| CHRONOLOGY |
| 1957 |
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Born
on August 11 in Los Angeles, California |
| 1975-1979 |
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Attends
Stanford University and graduates with a B.A. in English |
| 1979 |
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First
play, FOB, produced at Stanford |
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Co-Founder
of the Stanford Asian American Theatre Project |
| 1979-1980 |
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Teaches
at a high school in Menlo Park, California |
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Teacher
of English and writing at Menlo-Atherton High School, Menlo Park,
CA, |
| 1980 |
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Directs
Philip Kan Gotanda’s “A Song for a Nisei Fisherman,”
at Stanford and in SF |
| 1980-1981 |
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Attends
Yale University School of Drama |
| 1981 |
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Wins
Obie Award for FOB |
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Dance
and the Railroad (Drama Desk nomination, Guernsey’s Best Plays)
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Family
Devotions (Drama Desk nomination) produced in New York City |
| 1982 |
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Directs
Philip Kan Gotanda’s “The Dream of Kitamura” in
San Francisco |
| 1983 |
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Sound
and Beauty (Two one-act plays set in Japan that are individually-titled
“The House of Sleeping Beauties” and “The Sound
of a Voice”) produced off-Broadway |
| 1983 |
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Publishes
Broken Promises: Four Plays; awarded Rockefeller Fellowship |
| 1984 |
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Awarded
a Guggenheim Fellowship |
| 1985 |
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Awarded
a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship |
| 1986 |
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Rich
Relations produced off-Broadway at the Second Stage |
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As
the Crow Flies produced in Los Angeles |
| 1987 |
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Appointed
to Board of Theatre Communications Group |
| 1988 |
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M Butterfly produced on Broadway and wins the Outer Critics Circle
Award, Drama Desk Award, John Gassner Award, and Tony Award |
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1000
Airplanes on the Roof produced in Vienna, Austria |
| 1989 |
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Publishes
1000 Airplanes on the Roof |
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M
Butterfly (Nominee for Pulitzer Prize for Drama) |
| 1990 |
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Publishes
FOB and Other Plays |
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“Dances
In Exile” (libretto for Ruby Shang dance film, PBS) |
| 1991-1994 |
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Member
of Pitzer College’s “Board of Trustees” |
| 1992 |
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Bondage
produced at the Humana Theatre Festival |
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The
Voyage (libretto for Philip Glass’ opera) premiered at the
Metropolitan Opera House |
| 1993 |
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M
Butterfly (Movie Version) |
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Face
Value (Composer/Lyricist/Playwright for Comedy – didn’t
open) |
| 1994 |
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Picture
Bride (Script Advisor to the Picture) |
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Golden
Gate (Movie Version) |
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“Solo”
(Song, co-written with Prince, released on his album “Come”) |
| 1994-2001 |
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Member
of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities |
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Served
by appointment of President Clinton on the President's Committee
for the Arts and the Humanities |
| 1995 |
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Trying
to Find Chinatown (1995-96 Humana Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville) |
| 1997 |
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Seven
Years in Tibet (screenplay for film; uncredited) |
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Golden
Child (OBIE Award) |
| 1998 |
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Golden
Child (Tony Nomination) |
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Merchandising
(Humana Festival, Actors Theater of Louisville) |
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Peer
Gynt (translation of Ibsen play) at Trinity Repertory Theatre |
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After
Eros (libretto for Maureen Fleming dance concert) in New York |
| 2000 |
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Elton
John and Tim Rice’s Aida (4 Tony Awards) |
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The
Silver River (libretto for Bright Sheng’s opera) at Spoleto
Festival USA |
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Asian
Pride Porn (actor in digital short dir. by Greg Pak) |
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Jade
Flowerpots and Bound Feet (in anthology “The Square) in Los
Angeles |
| 2001 |
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The
Lost Empire (NBC Mini-Series) |
| 2002 |
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Possession
(co-writer, Screenplay) |
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Flower
Drum Song (Tony Nomination) |
| 2004 |
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“Tibet
Through the Red Box” based on Peter Sis’ book (Seattle
Children’s Theater) |
| 2005 |
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Ainadamar
(libretto for Osvaldo Golijov’s opera) at Santa Fe Opera |
| 2006 |
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Disney’s
Tarzan |
