Susan Soon He Stanton

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Susan Soon He Stanton is an American playwright, television writer, and screenwriter. Stanton was a producer and writer for HBO's Succession , for which she won Emmy, [1] WGA, [2] and Peabody Awards. [3] She has also written for The Baby , Modern Love , Dead Ringers , and Conversation with Friends .

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Biography

Stanton is from Aiea, Hawaii. [4] She attended NYU Tisch School of the Arts for a BFA and Yale School of Drama for an MFA [5] Stanton was an inaugural recipient of the Venturous Playwrights Fellowship, [6] an inaugural recipient of the Lark’s Van Lier Fellowship, [7] [8] and a two-time Sundance Institute Theater Lab Resident Playwright. [9]

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Plays

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References

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