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BRENDA WONG AOKI (1953 - ) |
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Nationality: Asian American Email: n/a Website: Click here to visit |
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Literary Agent: California Artists Management |
From the New Victory Theatre on Broadway in New York City, to the Graz Erzahlt in Austria, to Sapporo, Japan, Brenda Wong Aoki has established a new genre as a contemporary storyteller. A writer, performer, and recording artist, she has received numerous grants, fellowships and commissions for her original work. Of Chinese, Japanese, Spanish and Scots descent, her stories blend myth, streetlore, and real life. These dramatic presentations synthesize Kyogen & Noh (Japanese traditional theater), modern dance, and live jazz. Her debut album with composer/musician Mark Izu, Dreams and Illusions: Tales of the Pacific Rim, won the NAIRD best spoken word album of 1990 (INDIE Award) and was released on Rounder Records. The Queen's Garden CD won a 1999 INDIE Award and was released on the Asian Improv Label. Aoki Was Named One Of The 500 Most Influential Asian Americans By Avenue Magazine
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Plays by Brenda Wong Aoki
Fire in Heaven | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #73787 | |||
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Genre: | Performance piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Written with Mark Izu | |||||
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Kuan Yin Our Lady of Compassion | ||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #73788 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Performance piece | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Written with Mark Izu | |||||
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Further Reference: | - | |||||
Mermaid Meat and Other Japanese Ghost Stories | ||
| 1st Produced: | - - - | 1997 | ||||
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| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #73789 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Urban storytelling | |||||
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Notes: | Original music by Mark Izu | |||||
Synopsis: | n/a | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||
Queen's Garden, The | ||
| 1st Produced: | Water Theatre, San Francisco | 1992 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | in "Contemporary Plays by Women of Color" Routledge, London, 1996 | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #901 | |||
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Genre: | urban storytelling | |||||
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Synopsis: | story set amongst LA's urban tribes, it's a love story its an epic, its very short | |||||
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Random Acts of Kindness | ||
| 1st Produced: | 1994 | |||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #81719 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Synopsis: | A Japanese-American woman has problems with Christian fundamentalists who think the Japanese songs she sings are incantations to the Devil | |||||
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Uncle Ginjiro's Girlfriend | ||
| 1st Produced: | Yerba Buena Center For The Arts | 1998 | ||||
Company: | n/a | |||||
| 1st Published: | I don't think it has been published. Try emailing Playwright or Agent where listed at top of page. | ISBN/ASIN: | - | |||
| Music: | - | doollee no | #73790 | |||
To Buy This Play: | If Publisher (above) is underlined then the play may be purchased by direct click from the Publisher, otherwise (below) are AbeBooks for secondhand, signed & 1st eds and other Booksellers for new copies | |||||
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Genre: | Urban storytelling | |||||
| Parts: | Male | - | Female | - | ||
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Notes: | Original music by Mark Izu | |||||
Synopsis: | The true story of Aoki's grand-uncle's love affair and subsequent marriage to a white woman which sparked the anti-Asian miscegenation laws of the early 1900's. | |||||
Further Reference: | - | |||||

