David Yee
David Yee is a Canadian actor and playwright. His play lady in the red dress was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English language drama at the 2010 Governor General's Awards. His play carried away on the crest of a wave won this award at the 2015 Governor General's Awards.
Early life edit
Yee was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.[1] He is of Chinese and Scottish ancestry.[2] He graduated from the University of Toronto Mississauga theatre and drama studies program in 2000. Intending to pursue acting he focused instead on play writing.[3]
Career edit
His play lady in the red dress was a shortlisted nominee for the Governor General's Award for English language drama at the 2010 Governor General's Awards.[4]
In 2011, his play paper Series was shortlisted for the 2011 Carol Bolt Award.[5] He won the 2013 Carol Bolt Award for Best Work Premiered by a Playwrights Guild of Canada member for his play carried away on the crest of a wave.[6] The play debuted in 2013 at the Tarragon Theatre; its American premiere was later that year in Fairfax, Virginia.[3]
In 2015, Yee received a nomination for the Dora Mavor Moore Award for Outstanding New Musical/Opera for Tapestry Briefs: Booster Shots (Tapestry Opera).[7] His play carried away on the crest of a wave won the Governor General's Award for English language drama at the 2015 Governor General's Awards.[8]
His play, acquiesce, about a man plagued by the success of his first book and being haunted by his past, was performed at the Factory Theatre in November 2016.[9]
Yee is a co-founder and current artistic director of fu-GEN Asian Canadian Theatre Company.[10][1] He is playwright-in-residence at the Tarragon Theatre in Toronto.[5]
His work has been published in the Asian-Canadian drama anthology Love & Relasianships (edited by Nina Lee Aquino) and the monologue book Refractions: Solo (edited by Yvette Nolan and Donna-Michelle St. Bernard).[11]
References edit
- ^ a b . playwrightsguild.ca. Playwrights Guild of Canada. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ . library.ryerson.ca. Ryerson University. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ a b . utm.utoronto.ca. University of Toronto Mississauga. Archived from the original on 30 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ^ "Complete list: The 2010 Governor General's Literary Awards" 20 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine. The Globe and Mail, October 13, 2010.
- ^ a b . tarragontheatre.com. Tarragon Theatre. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ . playwrightsguild.ca. Playwrights Guild of Canada. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ . playwrightsguild.ca. Playwrights Guild of Canada. Archived from the original on 29 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2016.
- ^ "Guy Vanderhaeghe wins the 2015 Governor General's Literary Award for fiction". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, October 28, 2015.
- ^ . factorytheatre.ca. Factory Theatre. Archived from the original on 30 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.
- ^ "Canadian Theatre Encyclopedia - fu-GEN Asian-Canadian Theatre Company". www.canadiantheatre.com. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- ^ Corkum, Trevor. . 49thshelf.com. Association of Canadian Publishers/ Canadian Publishers’ Council. Archived from the original on 30 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2016.