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| Notable awards | Obie Award |
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Haruna Lee, formerly Kristine Haruna Lee, is a Taiwanese Japanese American theatre maker and writer.
Lee was born in Hong Kong and grew up in Japan. [1] They moved from Japan to the United States when they were eight. They did an undergraduate degree at NYU. [2]
Inspired by a myth about Sedna, Lee wrote War Lesbian. The musical, composed by Katie Hathaway, who Lee met at New Dramatists, [3] premiered at Dixon Place in 2014, co-presented by Lee's company, harunalee. [4] [5] Lee appeared in the show playing Ellen DeGeneres. [6] In 2016, Lee performed Communing with You with their mother, Aoi Lee. The 30-minute Butoh piece was performed at Brooklyn Arts Exchange. [7] Lee played Jackie in The Offending Gesture at the Connelly Theater in 2016. [8] They played Meryl Streep as Francesca from The Bridges of Madison County in STREEPSHOW! in 2017. [9]
Lee's play, Suicide Forest, premiered in 2019 with Ma-Yi Theater Company and directed by Aya Ogawa. [10] Lee played the schoolgirl, Azusa, in this production. [11] [12] Lee's mother, Aoi, also appeared in the show, which Ma-Yi remounted in 2020. [13]
In 2023, Lee was invited to join the New Dramatists' resident playwright company until 2030. [14]
Lee is half Japanese and half Taiwanese. [15]
| Year | Television show | Credited as | Notes | Ref. |
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| Writer | ||||
| 2020 | The Flight Attendant | Yes | ||
| 2022 | Pachinko | Yes | Season 2 |
| Year | Award | Category | Work | Result | Ref. |
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| 2020 | Obie Awards | Playwrighting | Suicide Forest | Won | [19] |
| 2021 | Steinberg Playwright Awards | n/a | n/a | Won | [20] |
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