Helen Park
Lolita Chakrabart, adapter/playwright, Life of Pi, 2023
Helen Park, music and lyrics, KPOP, 2022
Jason Kim, book, KPOP, 2022
Young Jean Lee, playwright, Straight White Men, 2018
Rajiv Joseph, playwright Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo, 2017
Stephen Karam, playwright, The Humans, 2016
Jay Kuo, book, music, lyrics Allegiance, 2015
Meera Siyal, book, Bombay Dreams, 2004
A.R. Rahman, music, Bombay Dreams, 2004
Robert Lopez, music and lyrics, Avenue Q, 2003, The Book of Mormon, 2011, Frozen, 2018
Ayad Akhtar, playwright Disgraced 2014, Junk: The Golden Age of Debt, 2017
Paul Chihara, music, Shogun, 1990
David Henry Hwang, playwright, M. Butterfly, 1988, Golden Child, 1998, Aida (book), 2000, Flower Drum Song (revised book), 2002, Tarzan (book), 2006, Chinglish, 2011
Lucia Hwong, incidental music, M. Butterfly, 1988, Golden Child, 1998
Dai-Keong Lee, incidental music for Teahouse of the August Moon, 1953.
From Daniel Akiyama: Here’s a tricky one: Eaton S. “Bob” Magoon, Jr. wrote the book, music, and lyrics for two Broadway musicals, 13 Daughters (1961) and Heathen! (1972). He was 1/8th Chinese – 13 DAUGHTERS was *very* loosely based on the life of his great-grandfather, Chun Afong. If you took a poll of Hawai‘i residents, I doubt many of us would think of Magoon as Asian American; but I feel like he should be at least a footnote.”

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