Lauren Yee News

Playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins has won the 2025 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/American Theatre Critics Association New Play Award for his play Purpose. Learn more here!

On May 1, 2025, Emerald Phoenix LLC will present an invitation-only industry reading of Kleban Award-winner Christian Duhamel's new play, THE GIRL WHO TURNED INTO A FEATHER.

Arena Stage has revealed the cast and creative team for A Wrinkle in Time, an interstellar world-premiere musical adaptation based on the classic novel by Madeleine L'Engle. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Playwrights Foundation, the West Coast's premier launchpad for new plays and playwrights, will release the on-demand recording of the public reading of The Justice is Just Asleep, a new play by Resident Playwright Ruben Grijalva, commissioned by San Francisco Playhouse, from April 14-20, 2025.

From March 28 to April 6, Broke Thespian’s Theatre Company presented Lauren Yee’s HOOKMAN at the VFW Post 3413 in San Marcos. HOOKMAN is a dark comedy thriller that follows Lexi, a new college student navigating the struggles of homesickness, a quirky roommate, and a campus under siege by a hook-handed serial killer targeting young women.

BroadwayWorld chats with director Jennifer Chang about her production of 'The Heart Sellers,' Lloyd Suh's humorous and heartwarming play running at TheatreWorks Silicon Valley April 2 to 27 in Mountain View, CA.

Penobscot Theatre Company has announced that Artistic Director Jonathan Berry will step down at the conclusion of the 51st Mainstage season. Learn more here!

Seattle is never lacking outstanding theatre, whether epic Broadway shows, engrossing dramas or bold fringe offerings. BroadwayWorld is rounding up our top recommended theatre every month. Selections for April 2025 include PARADE and more.

The Colorado New Play Festival has announced its 27th annual event, scheduled for June 13 & 14, 2025, in the picturesque town of Steamboat Springs, Colorado. This festival continues its tradition of nurturing new works for the American stage, offering playwrights a unique platform to develop and showcase their work.

East West Players in community with Outside In Theatre, has announced that a fundraising campaign to create a professional recording of Lauren Yee's groundbreaking play, CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND, currently running at the David Henry Hwang Theater, has surpassed its initial $15,000 goal within 20 hours of launch.

The American Theatre Critics and Journalists Association has revealed six finalists for the 2025 Harold and Mimi Steinberg/ATCA New Play Award, recognizing the playwrights who produced the best scripts that premiered professionally outside of New York City in 2024.

If you’re at all familiar with the plays of Lauren Yee, Dear Readers, then you know of her delightfully odd situations, rich characters and scintillating dialog. People are still talking about last season’s “Cambodian Rock Band” but my favorite was her “King of the Yees”. Her work brings out the good and the bad in relationships and leaves you smiling or even giggling while tragedy strikes. And her latest, “Mother Russia”, with its World Premiere at the Seattle Rep, falls right in line with those other gems.

This spring, History Theatre will present the world premiere of Secret Warriors, a new drama by acclaimed playwright R.A. Shiomi. Secret Warriors is directed by Lily Tung Crystal and runs March 29- April 19, 2025. Tickets on sale.

Don't Miss the World Premiere of Mother Russia at Seattle Rep! Get ready for a wildly funny and thought-provoking ride! Don’t miss , the world-premiere comedy from award-winning playwright Lauren Yee (The Great Leap, Cambodian Rock Band) at Seattle Rep this spring.

Chance Theater has announced the staged reading of Tea for Toofi, written and directed by Ravi Kapoor. This event is part of Chance Theater's acclaimed 'On the Radar' (OTR) New Play Reading Series, highlighting innovative and impactful works in progress.

The Arts Club Theatre Company's Canadian Premiere production of Cambodian Rock Band by Lauren Yee is coming to the historic Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. Learn how to purchase tickets.

Chay Yew’s production for East West Players - improbably the play’s L.A. premiere seven years after its debut at South Coast Repertory – is as raw and raucous as it is timely. Yee urges us to remember the past, be watchful of the future and enjoy the holy hell out of the process.

East West Players has extended Lauren Yee's CAMBODIAN ROCK BAND through late March. Learn more and see how to purchase tickets to upcoming performances.

Hello y’all! For the next couple of months, I’m shining a light on one of the coolest parts of UC San Diego’s theatre department. Every spring quarter features a culmination of artistry that brings grads and undergrads together from all theatrical disciplines: the Wagner New Play Festival. The engine that revs the festival to life is the cohort of MFA playwrights. Each of them spends fall and winter quarters working on a piece ahead of its world premiere production in the spring. We have five playwrights this year, so this article is the start of a five-part series where I’ll be sitting down for a conversation with each of them. I hope reading these will be half as much fun as I had putting this together. 

Manhattan Theatre Club has revealed the lineup for the 2025 Ted Snowdon Reading Series. Performances include How to Draw a Triangle By Jake Brasch, directed by Colm Summers and more. Learn more about the lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.