Christopher Chen
Meet our artist
Guest Artist
- Literary Arts
- Performing Arts
About
Residency Dates
- November 2022 – November 2022
Region
USA
Membership
TheatreWorks
Christopher Chen (He/Him) (Playwright) is a San Francisco native whose plays include The Headlands (wp: LCT3, upcoming: ACT), Passage (wp: Wilma Theater; NY premiere: Soho Rep), Caught (NYT Critics; Pick, wp: InterAct Theatre, NY premiere: The Play Company), You Mean To Do Me Harm (wp: S.F. Playhouse), The Late Wedding (wp: Crowded Fire), The Hundred Flowers Project (wp: Crowded Fire), and The Podcaster (Audible audio play). Honors: OBIE Award for Playwriting (for Caught), USA Fellow, Steinberg Award (co-winner), Lanford Wilson Award (co-winner), Sundance Institute/Time Warner Foundation Fellowship, Paula Vogel Playwriting Award, Glickman Award (for The Hundred Flowers Project), and the inaugural Ollie Award. Chris is currently under commission at Playwrights Horizons and Portland Center Stage. He also has an overall deal at Amazon TV.
Photo: Sasha Arutyunova for The New York Times
Member:
- TheatreWorks (The Motion, Playwright)