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Mia Chung

MIA CHUNG

  
Nationality:    USA
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Literary Agent:    Antje Oegel International  represented by Antje Oegel

Mia Chung is the author of You for Me for You, Body? Is My Where, Page Not Found, an adaptation of the Orphan of Zhao, and We Spend Our Lives. In Fall 2012, the world premiere of You for Me for You will be produced by Woolly Mammoth Theatre, in association with Ma-Yi Theatre Company and supported by an Nea grant. Honors include a Rhode Island State Council on the Arts (RISCa) 2012 Playwriting Fellowship, a TCG 2011 Global Connections grant, 2011 Jane Chambers award (Honorable Mention), and a Millay Colony residency. She is a member of New Dramatists, a fellow of the Playwrights Realm, a member of the Ma-Yi Writers Lab, and was a member of the inaugural Civilians' R&D Group. Her work has been developed by Ma-Yi Theater Company, Magic Theatre, Bay area Playwrights Festival, Mu Performing Arts, and Brandeis Theater Company. She received a Sloan commission and a Creative Arts Council grant. She attended Yale; the University of Dublin, Trinity College; and Brown.

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         Body? Is My Where         Catch As Catch Can         Dream Acts         Exquisite Corpse, The         Orphan Of Zhao, The         Page Not Found         Skin In The Game         We Spend Our Lives         Will Sing         You For Me For You

Body? Is My Where

Synopsis:
Miju moves from Korea to New Jersey with her GI husband, Tony, and their son. the effort to build a life and make friends - as well as learn english - has literally split Miju into pieces. She is even alienated from her own tongue. This surreal chorus of Mijus struggle to express themselves despite misinterpretation and cultural appropriation.

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Catch As Catch Can

Synopsis:
Two families have been living in and out of each others lives and homes for years. The Lavecchlas and the Phelans have been through good times and bad times. Then Tim Phelan comes home and drops a bombshell

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Dream Acts

Synopsis:
Imagine that you don't have a country. It doesn't matter if you believe you're American, because no one else believes you - not potential employers, not banks that issue student loans, not the government. there is no way to become legally American. You don't exist. Worse, you are hunted for deportation. You love this country, but the country does not love you back. In Dream Acts, five undocumented teens from Nigeria, Mexico, Ukraine, Korea, and Jordan face the extraordinary challenge of living ordinary lives under the radar. Each story is moving and urgent; some are funny, others are tragic, and through their experiences, we learn about facts about the DREAM Act and the secret lives lead by undocumented youth.
- nytheatre.com

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written by Mia Chung, Jessica Litwak, Chiori Miyagawa, Saviana Stanescu, Andrea Thome

1st Produced:
HERE Arts Center - Dorothy B. Williams theater
145 6th aVenue, New York, NY 10013     23 Mar 2012

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Dream act Union

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Exquisite Corpse, The

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A Korean bride moves with her GI husband and son to the US. She has difficulty fitting in and learning English

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Orphan Of Zhao, The

Synopsis:
the streets of Jin are awash in the blood of the noble Zhao Clan. the vicious slaughter ignites a succession of individual acts of virtue and sacrifice - as the hope for retribution and a return to a humane social order is pinned to the survival of a baby boy. the eternal swing of the pendulum of justice - powered by the momentum of personal courage - resounds in this new adaptation of a stirring and resonant Chinese classic.

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(an Adaptation of the classic Chinese Drama)

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Brandeis Theatre Company     01 Mar 2008

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Page Not Found

Synopsis:
Three of "the best and the brightest" prepare to take their places in life.

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Reading: the Civilians' R&D Group reading series (2011).

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Skin In The Game

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Three of the brightest and best prepare to take their places in life

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We Spend Our Lives

Synopsis:
Mrs. Song asks her sister, Mrs. Kim, for money.

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Workshop production: Bay Area Playwrights Festival (2004).

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Genre:
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Will Sing

Synopsis:
an experiment in inappropriate singing.
- nytheatre.com

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part of Ice Cubes A one time only Ice Factory studio series. By the Ma-Yi theater Company Writers Lab (Samantha Chanse, Carla Ching, Mia Chung, Michael Lew And Qui Nguyen)

1st Produced:
3LD Art & Technology Center
80 Greenwich Street, New York, NY 10015     28 Jul 2011

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You For Me For You

You For Me For You
In the closed world of North Korea, Yuna's sister Minjee is desperately sick. To save her, Yuna pays a Smuggler to help them flee North Korea - but Minjee is too sick to make it across the border. Instructed by the Smuggler, Yuna races across time and space to New York, committed to returning for Minjee. Yet the free world is seductive and confounding: life suddenly offers Yuna a distracting bounty of choice, and time moves much faster than in North Korea.

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