Lucy Wang is an award-winning, published and produced writer. Wang began her illustrious career as a bond trader on Wall Street because her parents often threatened and screamed, "If we knew you were going to be a starving artist, we could have left you in China!" When Wang (nicknamed the "Hemingway of Memos") lost her job because the Mayor of New York lost his, Wang decided it was finally time to pursue her deepest passion.
Everyone thought she was crazy to "waste" her University of Chicago MBA. Luckily, her biting first play JUNK BONDS won an award from the Kennedy Center, a two-page profile in the New York Times, and a new nickname, "the female David Mamet." She has been writing steadily ever since, surprising audiences with her diverse array of voices and life experiences and collecting as many awards, accolades and new nicknames as she an along the way.
Wang's other awards include a grant from the Berrilla Kerr Foundation, James Thurber Fellowship, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Honorary Fellow, Best New Play With Political and Socioeconomic Significance from the Katherine and Lee Chilcote Foundation, James Irvine Foundation Honorary Fellowship, NATPE Diversity Fellow, Best New TV Writer sponsored by CAPE and FOX, Annenberg Beach House Writer in Residence 2012, Wellstone Center in the Redwoods.
In her spare time, Wang loves to cook healthy sensuous food (hence, @SensuousGourmet), organic garden, hike and engage new creative voices. Wang has been invited to speak and/or teach at some of our finest institutions including Smith College, University of Southern California, Ohio State University, PEN in the Classroom where her student's work won honorable mention in Los Angeles County, University of TX at Austin where she earned a BA, Highest Honors, in Economics/Asian Studies, Fairfield University, University of Connecticut, Baruch College, Clarion University, Antioch University.
Wang is forever grateful for the gift of an artistic residency at Djerassi, Atlantic Center for the Arts, Tin Shop, MacDowell, Hedgebrook, Annenberg Community Beach House. Wang's plays have been produced all over including England and Mexico, and her voices span the gamut, from A to Z.
In addition to plays, Wang sold a TV pilot to Disney, written screenplays, a young adult novel, short stories, news articles, essays, and humorous creative nonfiction. Wang has also performed standup comedy and her one-woman show CHINESE GIRLS DON'T SWEAR to full houses in NY, L.A., and her hometown of Akron, Ohio. Here is a comedy demo: https://youtu.be/IbcqZCYZbik
Wang teaches and mentors via E-script.ws -- https://youtu.be/Xtdla6TbZ68 -- and writes for American Journal of Nursing (AJN). Her plays can also be found on YouthPLAYS and One-Act Depot.
Chicago Booth Profile: http://email.chicagobooth.edu/bwc/Lucy_Wang_email.aspx
Lucy's website: https://sites.google.com/site/chickfillet/
Lucy will be performing next in NYC, IT AIN'T EASY BEING CHINESEY, Studio Theater, April 25-30, 2017.
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