jeff Liu	Eddie Borey
	Chess	Tim Dang	Tim Rice	Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus
2013-2014, 48th Season: "Making Light"	Steel Magnolias	Laurie Woolery	Robert Harling		Keali'i Ceballos
	The Nisei Widows Club: How Tomi Got Her Groove Back	Amy Hill	Betty Tokudani
	A Nice Indian Boy	Snehal Desai	Madhuri Shekar
	Beijing Spring	Tim Dang	Tim Dang	Joel Iwataki	Marcus Choi
2014-2016, Extended Two-Year 50th Anniversary Season: "Golden"	Animals Out of Paper	Jennifer Chang	Rajiv Joseph
	Takarazuka!!!	Leslie Ishii	Susan Soon He Stanton		Cindera Che
	Washer/Dryer	Peter J. Kuo	Nandita Shenoy
	The Who's Tommy	Snehal Desai	Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff	Pete Townshend	Janet Roston
	Chinglish	Jeff Liu	David Henry Hwang
	Criers for Hire	Jon Lawrence Rivera	Giovanni Ortega
	La Cage Aux Folles	Tim Dang	Book by Harvey Fierstein, based on a play by Jean Poiret	Jerry Herman	Reggie Lee
2016-2017, 51st Season: "Radiant"	Mama Bares in Concert: Once Upon a Play Date	Sean T. Cawelti	Joan Almedilla, Ai Goeku Cheung, Deedee Magno Hall, and Jennifer Paz
	Road to Kumano					TAIKOPROJECT
	Kentucky	Deena Selenow	Leah Nanako Winkler
	Free Outgoing	Snehal Desai	Anupama Chandrasekhar
	Next to Normal	Nancy Keystone	Book and Lyrics by Brian Yorkey	Tom Kitt
2017-2018, 52nd Season: "The Company We Keep"	Kaidan Project: Walls Grow Thin	Sean T. Cawelti	Lisa Dring and Chelsea Sutton with Rogue Artists Ensemble
	Yohen	Ben Guillory	Philip Kan Gotanda			Robey Theatre Company
	Allegiance (musical)	Snehal Desai	Marc Acito, Jay Kuo, and Lorenzo Thione	Jay Kuo	Rumi Oyama	Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC)
	Soft Power	Leigh Silverman	David Henry Hwang	Jeanine Tesori	Sam Pinkleton	Center Theatre Group
	As We Babble On	Alison M. De La Cruz	Nathan Ramos
2018-2019, 53rd Season: "Culture Shock"	Vietgone	Jennifer Chang	Qui Nguyen	Shammy Dee
	Man of God	Jesca Prudencio	Anna Moench
	Mamma Mia (musical)	Snehal Desai	Catherine Johnson	Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson	Preston Mui
2019-2020, 54th Season: "We Are the Ones We Are Waiting For"	Hannah & the Dread Gazebo	Jiehae Park	Jennifer Chang			The Fountain Theatre
	The Great Leap	Lauren Yee	BD Wong			Pasadena Playhouse
	Sugar Plum Fairy	Sandra Tsing Loh	Bart DeLorenzo
2020-2021, 55th Season	Daniel Ho		Andy Lowe
	Today is My Birthday	Susan Soon He Stanton	Lily Tung Crystal
	Kaidan Project: Alone	Lisa Sanaye Dring and Chelsea Sutton				Rogue Artists Ensemble
	From Number to Name		Kristina Wong			API Rise
	1 Hour Photo	Tetsuro Shigematsu	Richard Wolfe			Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre
	Running	Danny Pudi	Arpita Mukherjee			Hypokrit Theatre Company and EnActe Arts
2021-2022, 56th Season: "Here.Us.Now!"	Assassins	Snehal Desai	Book by John Weidman, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
	Interstate	Jesca Prudencio	Book and lyrics by Kit Yan, music by Melissa Li
	The Great Jheri Curl Debate		Inda Craig-Galván
	The Brothers Paranormal	Jeff Liu	Prince Gomolvilas
2022-2023, 57th Season	Kristina Wong, Sweatshop Overlord		Kristina Wong			Center Theatre Group
	On This Side of the World	Noam Shapiro	Paulo K. Tiról
	Spring Awakening	Tim Dang	Book and lyrics by Steven Sater, music by Duncan Sheik
2023-2024, 58th Season	Kairos	Jesca Prudencio	Lisa Sanaye Dring
	Unbroken Blossoms	Jeff Liu	Philip W. Chung
	Pacific Overtures		Book by John Weidman, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, additional material by Hugh Wheeler
2024, 59th Season	Kairos	Jesca Prudencio	Lisa Sanaye Dring
	Unbroken Blossoms	Jeff Liu	Philip W. Chung
	Pacific Overtures		Book by John Weidman, music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, additional material by Hugh Wheeler
2025-2026, 60th Season: "Diamond Legacy"	Cambodian Rock Band	Chay Yew	Lauren Yee; music by Dengue Fever
	Yankee Dawg You Die		Philip Kan Gotanda
	Paranormal Inside	Jeff Liu	Prince Gomolvilas
	Wives		Jaclyn Backhaus
	Flower Drum Song	Lily Tung Crystal	Book by David Henry Hwang; music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
	Tam Tran Goes to Washington (Theatre for Youth)		Elizabeth Wong

References

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