{"id":62748,"date":"2023-02-07T21:20:22","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T21:20:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/07\/american-theatre-ma-yi-names-new-writers-group-members\/"},"modified":"2023-02-07T21:20:22","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T21:20:22","slug":"american-theatre-ma-yi-names-new-writers-group-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/2023\/02\/07\/american-theatre-ma-yi-names-new-writers-group-members\/","title":{"rendered":"AMERICAN THEATRE | Ma-Yi Names New Writers Group Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<p>sullivan, de los Reyes, Ki, Trinidad, Ko, Yu, and Yim.<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>NEW YORK CITY:<\/strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/ma-yitheatre.org\" target=\"_blank\"> Ma-Yi Theater Company<\/a> has introduced the latest members of the Ma-Yi Writers Lab, the most important collective of Asian American and Pacific Islander playwrights within the nation. The new members embrace Nina Ki, Kalina Ko, Claro de los Reyes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/2022\/03\/10\/lock-up-tha-theatre\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"64494\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ayla xu\u00e2n chi sullivan<\/a>, Gaven D. Trinidad, Seayoung Yim, and Max Yu.<\/p>\n<p>The Ma-Yi Writers Lab, distinctive for its peer-to-peer format, relies in everlasting residence at Ma-Yi. Ma-Yi is dedicated to offering the Writers Lab with rehearsal amenities and developmental help for workshops and readings, with the playwright on the heart of the method. Ko and Trinidad will function co-coordinators of this cohort.<\/p>\n<p>Ki is a Queer and Korean (or Queerean) American playwright primarily based in Brooklyn. Their performs have been introduced with <a href=\"https:\/\/mcctheater.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MCC Theater,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/queenstheatre.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Queens Theatre,<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/summercabaret.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Yale Summer Cabaret,<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparsnipship.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Parsnip Ship.<\/a> Their play <em>Moon Bear <\/em>was given particular consideration for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americanplaywritingfoundation.org\/the-relentless-award\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Relentless Award,<\/a> and their play <em>Taemong (Birth Dream)<\/em> was a finalist for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aaartsalliance.org\/programs\/van-lier-fellowship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Van Lier Fellowship.<\/a> Ki was an inaugural member of the Parsnip Ship\u2019s Radio Roots Writer\u2019s Group and is presently a member of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clubbedthumb.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Clubbed Thumb\u2019s<\/a> Early Career Writer\u2019s Group. They maintain an BFA from <a href=\"https:\/\/tisch.nyu.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">New York University Tisch School of the Arts.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ko is a Cantonese American director, dramaturg, and literary administrator. She has directed works at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/draftednpw\/\" target=\"_blank\">drafted,<\/a> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/undergrad.admissions.columbia.edu\/studentgroup\/nomads\" target=\"_blank\">NOMADS at Columbia University,<\/a> and the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nyc-arts.org\/organizations\/50666\/jack\" target=\"_blank\">JACK,<\/a> and has served as a script assistant on <em>The Wolf Play<\/em> at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/sohorep.org\" target=\"_blank\">Soho Rep<\/a> and <em>Hatchetation<\/em> on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theoneill.org\/nmtc\" target=\"_blank\">National Music Theater Conference.<\/a> Ko is presently the literary assistant at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.roundabouttheatre.org\" target=\"_blank\">Roundabout Theatre Company<\/a> and a curator at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hedgepigensemble.org\/expand-the-canon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Hedgepig Ensemble Theatre\u2019s Expand the Canon<\/a> venture. She can also be an affiliate producer at <a href=\"https:\/\/playground-ny.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Playground-NY.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>De los Reyes is an actor and theatre and movie storyteller of the Filipino diaspora. As a playwright, his latest works have been featured within the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/culturalcenter.gov.ph\/#home\" target=\"_blank\">Cultural Center of the Philippines\u2019s<\/a> Virgin Labfest and within the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/leviathanlab.org\" target=\"_blank\">Leviathan Lab\u2019s<\/a> Filipino American History Month Reading Series. His performing credit embrace <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.panasianrep.org\" target=\"_blank\">Pan Asian Repertory Theatre,<\/a> the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/naatco.org\" target=\"_blank\">National Asian American Theatre Company,<\/a> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.internationalwow.com\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\">International WOW,<\/a> and the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/newohiotheatre.org\/ice-factory\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ice Factory Festival at New Ohio Theatre,<\/a> amongst others. de los Reyes is a graduate of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.fordham.edu\/fordham-college-at-lincoln-center\/\" target=\"_blank\">Fordham College at Lincoln Center<\/a> program.<\/p>\n<p>Sullivan is a Black and Vietnamese nonbinary efficiency artist from Colorado. They are an actor, playwright, director, poet, and educator, and co-founded <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shift23.com\" target=\"_blank\">Shift 23 Media.<\/a> Their work has been seen at MCC, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tososnyc.org\" target=\"_blank\">TOSOS,<\/a> the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/gaycenter.org\" target=\"_blank\">LGBT Center,<\/a> and in Dakar, Senegal. The inaugural New Visions Fellow of the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalqueertheater.org\" target=\"_blank\">National Queer Theater<\/a> and the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dramatistsguild.com\" target=\"_blank\">Dramatists Guild<\/a>, sullivan has been printed in <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/playbill.com\" target=\"_blank\">Playbill,<\/a> the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dramatistsguild.com\/thedramatist-online\" target=\"_blank\">Dramatist,<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/303magazine.com\" target=\"_blank\">303 Magazine,<\/a> in addition to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.americantheatre.org\/2022\/03\/10\/lock-up-tha-theatre\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"64494\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on this journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Trinidad is a primary technology Filipinx American theatremaker and educator from New York who&#8217;s presently the group engagement affiliate at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytw.org\" target=\"_blank\">New York Theatre Workshop.<\/a> They have labored in creative and administrative roles on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.juilliard.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Julliard School,<\/a> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/mtf.nyc\" target=\"_blank\">Musical Theatre Factory,<\/a> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.jacobspillow.org\" target=\"_blank\">Jacob\u2019s Pillow,<\/a> Roundabout, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/2st.com\" target=\"_blank\">Second Stage Theater,<\/a> and the National Queer Theater. Trinidad\u2019s dramaturgy credit embrace the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yzrep.org\" target=\"_blank\">Yangtze Repertory Theatre of America<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pingchong.org\" target=\"_blank\">Ping Chong and Company,<\/a> amongst others, and their directing credit embrace <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rattlestick.org\" target=\"_blank\">Rattlestick Theater<\/a> and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytheatresalon.com\/globalforms\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Global Forms Theater Festival.<\/a> In 2021, <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/circle.tcg.org\/home\" target=\"_blank\">Theatre Communications Group<\/a> named Trinidad a Rising Leader of Color. Trinidad holds a BA from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dickinson.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Dickinson College<\/a> and an MFA from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.umass.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">University of Massachusetts Amherst,<\/a> the place they&#8217;ve additionally taught.<\/p>\n<p>Yim is a playwright from Seattle whose play <em>Jar of Fat <\/em>gained the 2022 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/yalebooks.yale.edu\/yale-drama-series-rules-and-submission-guidelines\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yale Drama Series<\/a> Prize and gained second place for the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kennedy-center.org\/globalassets\/education\/opportunities-for-artists\/pre-professional-artist-training\/kcactf\/the-paul-stephen-lim-playwriting-award.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">Paul Stephen Lim Playwriting Award.<\/a> She has been a finalist for the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/playwrightsrealm.org\" target=\"_blank\">Playwrights Realm\u2019s<\/a> Scratchpad Series and is the recipient of the playwriting fellowship on the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.sewaneewriters.org\" target=\"_blank\">Sewanee Writers\u2019 Conference,<\/a> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/theatrepugetsound.org\" target=\"_blank\">Theatre Puget Sound\u2019s<\/a> Gregory Award, and Seattle\u2019s Gypsy Rose Lee Award for Excellence in Local Playwriting. Yim just lately accomplished her MFA at <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.brown.edu\" target=\"_blank\">Brown University,<\/a> the place she was the recipient of the Stephen Sondheim Graduate Fellowship. <\/p>\n<p>Yu is a primary technology Chinese American playwright from the San Francisco Bay Area. His play <em>Nightwatch <\/em>acquired the 2019 Relentless Award, was a finalist for the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/newdramatists.org\/princess-grace-awards-playwriting-fellowship\" target=\"_blank\">Princess Grace Playwriting Fellowship,<\/a> and was chosen for the 2022 <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theoneill.org\/npc\" target=\"_blank\">National Playwrights Conference.<\/a> Yu is presently below fee from the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/atlantictheater.org\" target=\"_blank\">Atlantic Theater Company<\/a> and <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shaking-the-tree.com\" target=\"_blank\">Shaking the Tree Theatre<\/a> and was a member of <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/page73.org\" target=\"_blank\">Page 73\u2019s<\/a> 2021-22 Interstate 73 Writers Group. His performs have been workshopped and developed with the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goodmantheatre.org\" target=\"_blank\">Goodman Theatre,<\/a> <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"http:\/\/www.2g.org\" target=\"_blank\">Second Generation Productions,<\/a> the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.americanplaywritingfoundation.org\" target=\"_blank\">American Playwriting Foundation,<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.horizontheatre.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Horizon Theatre Company,<\/a> amongst others. Yu has taught playwriting on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationaltheaterinstitute.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Theater Institute<\/a> and his poetry and prose has been printed in China. He is a graduate of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucla.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UCLA.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Ma-Yi Theater Company is an award-winning skilled group whose major mission is to develop and produce new and revolutionary performs by Asian American writers. As of 2021, the theatre had a funds of roughly $698,000.<\/p>\n<div class=\"awac-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"awac widget text-2\">\n<div class=\"textwidget\">\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Support American Theatre: a simply and thriving theatre ecology begins with info for all. Please be a part of us on this mission by making a donation to our writer, Theatre Communications Group. When you help American Theatre journal and TCG, you help a protracted legacy of high quality nonprofit arts journalism. 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The new members embrace Nina Ki, Kalina Ko, Claro de los Reyes, ayla xu\u00e2n [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":62750,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-62748","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-theatre"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62748","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62748"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62748\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62750"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62748"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62748"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/showbizztoday.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62748"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}